Hugh Harris Jackson

Mr. Hugh Harris "Fuzz" Jackson, 88 of Oakwood, Ga. died Friday April 19, 2013 at the Northridge Nursing Home in Commerce following an extended illness.



Hugh was born July 18, 1924 in Nelson, Georgia to Esda Fowler and Claud Jackson. He was the youngest of seven children. He loved to tell about receiving his draft notice for World War II on his 18th birthday and leaving for Army basic training shortly thereafter. He served in Europe from 1943 until the end of the war as an ordinance sergeant. When he returned from the war, he lived in a boarding house with two of his brothers. That boarding house is where he met his future wife in 1947. Hugh worked for Sinclair/BP Oil for 23 years, then started a landscaping company which he owned until his retirement in 1992. He was a loving and devoted husband, son and uncle.



Hugh was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Arlyne Martin Jackson, his parents, brothers J.C., Judge and Ed, sisters Mary Jackson, Lorene Jackson and Beulah Dooley, nephew Michael Dooley and many well-loved four-legged family members, most notably Ilsa, Martin, Noah and Zoe. He is survived by his nieces Melissa Harrelson (Ron) and Cheryl Shead (Ralph) and nephews Charles Jackson (Treva) and Hal Partridge; five great-nephews- Kyle (Rayna) and Drew Harrelson, Wesley and Nicholas Jackson and Matthew Dooley and two great-nieces, Christina Grove and Erica Wright (Jason) ; several great-great nieces and nephews; and one four-legged companion, Brynn.



Funeral services will be held at noon Monday April 29, 2013 at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia.



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Little & Davenport Funeral Home, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville, Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements.