Obituaries

Norma Jeanette Jackson, 77, died April 12, 2009 in Margaret Dozier Hospice House at Big Bend Hospice.

The graveside service was held April 16 at Cool Springs Cemetery in Faceville, Ga.

Memorial contributions may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308.

A native of Geneva County, Ala., Jackson moved to the area from Holmes County in 1959. She and her late husband, B.J. Jackson, owned and operated Jackson Furniture Company in Havana, Quincy and Cairo, Ga., for many years before retiring.

Iris Isabel Suber of Pensacola died April 13, 2009.

A native of Gadsden County, she taught in the Escambia County School District for 30 years. She was an active member of Pensacola Trinity Presbyterian Church, Escambia Retired Educators Association and the Pensacola Chapter of the DAR.

Suber was preceded in death by her parents, Byron and Isabelle Humphrey Suber, lifetime residents of Gadsden County.

Arthur Lee Bowen, 66 of Gretna, died April 8, 2009 in Tulsa, Okla. He was a member of Pine Bloom MB Church in Greensboro. The service was held April 14 at Mt. Moriah MB Church in Quincy. He was interred with military honors in the St. Paul Cemetery in Gretna.

James “Jack” Jackson, 86, of Chattahoochee, died March 9, 2009 at home.

Born July 10, 1922 in Chattahoochee, he was the son of the late Maggie McMillan and Robert Jackson. He attended public school in Gadsden County and married Lillie Mae Bowden, and together they had children and grandchildren. He was a resident of Pompano Beach before moving to Roselle, N.J., where he retired from the Union County Sanitation Department. Later in life, he married Bernice Johnson and was a father and grandfather to her children.