Myra Ethelene Jackson, 74, of Kanawha, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at the
Kanawha Community Home.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM at the
United Methodist Church in Kanawha, with Pastor Tim Rieckhoff-Faris
officiating. Burial will be at Amsterdam Township Cemetery in Kanawha.
Visitation will be held on Friday, June 8, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 PM at Ewing
Funeral Home, 118 East 2nd Street, in Kanawha and will continue one hour prior
to the service at the church.
Ethelene, the daughter of Robert and Iredell Privette Ward, was born March 24,
1938 in Franklin County, North Carolina. She was baptized in the Rock Spring
Baptist Church. Ethelene graduated from Bunn High School in 1956 where she
loved playing basketball. She then attended and graduated from Park View
Hospital School of Nursing 3 year RN program in 1959.
In 1960, Ethelene married Gene Hall of Britt, Iowa. The couple made their home
in the Kanawha and Britt area where Ethelene worked part time at HCMH. To this
union two children were born, Elizabeth Ann and Scott Duane. In 1966, the
family moved to Oxford, North Carolina where Ethelene supervised a medical
clinic at Murdoch Center in Butner, North Carolina.
The family returned to the Kanawha area in 1975, and the following year Ethelene
started working at the Kanawha Community Home as Director of Nursing. She
enjoyed the residents, families and co-workers. Many hours were enjoyed
attending the activities of her children.
Ethelene was united in marriage to Lewis "Junior" Jackson on November 18, 1988.
They liked spending time together dancing and going on fishing trips up north.
Ethelene was a member of the United Methodist Church in Kanawha where she was
active with the United Methodist Women. She loved cooking, spending time with
her family, making cookies with her grandchildren, reading and working with
flowers.
Ethelene is survived by her husband Lewis "Junior" of Kanawha; daughter Beth
Burrs of Britt, daughter-in-law Jamie Hall of North Carolina; step-daughter
Janet (Vern) Dietel of Kanawha; grandchildren: Tricia (Duane) McGregor and their
children Duane, Remington and Avery; Cassie (Bruce) Collins and their children
Amelia and Isaiah; Dan (Melissa) Burrs and their children Julia and Jacob;
Caitlin, Brianna, Hanna and Thomas Hall; Jenny (Al) Eden and their children
Delaney, Brooklynn and Jackson; Jaime Yeakel (friend Mike); sister Ann (Don)
Strickland of Florida; sister-in-law Betty Ward of North Carolina; along with
numerous sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, other family members
and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son Scott Hall; brothers Bobby and
Jimmy; and her infant sister.