Jackson, Alvin Eugene   	

Alvin Eugene Jackson, 77, of Longview, passed away March 19, 2007.

He was born July 5, 1929, in Mount Holly, Arkansas, to Ernest and Gladys 
Jackson. He was a railroad car mechanic and retired from Shipper's Car 
Line. He also was a Baptist.

Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Jackson; and a son, 
Bo Jackson, both in 1989.

He is survived by his two daughters, Grace Emmel and her husband, Mike, of 
Longview and Gladys Herberger and her husband, Del, also of Longview; one 
brother, Thomas Jackson and his wife, Annie, of Smackover, Arkansas; three 
grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007, at the chapel of 
Lakeview Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Pierce officiating. Burial will 
follow in Lakeview Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. this evening, March 21, 2007, 
at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be offered at www.mem.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/21/2007.