Norma Jean Jackson

Norma was born in Jamestown, Illinois, on April 22, 1937, and lived many years in Granite City, Illinois, Ft. Myers, Florida, Edwardsville, and before living at Eden Village in Glen Carbon, lived in Swansea, Illinois.

She was predeceased by her husband, James Jackson, her sister Patricia Landfried Jordan White, her mother and father Rose M. and Hollie G. Landfried, her cousins Art and Louise Kern, Larry Kern, Jim Landfried, and Elizabeth Landfried Brown.

Survivors include three children, daughter Janice Jackson and mate Earl Morris of St. Louis, son James Jackson (wife Diane) of Edwardsville, and daughter Jeanne Cotter (husband Mark) of Edwardsville, as well as four grandchildren, Derek Jackson of Maryville, Michael Cotter of Edwardsville, Mallory Cotter of Creve Coeur, and Gabriel Jackson of St. Louis, sister Joan Landfried Lemon (husband Joseph), eight nephews, one niece, and three cousins.

Norma was a native of Illinois and moved to Florida in 1982 and returned to Illinois in 1994, then retired in 1998 from the VA Hospital in St. Louis where she finished her career as an x-ray technician. She was active in Toastmasters, a member of Decorative Artists of Southwest Florida (DASF), Lincoln Trail Decorative Artists (LTDA), and Artistic Friends in St. Louis, deacon with First United Presbyterian Church, Collinsville Camera Club member, G.R.O.W. member in Edwardsville, Heartland Hospice volunteer, and National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) volunteer. She leaves a legacy of love for family and friends. Norma had a great sense of humor and never met a stranger. She won the "Friendliest in Class" (1954) at Pinckneyville High School and continued her friendly nature throughout her life.

There will be a memorial service to celebrate her life at First United Presbyterian Church in Belleville, Illinois, on Friday, May 24, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. and her ashes will be interred with her husband Jim in Sunset Hills Cemetery in Edwardsville at a later date with immediate family presiding. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Presbyterian Church.