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Alice "Jo" Jackson

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Alice "Jo" Jackson, 90, of Valrico, Fla. passed away peacefully on April 25, 2018 after a short battle with lung cancer. She was born on October 29, 1927 in Little Rock, Ark. to Harold and Hellen Crowder. She married Morris Jackson in December 1945 and remained married for 55 years until his death in 2001. Throughout her life, Jo's constant focus was her family, her friends, and her faith. She was a loving and supportive wife, a tender and attentive mother, and a proud and adoring grandmother and great-grandmother. She was loyal to her friends and took great joy in giving of her many talents. She was faithful and diligent in her service to her church by teaching children and singing in the choir for over 80 years. She had a beautiful soprano voice, played piano by sight-reading and by improvisation, and shared her love of music in any way that would further God's work. Jo was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, her daughter Helen Simpson, granddaughters Kristi, Kelli, and Amanda Simpson, great-granddaughter Ella Jackson, brother Nick (Barbara) Crowder and sister Martha (John) Skelton. We know that they have been reunited in Heaven. Jo is survived by her sons Mike (Candy) and Curtis Jackson, brother, Russell (Maryellen) Crowder, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. After a memorial service in Florida, a graveside service and burial will be at 11 a.m., on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Edgewood Memorial Park in North Little Rock, where she will be buried next to her beloved husband. Memorials may be given to First Baptist Church of Brandon, Fl Music Department. Please sign guest book at www.serenitymeadows.com.

Published May 10, 2018

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