Winn Parish, LA; Obit of E. J. Jackson (other places named: Ft.
Smith, AR; Van Buren, AR; Johnson, TN; Nashville, TN)
Submitter: Jo Castleberry Branch
Date: 6 Jun 2001
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise
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Winn Parish Enterprise; 28 April 1966
No Family Located
BURIAL PLANNED HERE FOR ITINERANT MAN
City Police Chief Percy Roberts said today a funeral was being prepared
for an itinerant man who strangled himself in the City Jail April 19.
FBI files in Washington identified the victim by fingerprints as E. J.
Jackson, about 67. When picked up here last week, he gave the name of
Joe Miles, Nashville, Tenn. Police picked up the man near the Elm-North
King Street neighborhood where residents had reported a "hobo" going
from house to house. He was placed in the City Jail in the morning and
found beside his bunk about 7 p.m., strips of a blanket tied to his neck
and the bed. Death was by strangulation.
Efforts to locate relatives of Jackson have failed.
Police in Ft. Smith, Ark., reported that had picked him up on more than
one occasion. He gave the Ft. Smith authorities a home address of Van
Buren, Ark., and his birthplace as Johnson, Tenn. However, Johnson
police had no knowledge of the man.
Since his death, he has been kept in a funeral home here.
Roberts said early today (Thursday) that a burial was tentatively set
for the afternoon in the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery; Hixson Funeral
Home was in charge of services.
Jackson was described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, 160 pounds, reddish gray
hair.
He carried no papers or baggage.