Individual Details
Michel Candis Jackson
(9 Mar 1867 - 10 Sep 1948)
Mrs. Michel Jackson Fox daughter of Stanley and Sarah Jackson, was born March 9, 1867 departed this life September 10, 1948, making her stay on earth 81 years, 6 months and 1 day.
She was married to Sidney C. Fox March 6, 1884. He preceded her in death 20 years. To this union was born 10 children, two died In Infancy.
She is survived by four sons and four daughters: Leslie and Gilman Fox of Girard, Ill., Okley and Burton Fox, of Bloomington Springs, Tennessee Mrs. Claudia Chaffin, Cookeville, Mrs. Ethel Flatt and Mrs. Ina Mayberry of Gainesboro Route 3, and Mrs. Dona Mayberry of Cookeville Route 4; and 39 grandchildren and 26 greatgrandchildren.
Other survivors include four sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Sophia Aytes and Mrs. Ida Harley
of Texas; Mrs. Delia Chaffin Cottontown, Tennessee, and Mrs. Eliza Stout of Bloomington Springs, Tennessee; Bratch Jackson of Portland, Tennessee and Hazy Jackson of Cottontown, Tennessee and a host of dear friends to mourn her death.
She was baptized into the Church of Christ in early life and remained a true and faithful Christian throughout life. She was a loving mother and grandmother and loved by all who knew her and will be missed by everyone.
We can hear your footsteps creeping
As often you would do
Yet we know that you are sleeping
In that home prepared for you.
So sleep on, dear mother,
And take your rest.
God called you home
He thought it best.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon September 12, 1948 at Union Church of Christ by Brothers Ardel Pippin and Baugh Smith. Burial was in FOX Cemetery on Flynn's Creek with Whitson Funeral Home in Charge.
Copied Jackson County Sentinel
Michel's death certificate does give her parents as Stanley Jackson and Sarah Birdwell. She was buried Fox Cemetery on the 12th of September 1948. Her husband listed as Sidney C. Fox. She died of cornary occlusion.
Events
Birth | 9 Mar 1867 | Jackson County, Tennessee | |||
Marriage | 6 Mar 1884 | Jackson County, Tennessee - Sidney Columbus Fox | |||
Death | 10 Sep 1948 | Jackson County, Tennessee |
Families
Spouse | Sidney Columbus Fox (1859 - 1928) |
Child | Lucy Ann Fox (1885 - 1885) |
Child | Claudia Valene Fox (1887 - 1969) |
Child | James Leslie Fox (1889 - 1967) |
Child | Columbus Gilman Fox (1891 - 1971) |
Child | Vina Ethel Fox (1894 - 1982) |
Child | Okley Willie Fox (1897 - 1978) |
Child | Ina Ester Fox (1900 - 1983) |
Child | Dona Etta Fox (1902 - 1994) |
Child | Alton B. Fox (1904 - 1908) |
Child | Uriah Burton Fox (1909 - 1983) |
Father | John Jackson ( - ) |
Mother | Sarah Birdwell ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. edited by Denise Young, Jackson Co Tennessee 1920 Census (Orem UT Ancestry 1999), D12-28.
2. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940, 1900, TN, Jackson Co, 12th Civiil District, ED 27, p.174b, Household 113..
3. Pippin/Dennis/Fox Records of Bobby Fox of Hartselle, AL
4. Wilda Allen Luttrell, Emily L. Person Pippin, and James Roberts "Jim" Pippin, Pippin Pathways: The Life and Descendants of Joseph Pippin (Knoxville, TN: Tennessee Valley Publishing, 1998), p.212.
5. U.S. Federal Census - Digital Images Online by Subscription (Ancestry.com); 1790-1940, TN, Jackson Co, 12th District, ED 35, p.147B, Household 188.
6. Pippin/Dennis/Fox Records of Bobby Fox of Hartselle, AL
7. Pippin/Dennis/Fox Records of Bobby Fox of Hartselle, AL