ORISTENE BROOKS JACKSON SUNRISE 05/02/38 – SUNSET 6/28/23
ORISTENE BROOKS JACKSON SUNRISE 05/02/38 – SUNSET 6/28/23
On June 28, 2023 Oristene Brooks Jackson passed away at the age of 85. Born on May 2, 1938, in Mansfield, Louisiana, Oristene was the sixth child of Wesley Brooks and Lucille Edwards
Reared and nurtured in a Christian home, Oristene accepted Christ as her Savior as a young child at the Mary Evergreen Baptist Church in Grand Cane. LA. As she grew in years, she developed her faith. She later united with her husband Carl at the Shady Grove United Methodist Church. She supported the choir and loved the Shady Grove Male Chorus. She often prepared food for many occasions. She will be remembered for her famous chicken salad, berry and peach cobblers, and gumbo. She always helped whomever she could whenever the call of need reached her loving heart and hands of service.
Educated in the public schools, Oris was a proud member of the DeSoto Parish Training School Class of 1957. Dedicated to excellence, commitment and service, Oristene wore many hats during her lifetime. She was an immaculate housekeeper and homemaker. She made sure that each room was filled with love. Gifted with a green thumb, she enjoyed gardening and landscaping.
Loving people and life, Oris worked tirelessly at whatever she put her hands and mind to do. She was part owner, bookkeeper and office manager for their Logging Business. Her work in the public included: seamstress at McNeil’s Garment Factory, teacher’s aide at Johnson Elementary, bookkeeping and clerical assistant at KDXI Radio Station, insurance agent at Hullett Insurance Co. and Sabine State Bank, and administrative assistant at Greenleaf Insurance and DeSoto Parish Child Protection Service. Her last employment was as a clerk in the D.A.’s Office. It was noted by her supervisor that Lady O was always impeccably dressed, cheerful, and efficient at her job.
Celebrating her arrival are her paternal grandparents: William Wesley Brooks and Ella Eugenia Green Brooks, maternal grandparents Daniel Edwards and Leanna Green Edwards, parents: Wesley & Lucille Edwards Brooks, her husband, Carl R. Jackson, Jr. her in-laws: Ada Williams and Carl R. Jackson, Sr.; her siblings Ann B. Maxie, Arthur L. “Sonny” Brooks and Mary B. McMillian, her daughter and son-inlaw: Connie Joyce Jackson & Aaron Jerome Collins, her son, Marvin R. Jackson and those departed from the Brooks-Edwards and Jackson-Williams Families.
Left to cherish her largerthan- life memory, her love of life, her zeal for life, enjoyment and appreciation of good times and friends, and her compassion for family and friends are her daughter: Kathy Ann Davis and son-in-law Mark and their children: Grandchildren Kayla LeAnn Davis and Nicholas Wade Davis; Connie & Aaron’s children: Grandchildren Timothy Carl Collins, Christy Lynn Collins, Jessica Rose Collins and great granddaughter Aralyn Joy Collins. Her siblings: Reva B. Taylor, Bobbie B. Hamilton and Dannie B. Jackson. A host of nieces and nephews and numerous cousins who are descendants of the Brooks-Edwards and Jackson-Williams Families, and countless friends who individually and collectively profess that to know her was to love her.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at the Shady Grove United Methodist Church in Mansfield, LA.
