OBIT – Maria Jackson

LA JOYA – Maria Del Carmen Jackson, 85, passed away on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, at her home in La Joya.

Mrs. Jackson was born on Aug. 17, 1932 in Camacho, Zacatecas, Mexico. She was a homemaker and a farm worker.

Survivors include her children, San Juana Lopez, Dalia Porath, Gregoria Jackson, Emma Chou, Maria Cirlos, Mona Jackson, Josefa Wong, Amalia Jackson, Roberto Jackson Jr., and Linda Jackson; and 30 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.      

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roberto Vela Jackson.