Mother Lavada Jackson

JACKSON, Mother Lavada - Age 69, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at McLaren - Flint. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at North Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1657 Broadway Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Rev. James Flowers officiating. Interment Flint Memorial Park Cemetery, G-9506 N. Dort Hwy, Mt. Morris, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Mother Jackson will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mother Lavada Jackson was born in Smackover, Arkansas to Dave and Sula (Fogel) Henderson, she was the 3rd child of eight children. She attended Smackover Training School in Arkansas. Lavada married Joseph Jackson and to this union was born 2 lovely daughters. Mrs. Jackson later moved to Flint, MI and was employed by Chevy Truck and Bus and was a member of Local 598, and later retired in 2000. She was a very faithful member of North Star Baptist Church where she served on the Mothers Board and had recently joined the Nurses Guild until her health failed. Mrs. Jackson loved working in her yard and keeping it beautiful, she also loved shopping, traveling, being with her grand babies, and her family. Mother Lavada Jackson leaves to cherish her loving memories: 2 daughters, Bridgette Jackson of Eldorado, AK, and Jacqualine Jackson-Bridges of Little Rock, AK; 2 grandchildren, LaMotte Carter of Arkadelphia, AK, and Tianna Chaney-Jackson of Little Rock, AK; great-grandchild, Adin Washington; sister, Ida Mae Sloan of Richmond, CA; 3 brothers, Reverend Richard Henderson of Smackover, AK, Dave (Callie) Henderson and Willie Henderson both of Flint, MI; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends including special friends, JoAnn Derricks Alice, Rufus Gipson, Shalonda Eddington, Shirley Davis, Stephanie Stewart and The North Star Church family. Mother Lavada Jackson was preceded in death by her parents, Dave and Sula (Fogel) Henderson; 4 sisters, Virginia, Joan, Etta Jean, and Mildred; 2 brothers, Floyd and Jimmy. Special thanks to Pastor James O. Flowers Sr., and the North Star Baptist Church family, McLaren Hospital and Dr. Abdulla Raffee and Dr. Monir Khoulani.

Mother Lavada Jackson

June 24, 1945 - June 2, 2015