Memorial Services for Tommie Jarrell Jackson, age 82 of Dubach, Louisiana will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, May 17, 2024 at Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Ruston, Louisiana with Rev. Dale Oden officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery, under the direction of Owens Memorial Chapel.

Tommie was born October 7, 1941 in Yazoo City, Mississippi to Jarrell VanBuren Jackson and Dorothy May Jackson. His early years were spent in Cotton Valley and then in Shreveport where he graduated from Byrd High School.  He attended Louisiana Tech before moving to Texas for several years.  Tommie returned to North Louisiana and was a purchasing agent for Willamette Industries for 38 years. He continued to raise his family and began his journey as a horseman with the Cotton Country Open Horse Show Association.  Membership in the American Quarter Horse Association, Louisiana Quarter Horse Association, Louisiana Paint Horse Association, and founding member and past president of the Louisiana Palomino Horse Club followed.  Tommie was also an active Free Mason ardently fulfilling all possible requirements in Masonry.

Tommie is survived by many loved ones including his wife of 37 years, Bonnie Lou Dugan Jackson; son, Jarrell VanBuren Jackson (Kate); daughter, Jennifer Lynn Hopkins (Kirk); and stepson, Jason Daniel Elmore (Melissa); granddaughter, Kathryn Nicole Jackson (fiancé Tyler); grandsons: Thomas Alexander Nash, Joseph Michael Nash, and Brandon James Nash;  step-grandchildren: Cole Chandler Elmore, Kylie Elmore, and Courtney Elmore; brothers: Deward Jackson (late wife Linda) and Kenneth Wayne Jackson (Debbie);  nieces: Melissa Fouts (Edwin) and Amanda Smith (Sean); nephew, Ethan Kyle Jackson (Melanie);  great nieces and nephews: Annabelle, Sarah, Jessica; Jackson and Tyler; Cole and Cameron; as well as great-great niece, Georgia.

Our Lord and Savior took Tommie home early Sunday morning April 14, 2024.

On behalf of the family, we would like to thank the staff of Northern Louisiana Medical Center, Allegiance Hospice & Palliative Care, and Ruston Nursing and Rehabilitation Center who cared for our father during his last days, as well as the friends and family who visited and prayed with Dad.  They have meant so very much to us.