Russell Allen Jackson

RUSSELL, SON OF THE LATE EDGAR JACKSON AND ALFIE JACKSON, HE WAS BORN IN TOCCOA, GEORGIA.

HE WENT TO SCHOOL AROUND THE WORLD AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN BRANDON, FLORIDA. HE GRADUATED WITH HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM NORTHWESTERN STATE (NSU) IN NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA. RUSSELL, “RUSTY”, “RUSS” MADE HIS HOME IN FLORIDA, DRAWN TO THE SUN, AND A LIFE THAT DIDN’T TAKE ITSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. A TRUE JOKESTER WITH THE GIFT OF GAB. HE RARELY MET A STRANGER AND COULD STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE.

HE SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, A ROLE THAT SUITED HIM PERFECTLY. FOR NINE YEARS, HE PROUDLY OWNEDHOSER’S IN FORT WALTON BEACH, A PLACE THAT BECAME MORE THAN JUST A BAR—IT WAS A GATHERING SPOT, A SECOND HOME, AND A REFLECTION OF HIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERSONALITY. THERE, HE DID WHAT HE DID BEST: BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER, MADE THEM LAUGH, AND MADE EVERYONE FEEL WELCOME. HE WILL BE FONDLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SHARE A LAUGH, A DRINK, OR A MOMENT WITH HIM.

HE PASSED PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY, AND HIS LOYAL FUR BABIES SPIKE AND BUSTER. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE AND FRIEND DAWN HERMIZ JACKSON, HIS PARENTS EDGAR AND ALFIE JACKSON, AND HIS FUR BABY OSCAR. HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO CHILDREN BENJAMIN AND LAUREN JACKSON OF NAVARRE, SISTER-N-LAW SHAWN JONES AND HER HUSBAND MICHAEL, BROTHER-N-LAW DAVID PRITT OF WEST VIRGINIA, SISTER CATHY MCCAUSLIN AND HER HUSBAND DARREN OF NATCHITOCHES. NIECES AND NEPHEWS CASEY MCCAUSLIN AND HIS WIFE MALORIE, AUSTIN MCCAUSLIN, AND CAITLYN ANGLIN AND HER HUSBAND WILL OF NATCHITOCHES, ALONG WITH A GREAT NIECE HANNAH, GREAT NEPHEW WILLIAM.

THE FOLLOWING WILL SERVE AS PALLBEARERS, AUSTIN MCCAUSLIN, CASEY MCCAUSLIN, DARREN MCCAUSLIN, JEREMIAH WILLIAMS, MIKE WILLIAMS AND WILLIAM MCCAUSLIN, HONORARY PALLBEARER MICHAEL JACKSON

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 2:00-3:00PM AND FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 3:00PM SATURDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2026 AT NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN CARNESVILLE, GEORGIA. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. ACREE-DAVIS FUNERAL HOME WILL BE IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

TO THE NATCHITOCHES HOSPICE TEAM, YOUR CARE AND SUPPORT BROUGHT COMFORT AND DIGNITY WHEN IT MATTERED MOST. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO CATHERINE BLAKE FOR HER DEVOTED CARE GIVING, AND TO DARREL HICKMAN AND ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO VISITED/CALLED AND OFFERED THEIR PRESENCE AND SUPPORT.