Mrs Cynthia Belton Jackson

April 3, 1954 - January 12, 2019

Funeral Services for Mrs. Cynthia Elaine Belton Cheeseboro Jackson will be held Wednesday January 16, 2019 at 1 PM at New Samaritan Baptist Church 930 Huger Street Columbia SC. 29201. Interment will follow in The Robinson Memorial Gardens Farrow Road in the Killian Community. The family will receive friends during a visitation at the funeral home from 6 PM until 8 PM on Tuesday evening. A. A. Dicks funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements. Cynthia Jackson, 64, left us on January 12, 2019 with family and close friends by her side. Cynthia was born on April 3, 1954 to the union of Lelia Mae Brown Belton and the late Robert Belton in Columbia, South Carolina. She attended Booker T. Washington until it closed and graduated from Eau Claire High School. Cynthia married the late Anthony B. Cheeseboro in 1969. She professed her faith in Jesus Christ and always attended church. Though she never joined New Samaritan, she supported the church’s mission and vision. Cynthia attended Midlands Technical College and earned a degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Cynthia worked as an LPN for more than 30 years at C. M. Tucker, Jr. Nursing Care Center. She was a loyal and committed employee, always willing to come in early and stay late. Cynthia took pride in caring for the residents and many times formed personal relationships with them. She loved spending time with her family, especially having the Annual Family Day Easter Egg Hunt. She enjoyed helping others, laughing and having a good time. Cynthia always put others before herself. Cynthia was an active member of the Ward One Community Organization. She served as Hospitality Committee leader. She celebrated the members birthdays with refreshments that included her famous red velvet cake. She was preceded in death by her husband, father; and son, Anthony R. Cheeseboro, Sr. Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the lives of her children: Kim A. Cheeseboro of Columbia, SC and Schajuana Queen Cheeseboro-Sherrills of Charlotte, North Carolina; a special son-in-law, Travis Sherrills; grandchildren: Solangé A. Cheeseboro reared in the home, Anthony R. Cheeseboro, Jr., James R. A. Merriman, Ollie B. O. Wooden, and Prince Sherrills; great-grandchilden: Malaki and Elaí Gaither; mother, Lelia Belton; a special nephew, Frederick Dillard; sisters: Roberta Pinkett, Addie Belton of Newberry, SC; Beatrice Ferguson of Rockhill, SC; Sandra Brown, Rosemary Baumeister (Neil) of Las Vegas, NV; brothers: Robert Belton and Broderick Belton of Charleston, SC; and a host of devoted nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.