Lewis Roswell Jackson, Jr.

Lewis Roswell Jackson, Jr., 81, of North East, MD, passed away peacefully at Union Hospital in Elkton, MD, on December 6, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Perryville, MD, on September 24, 1932 he was a lifelong resident of Cecil County and the son of the late Lewis Roswell Jackson and Marian Burlin Jackson. Lewis graduated from the University of Maryland in 1955 with a B.A. degree and had a successful career in the oil industry with both Sinclair and BP, was owner of Wilson Ford car dealership, and served his fellow Cecil Countians as a Cecil County Commissioner and Cecil County Treasurer in the 1990’s. He was preceded in death by former wives, Marlene Ann Jackson and Billye Jo Jackson.  Survivors include his sister, Eleanor Mueller of El Paso, TX; his sons, Michael Lewis Jackson and wife Pat of Perryville, and Patrick Ross Jackson and wife Kim of Lincolnton, NC; grandson, Joshua Jackson  and wife Patrice of Mooresville, NC; two nephews; two stepchildren, Linda Berkhimer and Stanley Strencejewski; and multiple step-grandchildren and great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the American Heart Association in care of Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A.,  P.O. Box 766,  Perryville, MD 21903-0766. All services are private and for immediate family only. Arrangements By Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD