MANTACHIE - James Halbert Jackson, Sr., 75, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 19, 2022. He worked in sales at the Lee County Co-Op, and at Purnell's Pride Feed Mill, before working in the maintenance department at Mueller Copper Tube, from where he retired after 30 years. He was a member of the Mantachie United Methodist Church. He was an avid fisherman.

Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Mantachie with Rev. Joe Coggins officiating. Burial will be in the Keyes Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Paulette Murrell Jackson; one son, Butch Jackson (Kim); one sister, Doris McCreary (Mitchell); two brothers, Larry Jackson (Marsha), and Lonnie Jackson (Tae); one grandson, CJ Jackson (Brianna); one granddaughter, Victoria Dill (Preston); four great granddaughters, Collins Jackson, Everly Jackson, Livvy James Jackson, and Paisley Dill; "almost" granddaughters, Melyndie, Rebekah, Melanie, and Anna; two brothers-in-law, Billy Lindsey and Franklin Murrell (Callie); one sister-in-law, Donna Kaye Murrell; two aunts, Annette Jackson and Irene Jackson Thurman; a host of other family members.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Hellen Lindsey; one brother-in-law, Terry Murrell; one uncle, Paul Jackson; and his parents, James Lowell and Edna Earl Gholston Jackson.

Pallbearers will be Frank Murrell, Stephen Lindsey, Nathan Jackson, Brent Jackson, Mitchell McCreary, and Zac Cox.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Chris Lindsey and Billy Lindsey.

Visitation will be Monday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home in Mantachie.