RUTH OUTLAW JACKSON

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Ruth Outlaw Jackson, 101, widow of Joseph A. Jackson, died on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at National Healthcare Center.

Born in Georgetown, she was a daughter of the late Oscar and Blanche Baxley Outlaw. Mrs. Jackson was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She was a 1940 graduate of the Tuomey Hospital Nursing School.

Surviving are two sons, Joseph A. Jackson Jr. (Debbie) of Sumter and William Charles Jackson (Barbara) of Columbia; a daughter, Susan J. Johnson (Charles) of Sherrills Ford, North Carolina; two sisters, Barbara O. Lee of Goldsboro, North Carolina, and Jacquline O. Bordeaux of Johns Island; five grandchildren, Anna J. "Holly" Garrity (Tim), Katherine J. "Katie" Atolli, Charles Henry "Chuck" Johnson III, Joseph Christopher "Chris" Johnson and Nancy J. Vaders (Mark); and seven great-grandchildren, Mary Katherine Garrity, Maggie Lynn Garrity, Timothy Edward Garrity, Danielle Katherine "Ellie" Atolli, Jackson David Atolli, Audrey Geneva Vaders and Sophie Evelyn Vaders.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Oscar Grant Outlaw; and two sisters, Violette O. Cormell and Lulabelle O. Brannon.

Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Sumter Cemetery with Dr. Joseph James and the Rev. Nancy J. Vaders officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son, 403 N. Purdy St.

Memorials may be made to Solomons Home, 620 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.

Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.