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Laura Celeste Jackson
Posted 10/17/07
Laura Celeste 'Sweet Cake' Jackson, 78 LAUREL - Laura Celeste "Sweet Cake" Jackson of Laurel departed this life Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford. She was 78. Mrs. …
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Laura Celeste Jackson
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Laura Celeste 'Sweet Cake' Jackson, 78
LAUREL - Laura Celeste "Sweet Cake" Jackson of Laurel departed this life Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford. She was 78.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Laurel on June 20, 1929, to the late Grant and Viola (Jones) Teagle.
She was the youngest of four children.
Mrs. Jackson accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member New Zion United Methodist, Laurel.
She received her early education at Paul Laurence Dunbar School and completed high school at Delaware State College in Dover.
After completing high school, Mrs. Jackson attended Bowie (Md.) State College. After attending college she went on to receive her cosmetology license.
She married William Jackson of Seaford in 1951. She was a loving and faithful wife until his passing in 1992.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her grandmother, Laura Echo Morris; her aunt, Mary J. Pollitt; a brother, Palmer Teagle; and a niece, Sheree Lynn Wilson.
She leaves to cherish her memory two sisters, Phyllis Wilson and Viola Cannon of Laurel; a sister-in-law, Marie Teagle of Salisbury, Md.; a cousin-in-law, Dorothy Hearn of Laurel; a goddaughter, Melanie Stancell of Bear; and a number of relatives and friends who thought of Celeste as a genuine and loving person.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at New Zion United Methodist Church, Laurel.
Friends and family may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Burial will be at the St. Matthew's First Baptist Church, Laurel.
Arrangements by Bennie Smith Funeral Home.
LAUREL - Laura Celeste "Sweet Cake" Jackson of Laurel departed this life Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford. She was 78.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Laurel on June 20, 1929, to the late Grant and Viola (Jones) Teagle.
She was the youngest of four children.
Mrs. Jackson accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member New Zion United Methodist, Laurel.
She received her early education at Paul Laurence Dunbar School and completed high school at Delaware State College in Dover.
After completing high school, Mrs. Jackson attended Bowie (Md.) State College. After attending college she went on to receive her cosmetology license.
She married William Jackson of Seaford in 1951. She was a loving and faithful wife until his passing in 1992.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her grandmother, Laura Echo Morris; her aunt, Mary J. Pollitt; a brother, Palmer Teagle; and a niece, Sheree Lynn Wilson.
She leaves to cherish her memory two sisters, Phyllis Wilson and Viola Cannon of Laurel; a sister-in-law, Marie Teagle of Salisbury, Md.; a cousin-in-law, Dorothy Hearn of Laurel; a goddaughter, Melanie Stancell of Bear; and a number of relatives and friends who thought of Celeste as a genuine and loving person.
Services will be 1 p.m. Friday at New Zion United Methodist Church, Laurel.
Friends and family may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the church.
Burial will be at the St. Matthew's First Baptist Church, Laurel.
Arrangements by Bennie Smith Funeral Home.
