Dortha Mae Jackson Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Dortha Mae Jackson (Gulfport, Mississippi), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who passed away at the age of 80, on July 31, 2019. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Dortha Mae Jackson or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Carlean Blakely Farley-Cowart and Isaac Lee Farley, Sr.; her children, John, Boy, James "Rocky" Jackson and Antonia Spencer; her siblings, Isaac Lee Farley, Marshall Farley, Hayes Blakley and Rosemary Carlean Mullins; her stepfather Vernell Cowart; her brother-in-law Jimmy Jackson; and her grandsons, O'Brian Graves and O'Baury Graves.

She is survived by: her husband John David Jackson Sr.; her children, Clara Strickland (Charles), Annette Martin (Alweather), Angela Kennedy (Keith), Toussaint Jackson (Phyllis) of Killeen, TX and Patrick Jackson (Gloria); her siblings, Elizabeth Amos (Charlean King), Wanda Toney of Las Vegas, Andrew Farley (Dorothy) of Picayune, MS and Ervin Mullins (Patricia) of Odessa, TX; her sisters-in-law, Bessie Farley, Jerrydean Bradley (James) and Ethel Jackson; her daughter-in-law Melody Jackson; and her godchildren, Tasha Williams, Wanda Mullins and Isaac "Pap" Farley. She is also survived by 36 grandchildren, 77 great-grandchildren, and 4 great, great-grandchildren, and a host of God-children, nieces, nephews, cousins, family and friends.