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Paris News Dec 1 1941
R, E. L Jackson
Dies Here Sunday
R. E. L. Jackson, veteran Lamar
County teacher, died Sunday
at 2:55 a. m. at his home 593
Bonham St., after a long period
of ill health. The funeral was .set
for 2:30 p. m. Monday at •Brown'-1
Roden Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. W. R. Zimmerman of
Garrett' Memorial Methodist
Church, assisted by the Rev.
Claude Carlton of Texarkana.
Baptist pastor.
Mr. Jackson leaves -his wife, the
former Miss Cora Hargus; a son
and two daughters, W. E. Jackson,
Mrs. Grace Holmes and Miss
Irene Jackson, all of Paris; three
brothers, P. M. Jackson and John
Jackson, Paris, and Levi Jackson
of Hopewell; two sisters, Mrs.
Mack Roach, Paris, and Mrs. Jim
Jobe, Kansas City, and one
grandson.
Born in McNary County, Tenn.,
September 23, 1870, Mr. Jackson
had been a resident of Lamar
County since infancy, being engaged
about 45 years as a teacher.
He had been principal of West
Paris School, and had taught also
at Direct and Atlas, having
studied for a degree at East Texas
State Teachers College, Commerce
and North Texas State
Teachers College, Denton. In addition,
he had been employed as
bookkeeper for First National
Bank, had been sergeant-at-arms
in the house of representatives in
Austin,
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