Addie B. Harmon Jackson died peacefully on Friday morning, October 8, 2010.
The fifth of six children born to Reverend Felix F. Bryan and Mrs. Laney Bryan Ward, Addie was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She was educated in the public schools of North Carolina and Virginia.
Addie received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She continued her studies at the University of Knoxville and Webster University.
Addie taught Vietnam Veterans at Lawson State Junior College in Birmingham, Alabama prior to moving to St. Louis, MO in 1972. She accepted a position as an English teacher with the St. Louis Public School System at Beaumont High School where she remained until her retirement in 2001. Addie was a former St. Louis Public School Teacher of the Year recipient and a finalist for the Missouri State Teacher of the Year Award. In 1993 she received from the St. Louis American—a Salute to Excellence Merit Award for outstanding leadership in educating the gifted.
Addie was the founder of the Busy Bee St. Louis Chapter of the Red Hatter’s Society.
She was also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and the Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church.
The loving wife of Alton Jackson, Jr., beloved mother of Ardith E. Harmon, cherished grandmother of Arin Mary Elizabeth Harmon, devoted sister, sister-in-law, aunt, cousin, godmother, Alton’s children, teacher and friend to many.
The family is being serviced by Archway Memorial Chapel. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 10 am at Grace Bible Church, 1912 Central Parkway, Florissant, MO 63031.
