Roscoe Jackson

Roscoe Jackson

Funeral services for Mr. Roscoe Jackson, of East Dublin, will be held on Wednesday, February 5, 2020, at 1 PM at the Buckeye Baptist Church 2176 New Buckeye Road in East Dublin. Reverend Cecil A. Moore will deliver the eulogy. Interment will follow in the Dudley Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Roscoe Jackson was born on September 29, 1939, in Sandersville, Georgia, the son of the late Jim Jackson and Lillie Bell Archer Jackson. At an early age, he joined the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Sandersville, Georgia, and was attending the Running Feet for Christ Church in Soperton, Georgia, until his health failed. He attended the public schools of Washington County. He was a professional truck driver for over 50 years and was the owner and operator of Jackson Trucking LLC. Roscoe was an easy going, fun loving man. He loved to tell jokes and stories to make you laugh. His spirit and laughter will be missed by all. Mr. Roscoe Jackson left this life to return to the open arms of the Creator on Thursday, January 30, 2020.

Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his wives, Dorothy Jean Cummings Jackson, and Roger Lee Davis Jackson, his six sisters, Mamie Lemon, Louise Haynes, Geraldine Swint, Tinecy Jackson, Hattie Pearl Ivey and Virginia Poole, five brothers, Willie Lee Jackson, James Jackson, Buford Jackson, Bob Jackson, and Elmous Jackson.

Mr. Jackson is survived by his two daughters, Leslaine (Brian) Griffin of Columbia, South Carolina, and Robin Dixon of Eatonton, Georgia, three sons, Roscoe Walls, Wade (Jackie) Jackson of Sandersville, Georgia, and Darius (Lynn) Jackson of Dublin, Georgia, stepchildren, Carolyn Norris, Linda (Roy) Davis, Ronnie Davis, Leonard Davis, Ricky Davis, Carl Gregory George and Bruce George, all of East Dublin, Georgia, one sister, Helen Barlow of Sandersville, Georgia, and a devoted nephew, Buford Jackson, Jr., of Valdosta, Georgia, eleven grandchildren, Bennie (Divious) Sanders, Jr., Starkeda Jackson, Stacy (Brittney) Walls, and Roscoe Walls, Jr., of Sandersville, Georgia, Jantsen Hightower of East Dublin, Georgia, Darius Jackson, Jr., of Dublin, Georgia, Dustin Dixon of Atlanta, Georgia, Brandon Dixon of Milledgeville, Georgia, Tarrod (Clarissa) Jackson of Augusta, Georgia, Ash-Shaheed (Eunice) Jackson of Raleigh, North Carolina and Shaquanna (Jeffrey) Mitchell of Newark, New Jersey, eighteen great-grandchildren, twenty-three step grandchildren, twenty-eight step great-grandchildren, one step great great-grandchild, a special friend and caretaker, Leon Norris, and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

The family is receiving friends at 310 Jackson Street in East Dublin, and on Tuesday, February 4, 6-7 PM at the Dudley Funeral Home.

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Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin