VELMA L. JACKSON 89, WENT5 HOME PEACEFULLY TO BE WITH HER LORD AND SAVIOR ON NOVEMBER 4, 2014. BORN JULY 20, 1925 IN QUINCY, ILLINOIS TO JOHN WESLEY JACKSON AND HATTIE ANN JACKSON. VELMA WORKED AT TIMKEN MERCY HOSPITAL FOR FIFTEEN YEARS UNTIL SHE RETIRED. SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF GETHSEMANE BAPTIST CHURCH AUGUST 31, 2008 AND WAS GIVEN THE TITLE "MOST PERSISTENT STAR MEMBER. THEY CALLED HER MOTHER JACKSON. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH, LITTLE WENT ON THAT SHE WAS NOT PART OF. SHE ALSO WAS A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE N.O.B.D.A. AND ICUA. VELMA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, SISTERS HETTIE EUGENIA TAYLOR, JOHNAMAE WILLIAMS AND MARION DOUGLAS. SHE IS SURVIVED BY BROTHERS ERRETT W. JACKSON SR. (EARLEEN), MONZEL JACKSON SR. (LORETTA) AND HER SISTER PATRICIA SLAUGHTER. SHE HAD NO CHILDREN OF HER OWN BUT ALWAYS SAID ERRETT JACKSON, CHRIS JACKSON WRIGHT,ROCELL JACKSON, ANTOINE JACKSON AND SHERRY JACKSON HOWARD WERE HER KIDS. SPECIAL FRIENDS CATHY IN TENNESSEE AND CAROLYN IN QUINCY, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND GREAT NEPHEWS. FAMILY AND FRIEDNS MAY VISIT FROM