OBITUARY

C. E. Jackson, 77, Succumbs at Home: Rites Arranged

C. E. Jackson, 77, retired Dallas contractor, died Saturday at his home, 5114 Miller.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Carrollton Methodist Church.
A native of Carrollton, he had lived in Dallas twenty five years. He and Mrs. Jackson, the former Miss Emma Kennedy, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1942.
He is survived by his wife, one son, George Jackson, Oklahoma City, and two daughters, Mrs. A. A. Clarke, Chicago, and Mrs. Marion Good, Carrollton

The Dallas Morning News - September 23, 1945
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

C. E. Jackson, 77, Beloved Pioneer, Dies In Dallas Home

More than 300 friends from here and surrounding communities gathered Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist to pay last respect to C. E. Jackson, 77, a Carrollton pioneer and retired Dallas contractor, who died Saturday in his Dallas home at 5114 Miller following an extended illness. Mr. Jackson had lived in Dallas for the past 20 years.
Conducting the funeral was Rev. Felix R. Kindel, former Carrollton pastor, now at Lakewood Methodist Dallas, assisted by Rev. Robert Ridley, present local pastor. The sermon was based on the spirit of the pioneer symbolic of Mr. Jackson.
Flowers banked the funeral altar.
Mr. Jackson's grandparents came to the States in 1848 from England. Throughout his life he had a part in building up this community section, including construction of the Methodist church where his funeral was held and many of the buildings around the square.
In 1942 he and Mrs. Jackson, the former Miss Emma Kennedy, observed their golden wedding anniversary here in the home of their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Good. Survivors other than his wife and Mrs. Good include Mrs. A. A. Clarke of Chicago, a daughter; his son, George Jackson of Oklahoma City; two granddaughters Mrs. Jack Blanton of Carrollton and Mrs. Fay Renfro of California; two great grandchildren; two brothers, G. A. Jackson, 5632 Reiger, Dallas, and Andrew Jackson, Carrollton; and one sister, Mrs. W. W. Willingham, Dallas.
Mr. Jackson was born in Carrollton, December 28, 1867. He died at 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Rhoton Funeral Home handled arrangements. Pallbearers were his nephews, who included; Geo. A. Jackson, Walter Jackson, Raymond Jackson J. Lee Jackson, Bill Willingham, John Duncan, Cecil Jones and Paul Thompson, all of Dallas; oral Jones, Wichita Falls; and A. W. Larson, Ft. Worth.
Mr. Jackson was a retired contractor, instrumental in building a number of business houses and residences in Carrollton and Dallas.
He was buried at Cemetery Hill, the family burial ground since 1866.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere appreciation for the kindness and sympathy extended us during the illness and death of our husband and father, Mr. C. E. Jackson. Also we thank everyone for respects shown by floral offerings.
MRS. C. E. JACKSON
GEO. E. JACKSON, Oklahoma City
MRS. A. A. CLARKE, Chicago
MRS> MARION GOOD, Carrollton.
 

JACKSON
CHAS. EDWARD - 1868 - 1945
EMMA O. - 1872 - 1972

Furneaux Cemetery, Carrollton, Denton County, Texas