Jackson Lala Mae Mrs. Jackson was born in Orrville, Alabama March 1, 1911 the only child of Andrew Brown and Rose Hatcher. She died October 6, 1998 at St. Peters Hospital in Albany, New York. Mrs. Jackson was married to Willie Jackson also of Orrville, Alabama. Mrs. Jackson's mother died when she was two years old. Her loving grandparents Jim and Maggie Brown raised her. Mrs. Jackson attended Keith High School in Orrville, Alabama through ninth grade. After graduation, her grandparents enrolled her in The John Knox Academy, a private high school in Selma, Alabama founded by Coven-anters, Reformed Presbyterians, from Pennsylvania in 1874. She graduated from The John Knox Academy after successfully completing the rigorous academic curricula, which included Literature, Economics, Physics, Algebra, Geometry and Latin. Following graduation from the John Knox Academy, Mrs. Jackson attended college in Memphis, Tennessee. Mrs. Jackson was a nurse at The Dunn Clinic and The Good Samaritan Hospital both of Selma, Alabama and at the Southside Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Mrs. Jackson's daughter Rose Mary Clark, who predeceased her, was also employed at the same hospital. Mrs. Jackson is survived by her son, and daughter-in-law Drs. James O. and Rose J. Jackson of Albany, N.Y.; her grandsons, Dr. Christian S. Jackson and James L. Brown, who lived with her during his formative years; granddaughters, Angela and Francine Clark; great-granddaughters, Tamara Paige, Monique Steele, Shanise Clark; and great-great-grandsons, Marshall Brown and Caleb Steele. Mrs. Jackson spent her retirement years in Albany, New York. She attended the First Presbyterian Church, on the corner of Willett and State Streets. But she was a confirmed Baptist and remained so throughout her life. During her adolescence in Orrville and during her residence in Selma, Alabama she attended The First Baptist Church of Orrville. When she moved to Youngstown, Ohio she was an active member of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, where her daughter and her family were members. Mrs. Jackson was an avid reader, and a student of history. She enjoyed the company of, and visited members of her family including Mrs. Anita Phillips and her husband Dr, William Phillips, their son Dr. William Phillips Jr. and Mrs. Elsa Jackson, all of Los Angeles, California, the Browns and Clarks of Ohio, the Jackson's of Albany and friends, and especially her grandchildren whose birthdays she always acknowledged with a card and a gift. During her retirement years she and her grandson Christian Sterling Jackson enjoyed each other's company and dinner every Friday evening from his early years through high school and during college and medical school vacations. Mrs. Lala M. Jackson's life was a blending of education, common sense guidance, intellect, work ethic, great character, good manners, wisdom, dignity, thrift, humility and religion which had been modeled by her grandparents and which she modeled for her descendants. It was these characteristics, which provided the catalysts and blueprint for her children and grandchildren to succeed in education and in life. She was a class act who was and is loved beyond measure.