MR EARL JACKSON WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 15,1947 IN EDISON, GA. TO THE PARENTS OF LATE JOHN JACKSON, SR AND LATE MARY HOLLEY. EARL WAS THE OLDEST OF FIVE BOYS. EARL GRADUATED FROM EDISON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL EARL JOINED THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1968 WHERE HE ALSO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR UNTIL 1972. AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY EARL WORKED AS AN CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND HE ALSO WORKED FOR THE FORD COMPANY IN NEW JERSEY. HE WAS JOINED IN HOLY MATRIMONY TO PEARL JACKSON ON MARCH 11, 2008.

MR EARL WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 IN THE COMFORT OF HIS HOME AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS JOHN JACKSON, SR. AND MARY HOLLEY, TWO BROTHERS, GERALD AND JOHNNY JACKSON AND ONE DAUGHTER SHUNDAR SMITH.

MR. EARL LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS LOVELY WIFE MRS. PEARL JACKSON. HIS CHILDREN MS. ADRAIN COLLINS, MR. DWAYNE COLLINS (NEVI), MR. ALTORIA COLLINS, MS. KIM COLLINS, MS. FELICIA COLLINS, MR.CARLOSE COLLINS (DEENA), MR. VORONDO COLLINS (DENETTA). HIS TWO BROTHERS MR. JOHN JACKSON,JR (LINDA), AND MR. SAMMY MIKE (SARETHA) AND ONE SISTER IN LAW MS. MARY CLARK. HE ALSO LEAVES TWENTY GRAND CHILDREN AND TWENTY FIVE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS AND FRIENDS