Linda Lavette Ballard Jackson, age 68, of Cumberland, KY, entered her Heavenly home on February 9, 2022, at the UK Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
Linda was born on December 20, 1953, unto the union of the late Otis and Elizabeth Simmons Ballard in Lynch, KY. Linda married Winfred. L. Jackson, the love of her life in 1997. She believed in the Baptist faith and had worked as a seamstress for S.E.K.R.I.. Linda had a love for fashion and always wanted to look her best. She had a loving, warm personality that was inviting to all.
She is preceded in death by her sons, Cedric Denzel Jackson and Larry Nathaniel Jones, grandson, Da'Shaun Ballard, nephew, Oscar Thrash III.
Left to cherish her memory, husband, Winfred L. Jackson of Cumberland, KY, son, Shaun (Tanya) Ballard of Nicholasville, KY, daughter, Heaven Joy Chapman of Cumberland, KY, brother, Duane (Linda) Ballard of Detroit, Michigan, sisters, Rev. Dorothy Myles of Atlanta, GA, Sara Chapman of Richmond, KY, seven surviving grandchildren, Zayon, Honesty, Jameka, Izabella, Aliya, Emir Dewayne, King Nathaniel Deshawn, nephews, Antony Thrash, and Bryan Keith Thrash, both of Charlotte, NC, Hershey Ballard II, Ypsilanti, MI, niece, Shontelle Thrash of Atlanta, GA, a host of loving cousins and friends.
A Celebration of Life service will be held Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Cumberland Valley Funeral Home beginning at 11 a.m. with services starting at 12 noon with Rev. Princess Holland officiating.
Cumberland Valley Funeral Home is Honored to Serve the Jackson Family.
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