Glenwood "Earl" Jackson, age 74, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Born in Nash County on June 2, 1942, he was the son of the late Herman Parker and Annie Sykes Jackson. He was also preceded in death by his three brothers, Louis, Julian, and Wilbur Jackson and two sisters, Louise J. Puckett and Barbara Jackson.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Louise Cooke Jackson; two daughters, Deanna Lynn Jackson of Rocky Mount and Melonie Elaine J. Stanger and her husband, Ken, of Atlanta, GA; one grandchild; two sisters, Nelda J. Gretchin Stallings and her husband, Bill, of Norfolk, VA and Mary Ruth J. Crawley and her husband, Ed, of Wilson; a brother-in-law, Larry Cook and his wife, Sandra, of Tarboro; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Brandon Dees officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends and relatives Friday, September 30, 2016 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Flowers are welcome or memorial contributions can be made in Earls' name to Calvary Baptist Church, 505 S. Englewood Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or to the SECU Hospice House - Johnston, 426 Hospital Road, Smithfield, NC 27577.

Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.