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Ms. Jackson was a retired registered nurse who was active in community affairs. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina and came to the Buffalo area with her family at the age of 10. She was educated here and was a nurse at Children's Hospital, Deaconess, and Buffalo General Hospital. She was a founding member of Women for Human Rights and Dignity and served 15 years on the board of the organization, which helped women in crisis. She was a chairwoman of "Project Joy" a program which brought Christmas to the children of women incarcerated at Albion Correctional Facility. She worked at polling places in the city and was a volunteer in may local political campaigns. Ms. Jackson was 71 years of age at the time of her passing on May 11, 1998. She is buried in the Rosewood Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery