Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2020 at the Victory Baptist Church Cemetery in Bassfield for James Ernest Jackson, 101 of Hattiesburg, who passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 at the Brookdale Senior Living in Hattiesburg.

Dr. Nathan Barber will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Victory Baptist Church Cemetery in Bassfield.  Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

Pallbearers will be family members and friends.

Mr. Jackson was born on November 27, 1918 in Prentiss, Mississippi.  He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother.  Mr. Jackson was employed in the pipe line industry for numerous years.  He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, and served as a military police officer during his tour of duty.  Mr. Jackson was a member and deacon of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Hattiesburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James Edgar Jackson and Nannie Clyburn Jackson; his wife, Vondee Rutland Jackson; his daughter, Cindy Jackson Bowers; and eight siblings.

Survivors include one son, David M. Jackson of Hattiesburg; two granddaughters, Laura Jackson Torquati and her husband, Paul of Austin, Texas, and Elana Jackson of Birmingham, Alabama; one great-grandson, Isaac James Torquati of Austin, Texas; one sister, Lois Broome of Bassfield; and a host of nieces and nephews..

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com