Monday, November 25, 2013 10:35 am
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Hazel Ashcraft Jackson, loving wife of the late Howard B. Jackson, age 99, a resident of Kings Mountain, passed away November 20, 2013 at Caromont Health in Gastonia. She was born in Mecklenburg Co., NC, daughter of the late Simeon Eugene Ashcraft and Estelle Biggers Ashcraft. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Peggy White. She graduated from Central High School, Charlotte, NC and Queens College, majoring in textile design. She moved to Kings Mountain to work as a textile designer for Neisler Mills, living over Mauney Memorial Library in the teachers’ boarding house. After marrying Howard, she lived in Kings Mountain and New York City, enjoying an active social life, playing bridge and traveling throughout the world. Hazel and Howard were lifelong members of First Presbyterian Church, Kings Mtn. NC. Mrs. Jackson was a member of the former Kings Mountain Garden Club.
SURVIVORS: Nephew: Harvey W. White, Jr. and wife Carol,
FUNERAL SERVICE: Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel, Kings Mountain;
Rev. John Bridges, officiating
VISITATION: 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. Sunday, November 24, 2013 prior to the service at Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain, NC
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, North Carolina