PORT GIBSON — Carl E. Jackson died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, in Vicksburg. He was 56.

Mr. Jackson was a member of First Seventh-Day Adventist Church, where he served as head elder. He worked for Waring Oil of Vicksburg for more than 18 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Wiltina Hamlin Jackson.

He is survived by his wife, Sentha Jackson of Port Gibson; two daughters, Lashonda Jackson and Carla Jackson, both of Vicksburg; one son, Carl E. Jackson II of Port Gibson; two stepsons, Brian Nicholson and Quentin Phillips, both of Port Gibson; two brothers, James Jackson of Minneapolis and Franklin Jackson of Vicksburg; three sisters, Evelyn Holmes and Frances Jackson, both of Vicksburg, and Renate Drake of Huntsville, Ala.; five grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, including Fedocia Nicholson and Raheem Washington, both of Port Gibson.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Magnolia M.B. Church in Port Gibson with Darron George, pastor of First Seventh-Day Adventist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Thompson Memorial Garden Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 p.m. Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home and Sunday at the church from noon until the service.