Gertrude Jackson

GERTRUDE “GERT” FITPATRICK JACKSON WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 5, 1940 TO THE LATE EDDIE AND HELLON FITZPATRICK IN CHESSON, AL. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE MACON COUNTY SCHOOLS. GERT UNITED IN HOLY MATRIMONY WITH THE LATE TOMMIE JACKSON JR ON DECEMBER 24, 1959 IN TUSKEGEE, AL. TO THIS UNION, FOUR SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER WAS CONCEIVED. SHE WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT FOR 37 YEARS AS A WELDER. SHE LOVED TO COOK AND HELP ANYONE IN NEED. SHE WAS MOM, GRANDMA AND AUNTIE TO MANY. GERT UNITED WITH ZION FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE SERVED IN THE SHEPHERD’S MINISTRY, YOUTH MINISTRY AND WOMEN’S MINISTRY. SHE FUNCTIONED AS PRESIDENT AND TREASURER IN THE MINISTRIES. SHE ATTENDED FAITHFULLY WHEN HER HEALTH PERMITTED. GERT WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER FORMER HUSBAND, TOMMIE JACKSON JR., BROTHER, WILLIE J. FITZPATRICK, SISTERS, IRENE FARIER, PATRICIA JONES AND BERNICE BUCHANON AND GREAT GRANDSON, AIDEN MELTON. HER MEMORIES WILL FOREVER BE CHERISHED BY – SONS, TOMMIE JACKSON III, KELVIN JACKSON, ADRIAN JACKSON AND CORNELIUS JACKSON, ALL OF MIDDLETOWN, CT; DAUGHTER - VALERIE JACKSON, TUSKEGEE, AL; GOD CHILDREN – ENRICO HERRING, LEWISTON, ME AND JOSHUA DAVIS, MIDDLETOWN, CT; BROTHERS – JOSEPH FITZPATRICK, SENTHA (DENISE) FITZPATRICK, BOTH OF TUSKEGEE, AL, GRADY FITZPARICK SR., MIDDLETOWN, CT, EUGENE FITZPATRICK, BEULAH, AL AND MARVIN (HELLON) DAVIS, AUBURN, AL; SISTERS – JEWELL (MILLER) JONES, CINCINNATI, OH, GLORIA (CLINTON) TOLBERT, TUSKEGEE, AL, GLADYS (ALVIN) PHILLIPS, SPRING, TX, FANNIE MCBRIDE, SALEM, AL; BROTHER IN LAWS – WILLIAM (PEARL) JACKSON, MIDDLETOWN, CT AND JOHNNIE (MARY) JACKSON, MONTGOMERY, AL; SISTER IN LAWS – BRENDA FITZPATRICK, WINDSOR, CT, LULA JACKSON, MIDDLETOWN, CT, BARBARA JACKSON, EAST HARTFORD, CT, VERA ELLIS, WAKEFIELD, VA, ERNESTINE WILLIS, TUSKEGEE, AL AND CHARLESTINE GARDNER, EAST ELMHURST, NY; GRANDCHILDREN – DERRICK OLIVER, AUBURN, AL, SHERRILL JACKSON, BROOKLYN, NY, KWASTINA JACKSON, BIRMINGHAM, AL, MARQUIS JACKSON, MERIDEN, CT, CARL CHISEM JR. AND JAMERE JACKSON, BOTH OF MIDDLETOWN, CT, WILLIAM WHITE, EURICA, CA, DEBRIONE JACKSON, TUSCALOOSA, AL AND HOWARD RAY, MIDDLETOWN, CT; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN – DERRICK JR., SAMIYA, ANIYAH, KALILA, AMIR AND EMERY; EXTENDED FAMILY –MARY (CARL) CHISEM, JUDY WHITE, COMELETIA DRAKE, GENNES (WILLIE) HAYES, RUBY BRUNSON, JOSEPHINE LEE, BESSIE (CHARLES) WHITE, ANNIE (MAYOUS) CURRY, MARGARET (WILLIS) BROWN, MARYANNE (LEEVERN) BURROUGHS AND WILLIE MCKNIGHT; SPECIAL FRIENDS – ELSIE ARNOLD, LOUISE GASKINS, WILLIAM GASKINS, IDA DAVIS, PATRICIA HARLEY AND AMY HILL. AND A HOST OF NEICES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Gertrude Jackson

December 5, 1940 - December 20, 2019