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Alice Jackson
FRUITLAND, Mo. — Dr. Alice Elaine Jackson, 69, passed away, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at her home in Fruitland. A graveside service will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at 3 p.m. at New Morley Cemetery in Morley, Missouri.
Elaine was born April 29, 1952, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Curtis Holland and Margaret Helen (Klingel) Jackson. She was graduated from Scott County Central High School, Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Southeast Missouri State University, the University of Texas, and a PhD in from Texas Woman’s University. Her professional nursing career included Baptist Memorial Hospital, Missouri Delta Medical Center, and school nurse at Scott County Central Schools.
She taught at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, University of Arkansas-Little Rock, and retired from Southeast Missouri State University after 27 years of teaching. She retired as Professor Emerita of Nursing in 2018.
Elaine is survived by her mother, Margaret Jackson; a sister, Martha (Vincent) Cook; a brother, Jim (Deanne) Jackson; two nephews, Bo (Nikki) Cook and Kris (Shannon) Cook; three nieces, Vanessa Cook, Casey (Bill) Evans, and Jamie (Ed) Verkamp; two grandnephews; and three grandnieces.
Ponder Funeral Home of Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.
Donations and memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital (https://www.stjude.org/about-st-jude/faq/how-can-i-donate-to-st-jude.html).