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1940 - 2020 (80 years)| Name | Suzanne CHAPMAN | |
| Birth | 1940 | Tifton, Georgia  |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | at death- she has 3 other grandchildren- who are their parents? jkh SUZANNE CHAPMAN JACKSON Posted Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:00 am Suzanne Chapman Jackson, 80, widow of John Henry Jackson Jr., died on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born in Tifton, Georgia, she was the eldest daughter of the late Cecil Wheeler Chapman and Claudia Wheeler Chapman. The Chapman family moved to Athens, Georgia, in 1950, where Mrs. Jackson graduated Athens High School and earned her mathematics degree from the University of Georgia. While at UGA, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She and Mr. Jackson met on a blind date at UGA, married in 1960, and moved to Fernandina Beach, Florida, for three years before settling in Sumter. In Sumter, Mrs. Jackson served in the Junior League and the Bland Garden Club, earned a master's degree from the University of South Carolina, taught math at Wilson Hall and Sumter high schools, retired, and became a Clemson Master Gardener. During this time, she served our Lord and Savior through First Presbyterian Church as a Sunday school and Bible school teacher, chancel choir member, deacon, elder, church treasurer and Women of the Church, of which she was a lifetime member. Surviving are her two sons, John Henry "Jay" Jackson III of Moncks Corner and Cecil Kelly Jackson (Jana) of Sumter; two sisters, Cecilia Chapman Futch (Wilton) of Atlanta and Linda Chapman Keene (Lowell) of Beaufort; a brother-in-law, David Taylor Worley (Barbara) of Pell City, Alabama; four grandchildren, Melissa Anne Jackson Primm (John Thomas) of Charleston, Lauren Cecilia Jackson, Cecil Kelly "Jack" Jackson Jr. and Mary Caroline Jackson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Jackson was predeceased by her parents; her sister, Claudia Chapman Worley; and her husband. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Nick Cheek officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Cecil Kelly Jackson Jr., John Thomas Primm, Gilbert Wright Chapman, Brian Taylor Worley, Andrew Chapman Worley, Charles Wheeler Keene, Charles Arthur Segars Jr. and Elias Whilden Nettles III. Memorials may be made to the MUSC Kidney Research Fund, 18 Bee St., MSC 450, Charleston, SC 29425 or to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [2] | |
| HIST | at death- she has 3 other grandchildren- who are their parents? jkh SUZANNE CHAPMAN JACKSON Posted Tuesday, March 3, 2020 6:00 am Suzanne Chapman Jackson, 80, widow of John Henry Jackson Jr., died on Sunday, March 1, 2020, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born in Tifton, Georgia, she was the eldest daughter of the late Cecil Wheeler Chapman and Claudia Wheeler Chapman. The Chapman family moved to Athens, Georgia, in 1950, where Mrs. Jackson graduated Athens High School and earned her mathematics degree from the University of Georgia. While at UGA, she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She and Mr. Jackson met on a blind date at UGA, married in 1960, and moved to Fernandina Beach, Florida, for three years before settling in Sumter. In Sumter, Mrs. Jackson served in the Junior League and the Bland Garden Club, earned a master's degree from the University of South Carolina, taught math at Wilson Hall and Sumter high schools, retired, and became a Clemson Master Gardener. During this time, she served our Lord and Savior through First Presbyterian Church as a Sunday school and Bible school teacher, chancel choir member, deacon, elder, church treasurer and Women of the Church, of which she was a lifetime member. Surviving are her two sons, John Henry "Jay" Jackson III of Moncks Corner and Cecil Kelly Jackson (Jana) of Sumter; two sisters, Cecilia Chapman Futch (Wilton) of Atlanta and Linda Chapman Keene (Lowell) of Beaufort; a brother-in-law, David Taylor Worley (Barbara) of Pell City, Alabama; four grandchildren, Melissa Anne Jackson Primm (John Thomas) of Charleston, Lauren Cecilia Jackson, Cecil Kelly "Jack" Jackson Jr. and Mary Caroline Jackson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Jackson was predeceased by her parents; her sister, Claudia Chapman Worley; and her husband. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Nick Cheek officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Cecil Kelly Jackson Jr., John Thomas Primm, Gilbert Wright Chapman, Brian Taylor Worley, Andrew Chapman Worley, Charles Wheeler Keene, Charles Arthur Segars Jr. and Elias Whilden Nettles III. Memorials may be made to the MUSC Kidney Research Fund, 18 Bee St., MSC 450, Charleston, SC 29425 or to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral and Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. | |
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| Death | 1 Mar 2020 | Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 6 Mar 2020 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [2] |
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| Person ID | I310415 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2020 | |
| Father | Cecil Wheeler CHAPMAN d. Bef 1 Mar 2020 | |
| Mother | Claudia WHEELER d. Bef 1 Mar 2020 | |
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| _UID | 6E9F75A4F088425D8EA10FCF356DD451112C | |
| Family ID | F216478 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | John Henry “Johnny” JACKSON, Jr., b. Aug 1936, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina d. 20 Nov 2016, at his home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 80 years) | |||||
| Marriage | 1960 [2] | |||||
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| Family ID | F105038 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2020 | |||||
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