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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 3 Mar 2004.
Leon J. Chaniott obituary
- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Oak Ridger (TN), 25 May 2005.
Stanley "Stonewall" Gratz Jackson, 83, a lifelong resident of Coalfield in Morgan County, died Monday, May 23, 2005, at the Life Care Center of Morgan County.
The son of Gratz and Jenny Carson Jackson, he was born March 25, 1922, in Coalfield.
He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Coalfield. Stonewall was also a retired coal miner.
He is preceded in death by parents, Gratz and Jenny Carson Jackson; five sisters, Lector Grubb, Lillie Goins, Ruby Morton, Leon Chaniott , and Helen Wendt; and three brothers, Arnold, Roy and Horace Jackson.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his special niece and nephew who were his caregivers, Jenny Sims of Oak Ridge and Jim Wendt of Coalfield; by a host of nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends; by a brother, Issac C. Jackson and wife, Mary, of Coalfield; and by sister-in-law Angie Jackson of Springfield, Ohio.
The graveside service and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 26, 2005, at Estes Cemetery in Coalfield with the Rev. Mike Beech officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs.
Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs is in charge of arrangements.
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