Mrs. Donnie Ragsdale Jackson

March 11, 1938 - March 9, 2019

Donnie Ragsdale Jackson, 80, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2019, at Briar Hill Rest Home in Florence. The family will receive friends for visitation from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 10th and again on Monday, March 11th from 11:00 a.m. until the 12:00 p.m. funeral service all at Chancellor Funeral Home in Florence. Interment will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS. Donnie was born March 11, 1938 in Mississippi to J.W. and Gladys Gordon Ragsdale. She was a homemaker and a CPA. She worked with Stribling Equipment until her retirement to come home to take care of her grandbabies until they reached high school age. She was a proud Law enforcement and retired Military wife. She traveled all over the world with her husband raising her children during his military career. Donnie was also a proud military mother and grandmother. She attended Quest Community church. Along with her parents, Mrs. Jackson is preceded in death by her brother, Johnny Ragsdale; and her husband, Claude M. Jackson. She is survived by her sons, Robert (Tammy) Jackson of Vicksburg and Michael (Gena) Jackson of Florence; brother, Ken (Anita) Ragsdale of Pensacola, FL; 5 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers are, Mark Weeks, Rodney Dixon, Johnny Nolan, Fred Hauser, Edward Bone and Adam Ross; honorary pallbearers are, Sheriff Martin Pace and the Warren County Sheriffs Dept.