Extracted from The Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS)
Friday, July 20, 2001

Robert E. Jackson, Sr.

GAUTIER -- Robert E. Jackson Sr., 69, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, in Gautier.

Mr. Jackson was born June 12, 1932, in Brookhaven and retired as a barber. He was an Army veteran and a member of Michael Memorial Baptist Church in Gulfport.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard C. and Della Rushing Jackson; and several brothers and sisters.

Survivors include his wife, Katie Moore Jackson of Gautier; two daughters, Gwen Groves of Ocean Springs and Debra “Buck” Joplin of Saucier; a son, Robert E. Jackson Jr. of Gautier; two sisters, Juanita Buckley of Gulfport and Ester Byrd of Laurel; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at O'Bryant-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Gautier. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with burial in Floral Hills Cemetery in Gulfport.