Mr. James Arthur Jackson was born on February 20,1937 in Marlboro, S.C. to the late Booker T. Jackson and Costella Douglas Jackson.

During his formative years, he attended State High School where he studied in Marlboro Co. Training in Bennettsville, SC. He also enjoyed playing baseball and had dreams to attend college to become a doctor, but God had other plans for him. James had many versatile skills. He was called the “chicken” man where he worked for a man out of the triad area taking orders and delivering chicken. He also delivered the newspaper throughout the High Point area. Later on down the road, James had connections with someone where he could get apples. He came home one day with a lot of apples and shared with his family that he’d come up with this idea and started a family business. He started making candy apples and became the “candy apple man” in the neighborhood of Turnkey. James was also blessed with many other gifts of baking homemade goods, cakes, pies, also gardening of vegetables, plants, trees etc.

James’s parents had moved him and his siblings to Richmond, VA. Over those years, he gained responsibility, traveled, and worked between Richmond, VA, Farmville, N.C, High Point, N.C, where he worked his job until retirement. James was a hardworking man and always took care of his family no matter what. He also was a quiet man that kept to himself. Once he let you in his life you couldn’t get him to stop talking and sharing things with you about life, what he did and went through.

He was a member of First Emmanuel Baptist Church, High Point N.C

James was preceded in death by his parents, Booker T. Jackson and Costella D. Jackson; brother, Thomas Carl Jackson; sister, Sarah Lillie Jackson Wright.

He leaves to cherish his memory, wife, Barbara Anthony Jackson; sons, Tony Maurice Jackson, James Trent Jackson; daughters, Nevada Costella Jackson and Sarah McFadden; he leaves a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.

Funeral service will be held on Friday, July 24, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at First Emmanuel Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Guilford Memorial Park. Public viewing will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2026 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Phillips Funeral Service Chapel.

Final arrangements are entrusted to Phillips Funeral Service, Inc.