Leland Jackson

My Lovey it's been 5 years since you passed. But I will FOREVER miss you because I love you so and I know you loved me. I miss your phone calls, your humor and even when you aggravated me. I miss it ALL! I'd do anything to change our last phone call a month before you passed away. I wish I knew your brothers Larry & John's phone numbers or they knew mine because I didn't find out about your death until I put the right words in Google's search and up popped your obituary. That was a few years after your death & it buckled me to my knees in grief. I grieve on your birthday but especially Valentine's Day. I honor you with the song that best described what you were to me in spite of our relationship ending we stayed close. Phil Collins "Against All Odds" says: "You're the ONLY one who really KNEW me at all." Nothing is more true than THAT line Lovey. You knew me and I will always love♥️ & miss you to eternity♾️ Rest In Eternal Peace, Lovey🕊️

Happy Heavenly Birthday Lovey... . There aren't enough words to describe how much I miss you😢 It will always hurt that I found out about your death 3 years after you passed away because we spoke by phone often. But after several tries of trying to reach you and knowing you wouldn't go very long without calling me here in Florida, I knew something was wrong but didn't have your brothers phone numbers to try and reach you. It was my BFF that searched on the internet and saw your obituary and she couldn't bring herself to tell me because she KNEW what it would do to me, so she let me find it on my own. I was beyond devastation. I miss you so much and you will ALWAYS be my "Lovey" and in my heart. Rest In Eternal Peace my love....

Happy Valentine's Day in Heaven, Lovey♥️ Words cannot describe how much I miss you😢 I will love you FOREVER and I will meet you on the other side. Give my beloved Mom or "Miss Lily" as you called her a big hug & kiss from her babygirl, Lisa🥰

Happy Valentine's Day In Heaven Lovey♥️ I'm in tears because I know this was the day 3 years ago that God called you Home😪 I miss hearing your voice because if there was anything I could count on, it was you calling me and to know that I won't hear your voice again, hurts deeply.... Give my Mom or as you affectionately called her "Miss Lillie" a hug & a kiss for me. Rest In Eternal Peace my Lovey🕊️♾️🕊️

In loving memory of my Lovey, Leland♥️♾️♥️

OMG! I'm just finding out about the death of my "Lovey" as I affectionately called him since we first met in 1997. I was listening to "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins, and the verse "You're the only one who really knew me at all" perfectly describes my relationship with him. Out of everyone I've dated, Leland was the one who knew me best. We remained friends well after we broke up & he actually helped me move down to Florida or as he'd joke "to ensure I was well across state lines", LOL! He always called me & I thought it was strange that I haven't heard from him in over 2 years. Unfortunately, our last conversation was New Year's Day of 2020. He was being Lovey and poking fun at me but I was in no mood for it and I snapped at him. We hung up and I never heard or could get in touch with him these last 2 years. Some months ago, I Googled him cause I told my BFF this wasn't like Leland to not call me, but nothing came up. Even if we had an argument, he'd give me a cooling off period for a few months and start calling me again. He ALWAYS kept in contact with me. As I stated earlier, I was listening to "Against All Odds" some minutes ago and I naturally thought of Leland. So I Googled his full name, city & state and this obituary came up. I became so overwhelmed with grief because I have missed talking to my Lovey. He was such an integral part of my life. When I lost my beloved Mother in 2015, Leland was right there calling to console me. My Mother really loved Leland & he loved his "Miss Lily" as he affectionately called her. I even made sure Leland was listed in my Mom's obituary, that is how much I loved him and I knew he loved me & my beloved Mom too. Now I know why my calls & texts went unanswered. It hurts so much to learn he has been gone this long. I would tell my best friend Renee who Leland called "Mo Mo Kaddafi" cause my nickname for my BFF is Mo, that I was scared to Google his name for fear he was deceased. And today my worst fears came true.... I am absolutely devastated & inconsolable especially because our last call was a fight. I didn't get a chance to say goodbye or remind him no matter how much of a pest he was to me at times that I loved him to life! I will never find another Leland, never.... We were going to marry in Vegas or at a courthouse in Atlanta in 1997. I remember him coming to take me out to lunch when I was working downtown Atlanta and one of the popular female radio station personalities was doing a show live in the restaurant. As we were being escorted to our table holding hands, she stopped us and asked us to say our names live on air, which we did. She then asked were we married & Leland said "No, but we will be" and she asked were we having a large wedding and I answered "No, we would be eloping to Vegas" cause Leland Jackson wasn't about that wedding life, LOL! Sadly, we broke up and although we were off & on for a few years we both knew we wouldn't last married or dating because we had various differences that we could not work out. He always said I'd have to adhere to the following "rules": No shopping at Bath & Body Works, the malls or via catalog orders, I would have to give him my paycheck and he would give me an "allowance" to spend each week, I would have to eat more vegetables, I couldn't hang with or be friends with my many girlfriends in Atlanta, just my BFF Renee & my other friend Dee Dee. I also was forbidden from cutting my hair short or getting my nails done, and my all-time favorite: I couldn't open the curtains or blinds to look out the window as he hated that for some reason. Needless to say, I am not one to be controlled so we never made it down the aisle. He would joke and say if I didn't abide by his "rules" he'd beat me down to the white meat and they'd find my body buried in his backyard a few days later, decomposed and "stankin", LOL! That was my "Lovey", SMH.... He was a proud, country boy who was so set in his ways and I was a spoiled, stubborn, big city, hardheaded, "Miss Lily's child" who as he said was "allergic" to money (so true!). Our marriage would've been short lived & annulled cause I absolutely was not going to abide by his ridiculous set of rules & he wasn't going to compromise & let me have my way. As my best friend would tell anyone, I don't keep in touch with my exes and Leland was 1 of 2 that I kept in touch with. But he was, and will always be my #1. It didn't matter that he was 10 years older, or that we lived in different states with different lifestyles. He was my Lovey and he will ALWAYS be my Lovey. I miss him so much, even more now that I know he's gone....

My thoughts & prayers go out to his loved ones.... I know his brothers, James & John know of my crazy relationship with Leland as he'd tell them things about me and our relationship. John was helpful in getting my things out of storage before Leland & Larry (James) drove Leland's truck full of my things behind me when I moved to Florida in 2002. I will never forget that day and how much I cried in Leland's arms when was about to leave my Mom's house to drive back to Georgia. Since my oldest brother & BFF lived in the Atlanta area in the mid 2000's, I'd see Leland when my Mom & I would visit my brother but we'd always end up fighting. My last visit to Atlanta was for a 2-week training class in 2010 and I was adamant that I was not there to drive all over Atlanta in that traffic to see all my friends or even him. I invited him to come to Alpharetta to stay at my hotel suite because it had a sofa bed & kitchen but "Stubborn Lovey" didn't want to drive from south Atlanta to where I was to see me which made me so mad. I feel even worse now because 2010 was the last time I was visited Atlanta & I'll never get a chance to see my Lovey again....

Rest In Eternal Peace, my Lovey.... Give your "Miss Lily" (my Mom) a big, hug and kiss from me and yourself one too. Oh what I would give to have you wake me up in the wee hours of the morning with your very delicious, crispy, small chicken wings again or to make me a fried Spam sandwich with slight mayonnaise & lettuce on wheat bread, LOL! I will love & miss you FOREVER "Bubba", a part of my heart will always be yours until we meet again....

Sincerely, Lisa aka "BeastMaster", "Bride of Chuckie", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Mummy-Dummy" (his nickname for me & my BFF combined) and although this nickname describes him, he swore it fit me, "billhilly", LOL!

I thank the funeral home for this beautiful memorial and I will cherish this handsome photo of my Lovey forever. God bless his spirit, family and friends....

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