John Heyward Jackson

September 30, 1950 - September 29, 2018

Mr. John Heyward Jackson was born to the late Bernice Felder Davis and Willie Bowman. on September 30, 1950 in Orangeburg, South Carolina but was reared in Columbia, South Carolina by the late Solomon and Mary Lee Jackson. He departed this life on Saturday, September 29, 2018. Mr. Jackson was educated in the public schools of Richland County, SC where he graduated from C. A. Johnson High School. He was employed at Elite Epicuren for twenty five years and the Columbia Marriott before his illness in 2006. Mr. Jackson loved to play checkers, spades, watch the Dallas Cowboys play and spend time with his family and friends. Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his parents, Bernice F. Davis, Willie Bowman, Solomon and Marylee Jackson and a sister, Barbara Scales. Left to cherish precious memories are: his loving wife, Evelina Joyce Jackson; his father-in-law, Easton Smalls of Columbia, South Carolina; his daughter Shemika (David) Heard of York, South Carolina; two sons, John A. Jackson and De’Carlos J. Jackson of Columbia, South Carolina; his sisters, Deresa (Charlie) Pace, Stephanie Plater, and Brenda (Calvin) Drummond all of Winston Salem, North Carolina; his brothers, Willie (Evette) Houser and Mikle Davis, Sr. of Winston Salem, North Carolina; sisters-in-law, Ida Smalls, Elaine (Trezevant) Dunlap, Vanessa (Tony) Greene, Ivenia (Mark) Briggs and Althea Johnson all of Columbia, South Carolina; brother-in-law, Easton E. Smalls of Columbia, South Carolina; 12 grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends, all of whom will miss him dearly.