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Dean Willie Obituary
Jan. 2, 1948 - Dec. 3, 2016
Willie Dean Jackson, an Alabama native and mother of six who became a civil rights activist, died Dec. 3 in Buffalo, where she and her family lived since 1980. She was 68.
One of 11 children, Mrs. Jackson was born in Docena, Ala., and educated at Hooper City High School in Brookside, Ala. While working at South Highland Hospital in Birmingham, she became a civil rights activist.
In 1980, she and her six children relocated to Buffalo and she began work as a caregiver at St. Augustine's Center on Jefferson Avenue. She retired from there after 20 years of service.
Mrs. Jackson is survived by five children, Sonya Hale, Shemeda Williams, Rosalinda Hale, Edward Hale and Yolanda Hale; four sisters, Ester Dowdell, Sharon Jones, Ratina Watford and Cathy Watford; and two brothers, Jerry Lee and William Watford; 17 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday at St. John's Cemetery, Cheektowaga.
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