Earlene Jackson

Obituaries

July 25, 2023

Earlene Jackson

Earlene Kay Jackson, 73, of Jena, passed from this life on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, in Jena.

She was born December 11, 1949 in St.

Louis, Missouri.

Services were held at 11 a.m., Friday, July 21, 2023, at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elbert E. Elliot and Viola Lehnhoff Elliott.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, David Jackson; and the tribal members of the Jena Band of Choctaw.

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