Visitation and funeral services will be observed on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 9:00AM until funeral time at 11:00AM at New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church 2766 Hwy 311 Schriever, LA 70395. Burial will follow at St. James Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Jessie Mae Hanzy Jackson and mother, Mary Miller Ruffin. Children, Michael D. Myles and Keialfa Johnson and granddaughter, Chassadie De'Shay Skinner. Brothers, Leon Michael Diggs and Jeffery Allen Diggs and sisters, Lenora Valentine, Valerie Norman and Cheryl Lynn Diggs.
He was preceded in death by his father, Lionel Jackson and son, Christopher Chad Skinner. Grandparents, Elijah Evans, Jr., and Carrie Evans.