Max B. Jackson

BYRD FUNERAL HOME ON WEST MAIN

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Date: Jan 09 2015 9:29 AM

Byrd Funeral Home

3409 West Main Street

Dothan, AL 36305

334-793-3003

www.byrdfuneralhome.com

 

Max B. Jackson

Max Boyce Jackson, a resident of Dothan, died peacefully Thursday night, January 8, 2015 at his residence with his family by his side. He was 88.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 12, 2015 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel on West Main Street with Rev. Tim Willis, Rev. Ray Jones and Rev. Orrin Barrett officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ridgecrest Baptist Church Building Fund, 1231 Fortner Street, Dothan, AL 36301.

Mr. Jackson was born February 10, 1926 in Dale County (Corinth Community) to Sinthy and Minnie Baxley Jackson. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated from Midland City High School in 1947. He started serving his apprenticeship at Ward-Wilson Funeral Home in Dothan and graduated from Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Nashville, Tennessee in 1952.

Returning to Ward-Wilson, Mr. Jackson worked as an embalmer and funeral director and later served as president and partner in the firm. He had been with the firm 41 years when he sold his interest.

Retirement was brought to an end when he was asked to join the firm of Byrd Funeral Home. He was an active funeral director and embalmer there for 24 years and served the last 2½ years as a consultant. He will be remembered as a true professional, offering comfort and compassion to the countless families he served during his career.

Mr. Jackson was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church and the Alton Cantrell Sunday School Class. He had been active in several civic organizations and presently was a member of the American Legion, the Shriners and the Masonic Lodge.

Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his parents, a young brother, Glen Jackson, and his brother and sister-in-law, Berman and Eva Jackson.

Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Elsie Williams Jackson; one daughter, E’Lisa Carol Jackson; nephew, Buddy Jackson (Mary); nieces, Jane Taylor, Jenny Richie (Rodney), and Jan Robertson (Dale); brother-in-law, Charles E. Williams; and several cousins including Charline Greco (Larry).

Serving as active pallbearers will be Bill Karwan, Dr. Bryan Bain, Larry Jones, Chase Jackson, Joe Jeffcoat, and Bill Trant. Honorary pallbearers will be area funeral directors and members of his Sunday School class.

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