Leslie Clarence Jackson was born in Ontario, Canada, on August 21, 1911. He
became an American citizen in 1940 and served in the U.S. Army as a tank driver.
After leaving the army, he became a minister. He was ordained a deacon in 1969,
was admitted as an associate member of the Central Illinois Conference in 1970, and
transferred to the Florida Conference in 1975. He served High Point, Clearwater, 1975-76,
and Roseland, 1976-77. He retired in 1977. (Served at Bethel in Tallahassee in 1978)
He passed away at the age of one hundred four on May 16, 2014, at Lafayette
Health Care in Mayo, Florida. Funeral services were held at McCall’s Chapel United
Methodist Church in Branford, Florida, on May 20, 2014, with the Reverend James Howes
officiating. Interment was at Forest Hill East in Memphis, Tennessee.
He is survived by his wife, Montie Bell Jackson of Old Town, Florida; son, Laverne
Jackson and wife Norma of Ontario, Canada; daughter, Diane Morris and husband Henry
of Piperton, Tennessee; stepchildren, Herbert Hurst, Jr., of Cross City, Florida; Patrick Bell of Old Town; and Patricia
Ergle of Alachua, Florida.
Submitted by the Memoirs Committee