Norma Jean Jackson

Norma Jean Jackson, 79, daughter of the late Chester G. Walters and Essie Lee Wicks Walters, was born Jan. 30, 1941 in Dexter, Mo. and departed this life on March 18, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter.

Mrs. Jackson was the former owner of Jackson’s Florist and Jackson’s Monuments in Dexter, where she was a floral designer and memorialist. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Dexter, since 1983 and a resident of Dexter. She was a past president and treasurer for the Altrussa Club. She was a member of the Jaycee wives and received an award for outstanding Jaycee wife.

On July 10, 1958, in Dexter, she was united in marriage to Herman “Jack” Jackson. Mr. Jackson preceded her in death April 27, 2017.

She is survived by her daughter, Cerendia L. Woollums and husband, Ray, of Dexter; her son, Keith G. Jackson of Las Vegas, Nev.; two sisters, Elnora Bernard and husband, Jim, of Reedsville, Ohio and Janice Allen and husband, Dennis, of Maple Park, Ill.; two granddaughters, Jessica Brown and husband, Brad, of Dexter and Ashley Miller and husband, Landon, of Dexter; and two great-grandchildren, Levi James Miller and Reagan Delaney Brown.

A private, family only, funeral service will be conducted at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, 2020. Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.

Funeral services may be viewed via webcast at mathisfuneralhomes.com or on our Mathis Funeral Home Facebook page. Flowers honoring Mrs. Jackson will be accepted at the funeral home.

Mathis Funeral Homes in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.