for

Service Held

Monday, August 21, 2017 10 a.m.

First Baptist Church

811 Scipio A. Jones, Drive North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114

Pastor Alvin C. Lowe, Officiating

Reverend William L. Robinson, Presiding Pastor

December 22, 1962 - August 14, 2017

Constantly thinking, never to be the same, the tears fall quickly

just hearing your name.

Silence is golden yet not anymore

silence brings thoughts I just can't ignore.

The nights are sleepless,

dreams out of reach. Crying in my pillow

to you I beseech.

Surrounded by family, I still feel alone.

My heart is so empty, this pain I must own.

I wish I could hug you and just see your face.

But now I have memories to stand in your place.

Gone but not forgotten,

that's what they say. Of course that is true...

but if only you could have stayed.

Love always, Your brothers, John and Todd

If Only You Could Have Stayed Processional

Scripture Reading

Old and New Testament

Pastor Harold Box

Prayer

Pastor Leroy Hood, Sr. Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Monticello, Arkansas

Song

Expressions of Love

(two - three minutes only, please)

Obituary (soft music)

Resolution and Acknowledgements

Larryne Crumpton/Rahshida Crumpton

Song

Eulogy

Pastor Alvin C. Lowe Prairie Lake Missionary Baptist Church, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Recessional

Erica Elfreida Jackson was born on December 22, 1962, in Monticello, Arkansas to Willie Earl and Shirley Ann Jackson. She was the oldest of three children and the only daughter. Erica accepted Christ at an early age and joined Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello, Arkansas, under the leadership of Reverend T.S. Skipper, where she

remained a member until she graduated high school in 1981.

Erica was preceded in death by her grandparents, Dewitt and Elizabeth

Freeman and Willie L. Everett all of Selma, Arkansas.

After high school, Erica entered the Air Force, where she served thirty years. During her military service Erica continued to serve God by serving her country and participating in religious activities at her stations. Erica was known and loved by many. She mentored a number of young people in her thirty years of service to the country, being promoted to Chief

Master Sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the Air Force.

Chief Jackson entered the Air Force in April 1986 and reported to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where she attended basic military training. Upon completion, she entered the Bioenvironmental Engineering Technical Training School. She has been stationed at various locations, including Mississippi, Japan, Guam, Turkey, Florida, Georgia, Korea and New Jersey. Her background includes multiple duties in Bioenvironmental Engineering and contract management. She also served in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM and NEW DAWN as Theater Bioenvironmental

Engineering Functional Manager, Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Air Force Central Command.

EDUCATION:

1988 Noncommissioned Officer Preparatory Course, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi 1990 Associate’s Degree, Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology, Community College of the Air

Force 2001 Noncommissioned Officer Leadership School, Kapaun Germany 2006 Associate’s Degree, Business Administration, University of Maryland University College 2006 Associate’s Degree, Management Studies, University of Maryland University College 2006 Bachelor’s Degree, Management Studies, University of Maryland University College 2008 Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Gunter Annex, Alabama 2009 Chief Leadership Course, Gunter Annex Alabama

2012 Intermediate Executive Skills Course, San Antonio, Texas

ASSIGNMENTS:

April 1986 – May 1986, trainee, Basic Military Training, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas May 1986 – July 1986, student, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, Keesler Air Force Base,

Mississippi

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July 1986 – September 1986, student, Bioenvironmental Engineering Course, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

September 1986 – June 1995, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi July 1995 – July 1999, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, Yokota Air Force Base, Japan July 1999 – July 2002, NCOIC, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, Incirlik Air Force Base, Turkey August 2002 – December 2005, NCOIC, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, Patrick Air Force Base,

Florida January 2006 – May 2008, Superintendent, Occupational Safety Health and Environmental, Cape

Canaveral Spaceport Management Office, Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida May 2008 – February 2009, Superintendent, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, Robins Air Force

Base, Georgia February 2009 – September 2011, Superintendent, 78th Aerospace Medicine, Robins Air Force Base,

Georgia September 2011 – October 2013, Superintendent, Bioengineering Engineering Functional, Joint Base,

McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey October 2013 – August 2015, Superintendent, 8th Medical Group, Kunsan, Air Base, Korea August 2015 – March 2016, Superintendent, 87th Aerospace Medicine, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-

Lakehurst, New Jersey

AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:

Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters Air Force Accommodation Outstanding Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with fourteen oak leaf clusters Air Force Good Conduct Medal with nine oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Korean Defense Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal

Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal

Erica answered the Master’s call to come home August 14, 2017. Those left to cherish her memory and celebrate her homegoing are: her mother and father, Willie Earl and Shirley Ann Jackson of Monticello, Arkansas; two sons, Thomas Wayne Crumpton, Jr. (Rahshida) of Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia; Eric Jackson Crumpton (Larryne) of Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Arkansas; two brothers, John Jackson of Monticello, Arkansas and Todd Jackson (Alnita) of Raeford, North Carolina; her grandmother, Ada Everett, six grandchildren,

aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

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Acknowledgement The family of Erica Jackson would like to

express sincere gratitude for all of the acts of

love and kindness shown during this time of

bereavement. Please continue to pray with us

and for us as we pray with and for you.

May God’s grace, mercy and blessings continue

to fall upon you.

With Hearts of Thankfulness, The Family

Active Pallbearers John Jackson

John Jackson, Jr. Darius Jackson Treylan Jones Todd Jackson

Dontarrius Jackson Parnell Stanley

Honorary Pallbearers Joann Nesmith

Kimberly Hopson Aisha Toston

Tisha Irby Maranda Johnson

Yalonda Milton Trish Brown Nunez

Loretta Fisher Grace Rowlett

Toya Moore

Interment Arkansas State Veterans

Cemetery 1501 W Maryland Avenue

Sherwood, Arkansas 72120

Repast The family will return to the

First Baptist Church for fellowship immediately

after the interment.