Clarence Jackson

Rev. Clarence B. Jackson, 82, of Chapin, SC, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2011 in Chapin, SC. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Brinson Baptist Church with Dr. Danny Shepard officiating. Interment will follow at Brinson Cemetery in Brinson, GA. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Brinson Baptist Church prior to the funeral service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Rev. Jackson was born October 7, 1929 in Springfield, SC, the son of Willie Bethea Jackson and Hester Adele Brown Jackson. He graduated from Brinson High School in 1946 and from Bainbridge High School in 1947. He attended Georgia Tech and graduated from Mercer University. He received his Master of Religious Education degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and his Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Rev. Jackson was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Korean War. During his years as a minister, he pastored churches in Pontiac, MI, Wake Forest, NC, Danville, VA, Richmond VA. He served as a missionary in Trinidad and Tobago from 1983 to 1995 and was active in Civitan and a Ruritan organizations and was a member of Dutch Fork Baptist Church in Ballentine, SC. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Carolyn Pitman Jackson, of Chapin, SC; his sons, Glenn Jackson, of Austin, TX, David Jackson and his wife, Rosemarie, of Newton, MA, and Steven Jackson and his wife, Randa, of Irmo, SC; his sisters, Jessie Cox, of Warner Robins, GA and Dot Rainey, of Albany, GA; his sister-in-law, Glaphrey Jackson, of Brinson, GA; his grandchildren, Robert Welles, Sarah Jackson, David Jackson, Jr., Jennifer Jackson and Christopher Jackson; his great-grandchildren, Robert Welles and Audrina Villegas. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Susan Jackson.