Katherine E. Jackson, 87, of Beaver Dam, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Muhlenberg Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 25, 1928 in Ohio County, Ky., to the late James Leslie Nelson and Vernie Mae Wright.
Mrs. Jackson retired from Beaver Dam Furniture as a sales clerk. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis William Jackson, on April 27, 1990, and one daughter, Barbara Jackson Keown.
Survivors include two sons, Eddie Jackson, of Hartford, and William “Billy” Jackson (Joan), of Beaver Dam; one daughter, Mae Ann Phillips (Lockie), of Sacramento, Ky.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Miller-Schapmire Funeral Home in Hartford, Kentucky with Rev. Pete Leach officiating. Burial will follow in Central Grove Cemetery in Centertown, Ky., Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. until the time of the funeral at the funeral home.