The Graveside Service for Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Jackson, Jr. will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at the Cool Springs Baptist Church in Buena Vista, Georgia with Rev. George F. Monts officiating.
Theodore Roosevelt Jackson Jr. was born on June 26, 1947, in Ellaville, Georgia to Theodore Roosevelt Jackson and Loise Dismuke. As a teen he attended John Lewis High School until he started working at Hall Brothers on Cotton Avenue in Americus, Georgia.
Around late 1967 early 1968 he came to Rochester, New York to live for a brief period. He traveled several years from NY back to Florida and Georgia until he planted his roots in Rochester, NY for many years with Willie Lee Wilson. He worked various jobs. In 1979 he started working at Kurlash and in 1981 he left Rochester, NY and relocated with the company in Venice, Florida. Theodore enjoyed fishing, driving from state to state, and being there for his family.
Theodore is predeceased by his sisters Loistine Mambie and Vera Mae Jackson, his brother Earnest Lee Bell, and his grandson Raeshawn Washington.
He is survived by his sister, Evelyn Jackson of Belle Glade, Florida; his sister-in-law, Lilly Mae Bell of Rochester, NY; two daughters: Lillie Ruth Jackson and Linda Ann Grimes of Rochester, NY; three sons: Matthew Jackson and Willie James Wilson of Rochester, NY and Steve Ford of Jesup, Georgia; ten granddaughters, five grandsons, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, great-nieces, great-nephews, other family and friends.
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