In Loving Memory of Theodora Ward Jackson, Former Dean of the Teachers College of the University of Liberia

Sunrise: June 27, 1934 | Sunset: December 13, 2023

I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7 EHV)

With heavy hearts and immeasurable sorrow, the Jackson, Ward, Anderson, and Witherspoon families announce the peaceful passing of our beloved mother, sister, aunt, and cousin Theodora Colombe Josephine Ward Jackson in her 89th year. This sad event occurred on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at Atrium Health Pineville Hospital in Pineville, North Carolina.

Dean Jackson was an outstanding educator, tutor, and mentor to many, and she was a devout Christian.

Theodora is survived by her daughters Laurene Murrell, (Jefferey), Victoria C. Jackson, Ellen Rice, Josephine Smallwood (Ben), Joanna Jackson, Eva Wright, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren, grandnieces, grandnephews, other relatives, in-laws, and friends.

She was predeceased by her husband General Abraham C. Jackson, Sr.; her parents Rev. Dr. T. Ebenezer Ward and Sarah Josephine Anderson Ward; her brothers William E. Ward, Victor E. Ward, and Rev. Dr. Ernest S. B. Ward; and her foster brothers Wilmot Ward, Moses Ward, Nahor Ward, John Ward, and Sammy Ward.

Services over the remains of Theodora Ward Jackson will be as follows:

Wake

Friday, January 5, 2024, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST

McEwen Funeral Home Pineville Chapel

10500 Park Road

Charlotte, NC 28210

704-544-1412

For live streaming of the wake, visit

https://www.youtube.com/@lincolnward3206

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063703136480&mibextid=LQQJ4d

Funeral/Homegoing Celebration

Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 10 a.m. EST