Augusta, GA – Mrs. Margaret Bentley Jackson, 75, beloved wife of 58 years of Mr. Alfred Jackson, entered into rest on Wednesday, June 18, 2014.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Platt’s Belair Road Chapel with Rev. Brian LaFavor officiating. Interment to follow in Westover Memorial Park.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Lincolnton, GA to the late Asa Judson and Rose Bradley Bentley. She was a member of Crawford Avenue Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher and preschool director. Mrs. Jackson worked for Georgia Railroad Bank as well as for First Union Bank. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Mrs. Jackson enjoyed watching the Atlanta Braves.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Jackson is survived by her daughters, Gail Cannell (Michael), Beverly Pitzer, Ginger Morris (Dan), Sherri Hampson (Darrell), and Denise Lowe (Chris); her brothers, Ted Bentley (Laura) and Ray Bentley (Amanda); her sisters, Faye Berry and Marie Sutton (Michael); her grandchildren, Wesley and Casey Cannell, J.P., Kelley, and Will Pitzer, Danielle and Ashley Morris, Kristin and Kaitlin Hampson, and Andrew and Nicholas Lowe; she is also survived by Linda Bralley who was a special part of her life.
Pallbearers will be Wesley Cannell, J.P. Pitzer, Andrew Lowe, Will Pitzer, Brett McKenney, and Kevin Bralley.
If so desired memorials may be made to Crawford Avenue Baptist Church, 507 Crawford Avenue, Augusta, GA, 30904.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening, June 20, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.