BIOGRAPHY: Otis Wesley Jackson was born in Rockingham County, NC near the community of Harrison's Crossroads. He was a carpenter by trade and built his first house at age 14 years. As of 2002, still stands on Mount Carmel Church Road, Reidsville, NC. Otis served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War from 1952-1954. He was an MP. Self-Employed all of his life as a building contractor, carpenter, brickmason, and later after retirement, ran a sawmill at his residence - 9985 NC 87, Reidsville, NC (Wentworth Community).
BIOGRAPHY: ~He loved to go crabbing and went to Lake Mattamuskett several times each year. He built his own nets and would come home with coolers full of crabs, invite all of his friends and have a crab-boil outside. He was very good with numbers. Once he borrowed my geometry book to figure the foundation for my cousin's house that was built in the shape of an octagon. He could sight measurements within 1/16th of an inch - amazing! He loved to play solitaire and played at the bar in the kitchen every morning and every evening - sometimes at lunch too. I can never remember not knowing how to play solitaire, I have no idea how old I was when he taught me. He taught his grandchildren too. He would usually wear out a deck of cards each year. Daddy talked about his Uncle Porter (Jackson) alot and I think he admired him very much. He also talked about Uncle Elijah (Via) and had an old trunk that he had made, which was passed down to me. For as long as I can remember every Christmas Eve, we would leave out about 8:30 in the morning and go eat breakfast, then we would go shopping - always the same gift list - Mama, his brother, Edwin and his sons, ET and Joey, and me. Then we would eat lunch, finish shopping and go home. Daddy always bought my gift on Christmas Eve. We would wrap the presents together, every corner had to be square and even. Later, when I married and had the children, the list grew to include my husband and children. Oftentimes, I would take the gifts home and wrap them for him. Daddy always bought Mama something special, usually jewelry. I have the diamond anniversary ring he bought for her. He bought me a diamond necklace just two Christmases before he died - I wear it almost every day. I remember when I was just a little girl, he and I would make a star for the top of the Christmas Tree every year. It was made of cardboard and covered with tin foil. He would measure and measure and it had to be perfect. We would make a round loop and tape it on the back to put it on the tree. Christmas was always special for Daddy. He never liked to open a gift until Christmas morning and wouldn't hear of it for years until after the children were born and we had to sort of change our Christmas routine to include my in-laws. The last few years he lived, we had begun to do Christmas with Mama and Daddy on Christmas Eve, but he never liked it. He wouldn't open a birthday present until his birthday and wouldn't let anyone open his birthday present to them until their birthday. My first Christmas without Daddy was the worst Christmas of my life. Nothing was the same. I didn't allow any pictures to be made because I never wanted to look back at a picture and remember it was my first Christmas without my Daddy.EVEN 5'11"; Blue Eyes; Brown to Gray Hair
Cause of Death:
Lung Cancer; Heart Failure
BIOGRAPHY: Otis Wesley Jackson was born in Rockingham County, NC near the community of Harrison's Crossroads. He was a carpenter by trade and built his first house at age 14 years. As of 2002, still stands on Mount Carmel Church Road, Reidsville, NC. Otis served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He was an MP. Self-Employed all of his life as a building contractor, carpenter, brickmason, and later after retirement,ran a sawmill at his residence - 9985 NC 87, Reidsville, NC (Wentworth Community).
BIOGRAPHY: Otis Wesley Jackson was born in Rockingham County, NC near the community of Harrison's Crossroads. He was a carpenter by trade and built his first house at age 14 years. As of 2002, still stands on Mount Carmel Church Road, Reidsville, NC. Otis served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War from 1952-1954. He was an MP. Self-Employed all of his life as a building contractor, carpenter, brickmason, and later after retirement, ran a sawmill at his residence - 9985 NC 87, Reidsville, NC (Wentworth Community).
BIOGRAPHY: ~He loved to go crabbing and went to Lake Mattamuskett several times each year. He built his own nets and would come home with coolers full of crabs, invite all of his friends and have a crab-boil outside. He was very good with numbers. Once he borrowed my geometry book to figure the foundation for my cousin's house that was built in the shape of an octagon. He could sight measurements within 1/16th of an inch - amazing! He loved to play solitaire and played at the bar in the kitchen every morning and every evening - sometimes at lunch too. I can never remember not knowing how to play solitaire, I have no idea how old I was when he taught me. He taught his grandchildren too. He would usually wear out a deck of cards each year. Daddy talked about his Uncle Porter (Jackson) alot and I think he admired him very much. He also talked about Uncle Elijah (Via) and had an old trunk that he had made, which was passed down to me. For as long as I can remember every Christmas Eve, we would leave out about 8:30 in the morning and go eat breakfast, then we would go shopping - always the same gift list - Mama, his brother, Edwin and his sons, ET and Joey, and me. Then we would eat lunch, finish shopping and go home. Daddy always bought my gift on Christmas Eve. We would wrap the presents together, every corner had to be square and even. Later, when I married and had the children, the list grew to include my husband and children. Oftentimes, I would take the gifts home and wrap them for him. Daddy always bought Mama something special, usually jewelry. I have the diamond anniversary ring he bought for her. He bought me a diamond necklace just two Christmases before he died - I wear it almost every day. I remember when I was just a little girl, he and I would make a star for the top of the Christmas Tree every year. It was made of cardboard and covered with tin foil. He would measure and measure and it had to be perfect. We would make a round loop and tape it on the back to put it on the tree. Christmas was always special for Daddy. He never liked to open a gift until Christmas morning and wouldn't hear of it for years until after the children were born and we had to sort of change our Christmas routine to include my in-laws. The last few years he lived, we had begun to do Christmas with Mama and Daddy on Christmas Eve, but he never liked it. He wouldn't open a birthday present until his birthday and wouldn't let anyone open his birthday present to them until their birthday. My first Christmas without Daddy was the worst Christmas of my life. Nothing was the same. I didn't allow any pictures to be made because I never wanted to look back at a picture and remember it was my first Christmas without my Daddy.EVEN 5'11"; Blue Eyes; Brown to Gray Hair
Cause of Death:
Lung Cancer; Heart Failure
BIOGRAPHY: Otis Wesley Jackson was born in Rockingham County, NC near the community of Harrison's Crossroads. He was a carpenter by trade and built his first house at age 14 years. As of 2002, still stands on Mount Carmel Church Road, Reidsville, NC. Otis served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He was an MP. Self-Employed all of his life as a building contractor, carpenter, brickmason, and later after retirement,ran a sawmill at his residence - 9985 NC 87, Reidsville, NC (Wentworth Community).
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Obit:PILOT MOUNTAIN - Mrs. Cora Simmons Inman, widow of Ernest E. Inman, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Inman was born in Surry County, May 9, 1915, to the late John Bill and Della Simmons. She was a homemaker and a member of Simmons Grove Baptist Church. She was a member and past matron of OES Pilot Mountain Chapter 23 and a member of the Northern Hospital Auxiliary. She had been a member and past president of the Longhill Extension Homemakers Club. Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Carswell (Guy) and Joy Adams of Winston-Salem and a son, Billy E. Inman (Joan) of Mount Airy; six grandchildren, William Dale Marshall (Tammy) of Mooresville, Cynthia M. Johannes (Bill) of Greenville, S.C., Dr. Barry E. Inman (Bunny) of Columbus, Ga., Dwight Inman of Atlanta, Ga., Dr. Angie Royster of Dallas, Texas, Eric Royster of Little Rock, Ark. And Joseph Adams of Winston-Salem; seven great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rachel Danley and Alice Lewis of Mount Airy; a brother, Jack Simmons of Pilot Mountain. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Inman was preceded in death by four sisters, Annie Simmons, Viola Taylor, Stella Simmons and Lessie Bryant, and three brothers, Claude, Henry and Ray Simmons. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at Simmons Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Stewart Mauck, the Rev. Fred Chilton and the Rev. Johnson Gupton officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Cox-Needham Funeral Home in Pilot Mountain and at other times at the home of Bill and Joan Inman, 253 Hunting Hill Drive, Mount Airy. Memorials may be made in floral tribute or to Simmons Grove Baptist Church or Hospice. The family would like to express their thanks to their mother's many loving friends and neighbors, her Simmons Grove Baptist Church family, her care givers and the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home for the many acts of kindness, prayers, cards and loving care. The Inman family is being served by Cox-Needham Funeral Home in Pilot Mountain.
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