Tracy Jackson

Tracy A. Jackson, 47, of Naperville, Illinois, formerly of Mexico, died at 6:41 p.m., Thursday, September 10, 2009, at Edward Hospital in Naperville.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, September 19, 2009, at Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. Norris Stevenson officiating. Visitation will be Saturday from noon until service time. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Tracy was born, January 30, 1962, in Columbia, a son of Herbert F. Jackson, Jr. and Jessie Barnes Jackson.

He graduated with the MHS class of 1980 and attended Central Missouri State University obtaining a BSBA in Marketing. He worked in sales and marketing in several major organizations, most recently he was marketing manager for Cricket Communications. He had also worked at Edward Health Center as a manager of personal training.

Mr. Jackson was a member of St. John s AME Church in Naperville; his pastor is Jesse D. Hawkins, Jr. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Tracy was an avid sports fan.

He is survived by his parents, Herb and Jessie Jackson, Mexico; grandmother, Mrs. Beatrice Jackson, Mexico; two brothers, Barry Jackson and wife Shana, Columbus, Ohio, and Harry Williams, Los Angeles; one sister Debbie Cobbins, Minneapolis, Minn.; a nephew, Christopher Jackson, and a niece, Ashley Jones; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

One sister, Jeanette Chris Jackson Jones preceded him in death.

In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be given to the American Heart Association or St. Paul CME Church. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.