Jennie Lou Jackson

Mrs. Jennie Lou Bowen Jackson, age 85, of Riddleville, died Thursday, March 18, 2021 at University Hospital in Augusta following an extended illness.  A funeral service celebrating her life will be held on Monday, March 22nd at 11:00 a.m. at New Bethel Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Reverend Marty Deal, Reverend M.D. Cabe and Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate.  Pallbearers will be John Dalton, Keith Jones, Cody Cabe, Dillon Frost, Chance Jackson, and Randy Jackson.

Mrs. Jackson was born in Jefferson County, and reared in Washington County the daughter of the late Gainor James Bowen and the late Ruby Lee Bowles Bowen.  She graduated from Sandersville High School and except for time spent away with her late husband in the military, made her home in Riddleville as a homemaker.  Mrs. Jackson formerly worked as a seamstress for Royal Manufacturing and Apparel Craft. She was a long-time member of New Bethel Baptist Church where she participated in the W.M.U. and worked with preschool children in Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Mrs. Jackson loved working in her garden, fishing and especially cooking for her family.  She is predeceased by her husband, Wilmer Gene Jackson Sr. and her sisters, Betty B. Waters and Mildred B. Harbuck.

Survivors are her children, Kathy J. Brooks and her husband James of Sandersville and Gene Jackson Jr. and his wife Cindy of Riddleville; grandchildren, Kyle Brooks and his wife Meagan, Ethan Jackson and his wife Tatum, Kaitlyn Brooks and Amanda Jackson; great grandchildren, Betsy Kate Brooks and Maggie Lou Brooks; and brother, James Bowen of Tennille.

Donations may be made to New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Heather Frazier, 3497 New Bethel Rd., Bartow, Ga. 30413 or to The Gideons, P.O. Box 891, Sandersville, Ga. 31082

May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements. www.mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com