- Date Of Birth: November 3, 1951
- Date Of Death: August 9, 2022
- State: Georgia
Jackie Nathaniel Jackson, lovingly known as “Big Jackie” by family and friends, was born on November 3, 1951, the second child of fourteen to the union of the late Reverend Curtis Jackson, Jr., and Elizabeth Jackson in Spartanburg, South Carolina. At the age of three, the family relocated to The Bronx, New York, where he started his education and at the age of nine, the family moved to Amityville, Long Island New York, where he continued his education in the Amityville school system.
Besides working and the military, Big Jackie had a love for fishing, playing the guitar, gardening, grilling, and building bow and arrows. His favorite color was anything blue. He also loved to eat cornbread with buttermilk, fish and grits, and apples.
Big Jackie entered peacefully into eternal rest on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at the Southern Regional Hospital in Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his father, Reverend Curtis Jackson, Jr.
Big Jackie leaves to cherish fond and loving memories: his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson of Spartanburg, SC; children, sons, Jackie Jackson of Spartanburg, SC, Corey Jackson of Uniondale, NY, and daughter, Ashley Jackson of Jacksonville, FL; one grandson, Quarieff Young; brothers, Cornelius Jackson (Anna) of Spartanburg, SC, Frederick Lee Jackson of Thompson, GA, Carl Lindsey Jackson (Madeline) of Hamden, CT, Stanley Bernard Jackson (Marsha) of Spartanburg, SC, Zachery Len Jackson of Charlotte, NC, Ellis Jeffrey Jackson of Lawrenceville, GA, Glen Leon Jackson (Allison) of Jonesboro, GA, Christopher Jackson (Donna) of Central Islip, NY, and Spurgeon Jackson of Central Islip, NY; sisters, Mary Veronica Jackson of Spartanburg, SC, Cynthia Denise Lindo of Spartanburg, SC, Melinda Jenkins of Belmont, NC, and Pendoria Jackson of Central Islip, NY; uncle, Stinson Jackson (Sharon)of Bayshore, NY; aunts, Iris Jackson of Kennesaw, GA, and Lois Jackson of Rancho Mirage, CA; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
