Marjorie Brown Jackson, age 93 of Buchanan, Tennessee passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at her daughter's residence. Her funeral service will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, February 15, 2020 at McEvoy Funeral Home with Bro. Tom Sisco of Mt. Zion Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion Church of Christ Cemetery. Named as pallbearers are Terry Jackson, Don Butler, Michael Corbin, Kyle Dixon, Jacob O'Brien, and David Lassiter. Visitation is scheduled on Friday from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. and after 9:00 A.M. on Saturday until time of service. The family requests that memorials be made to: Mt. Zion Church of Christ Cemetery Fund, c/o: Mackie Gallimore, P.O. Box 67, Puryear, TN 38251.
Marjorie Brown Jackson was born July 28, 1926 in Puryear, Tennessee to the late Bernard Brown and the late Allie Martin Brown. She married Alton Brooks Jackson in February of 1962 and he preceded her in death on May 13, 1995. She is survived by daughters, Sharon (Danny) Paschall of Brentwood, TN, Karon (Charles) Sampson of Central City, KY, Tricia (Peter) Reimold of Buchanan, TN; seventeen grandchildren; thirty-seven great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews along with special friends within the Mt. Zion Community. Besides her parents and husband, Marjorie was also preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Stebbins Yancey; son, Richard Stebbins; sisters Kate Coats, Nell Crews, and Dorothy Brown; brothers, William Brown and Harold Brown.
Ms. Jackson was a longtime member of Mt. Zion Church of Christ. She graduated from a business college in Nashville, later moving to Washington D.C. where she worked for a prominent attorney. After returning home to look after her parents Marjorie worked in the music department at UT Martin and was a personal assistant to a concert pianist. She was a Homemaker who enjoyed baking, sewing and gardening. Marjorie was a shining example of Gods love, always embracing others with a warm smile, bright eyes, and a loving heart. She embodied and lived out the love of Christ with a servants heart exhibiting unconditional love and acceptance to all. "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35
Funeral Service
McEvoy Funeral Home, Inc.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
10:00 AM
507 West Washington Street
Paris, Tennessee 38242
Visitation is scheduled on Friday from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. and again on Saturday after 9:00 A.M. until time of service. The family requests that memorials be made to: Mt. Zion Church of Christ Cemetery Fund, c/o: Mackie Gallimore, P.O. Box 67, Puryear, TN 38251