Obituary of Leroy Jackson

ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2018, MR. LEROY JACKSON WAS CALLED HOME.  LEROY JACKSON WAS BORN ON JULY 6, 1938 IN DARLINGTON, SC TO THE LATE SAM AND INEITHA WILLIAMS JACKSON.

LEROY RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN THE DARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL TEAMS AT MAYO HIGH SCHOOL.  IN 1999, LEROY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MAYO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.  AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, HE MOVED TO WHITE PLAINS, NY, WHERE HE WORKED SEVERAL JOBS BEFORE LANDING A JOB AT THE BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (BOCES).  WHILE WORKING AT BOCES, HE RECEIVED SEVERAL PROMOTIONS, WHICH LED TO HIM BECOMING THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT IN 1993.       

AFTER LEROY RETIRED, HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO PORT ST. LUCIE, FL, WHERE THEY LIVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.  LATER, THE COUPLE DECIDED TO MOVE TO COLUMBIA, SC TO BE CLOSER TO THEIR FAMILIES.  

LEROY WAS A FAMILY MAN WHO LIVED A FRUITFUL LIFE AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME XWITH HIS FAMILY.  HE ENJOYED FISHING, HUNTING, GRILLING, AND GARDENING IN HIS FREE TIME.  HE WAS ALWAYS A JOY TO BE AROUND AND HE WAS LOVED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING MEMORY:  HIS WIFE VERDEAN JACKSON OF THE HOME; HIS DAUGHTERS: TONI JACKSON-BROWN OF KALAMAZOO, MI AND  TERRI JACKSON OF WHITE PLAINS, NY; THREE GRANDCHILDREN JAZMYN BROWN AND STEPHEN  BROWN OF KALAMAZOO, MI AND JASON BASS OF WHITE PLAINS, NY; FIVE BROTHERS SAM (LEVONNIE) JACKSON OF FLORENCE, SC, JAMES (YOLANDA) JACKSON, GEORGE (ELLEN) JACKSON, WILLIE JACKSON ALL OF DARLINGTON, SC, AND SAMUEL JACKSON OF BROOKLYN, NY; THREE SISTERS: MINNIE GATEWOOD, GLORIA (WALLACE) EADDY, AND EVELINA MARTIN ALL OF DARLINGTON, SC; A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND A VERY SPECIAL NIECE EBONY CARR.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS NEWTON JACKSON, ROBERT “JACK” JACKSON, AND MOSES JACKSON AND A SISTER BETTY DIANE BISHOP.