Jamaal Justin Jackson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

UTICA - JAMAAL JUSTIN JACKSON, BORN IN NEW YORK STATE, ON MARCH 31, 1995, GREW UP IN FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA. JAMAAL SUDDENLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 25. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN SOUTH CAROLINA, HE FINISHED HIS SCHOOLING IN UTICA NEW YORK. JAMAAL WAS A CHEF AT POPEYE’S AND HE ALSO HAD A TREMENDOUS LOVE FOR ANIMALS, AND HE ASPIRED TO BE A VETERINARIAN. JAMAAL WAS VERY HELPFUL IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HIS FAMILY BUSINESS IN FLORENCE, SC AT WHICH AT THE AGE OF 10 HE AND HIS BROTHER DID PROPERTY LAWN MAINTENANCE AND HELPED COLLECT PECANS AND HELPED BATTLE SNAKES. JAMAAL AND HIS BROTHER AJ CHOPPED FIREPLACE WOOD, DID FORESTRY AND PROPERTY RECYCLING, AND LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE VEHICLES BY DRIVING THE RIDING LAWNMOWERS TO CUT SIX ACRES OF LAND. HE WAS HOPING TO MOVE BACK TO SOUTH CAROLINA WITH HIS FAMILY. JAMAAL RECENTLY DISCOVERED A NEW PASSION FOR FISHING AND HE CAUGHT HIS FIRST FISH SHORTLY BEFORE HE PASSED. JAMAAL WAS AN EXCELLENT FAMILY MAN WHO WAS A KIND PERSON AND WOULD HELP ANYONE HE COULD. HE INDEPENDENTLY BOUGHT HIS FIRST VEHICLE JUST BEFORE HIS PASSING FOR WHICH ACCOMPLISHMENT HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE VERY PROUD OF HIM. UNBEKNOWNST TO MANY PEOPLE, JAMAAL WAS A GREAT SELF TAUGHT RAPPER AND SONG WRITER WHO RECORDED HIS FIRST RAP SONG IN 2016. HIS SONG CAN BE FOUND ON SOUND CLOUD. JAMAAL WAS TREMENDOUSLY LOVED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO GREATLY MISS HIM. HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND HER DAUGHTER WERE THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. JAMAAL IS WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER JEHOVAH NOW WHO HE LOVED VERY DEEPLY EVER SINCE THE TENDER AGE OF SIX YEARS OLD WHEN HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HIM VIA WATER BAPTISM. JAMAAL IS AN ANGEL WITH GOD NOW. JAMAAL IS SURVIVED BY HIS BIRTH PARENTS, ANDRE’ AND DENISE JACKSON OF LONG ISLAND AND THE BRONX, NY HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE RHONTESSA LATOYA “BUNNY” JACKSON OF UTICA, NY, QUENTIQUA DEOLA “TIKA” JACKSON OF PITTSBURGH, PA. , ANDRE’ KEVIN JACKSON, JR. “AJ” OF UTICA, NY , LARON CAMPBELL-JACKSON OF ATLANTA, GA AND A SISTER- IN –LAW, SABRINA CAMPBELL JACKSON, ALSO OF ATLANTA, GA. JAMAAL IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER, AMANDA MOSHER AND HER DAUGHTER, JANAYAH YOUNG OF UTICA, NY. JAMAAL IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS NEICES AND NEPHEWS WHO ARE NATHANIEL L. SESSSOME OF UTICA, NY, SUNJAI DEOLA DAVIS OF UTICA, NY AND DESTINY AND DEMI CAMPBELL OF ATLANTA, GA. JAMAAL JUSTIN JACKSON IS SURVIVED BY A HOST OF PATERNAL AUNTS AND UNCLES WHO ARE IVAN AND KAREN QUINONES OF MIDDLE ISLAND, NY AND THEIR CHILDREN BRIANA AND IVAN, JR., LANCE JACKSON AND HIS SON; VICKI SCOTT JACKSON AND HER CHILDREN, MARGRET AND TYLER, AND THEIR CHILDREN; ROCHELLE JACKSON COOK AND HER SIGNIFICANT OTHER, “CHUCK” AND THEIR CHILDREN, MORGAN AND BRADLEY AND THEIR CHILDREN. DANIELLE LYNCH AND HER CHILDREN, MARK, JR, KYLE AND BRANDON AND THEIR CHILDREN; AISHA, GARY AND SEAN PACHECO AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND JORDAN PEARSON, ALL ORIGINALLY FROM LONG, ISLAND NY. JAMAAL JUSTIN JACKSON IS SURVIVED BY A HOST OF MATERNAL AUNTS AND UNCLES WHO ARE MAURICE AND TERRANCE JONES, ORIGINALLY OF BRONX, NY, GEORGE (ELLIOTT) WASHINGTON OF UTICA, NY, ANDRE AND JOYCE AURTHER OF FLORENCE, SC. AND THEIR CHILDREN, LISA HARVEY AND HER HUSBAND, GARY HARVEY OF UTICA ,NY, KENNY AND BECKY WASHINGTON, ERNEST AND SHARON ADAMS AND THEIR CHILDREN, AKOYA L. ADAM “DEMP” OF UTICA AND HIS CHILDREN , EARNEST “ERNIE”ADAMS AND DION JAMES-ADAMS “POPPA” AND HIS CHILDREN , DONNELL B. WASHINGTON AND HIS CHILDREN, ALPHONSO AND DEBORAH WASHINGTON AND THEIR CHILDREN. JAMAAL JUSTIN JACKSON IS SURVIVED BY HIS MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, “GRAMMA” BETTY JONES-CLEMMONS. JAMAAL IS PREDECEASED BY HIS GREAT MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, GEORGE AND DEOLA WASHINGTON ORIGINALLY OF KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA; PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS, LEONARD AND MARGERET JACKSON OF LONG ISLAND, NY, PATERNAL AUNT, SHERRIE JACKSON-PEARSON OF LONG ISLAND, NY, MATERNAL COUSIN ,ALPHONSO WASHINGTON,JR OF UTICA, NY. JAMAAL LEAVES A HOST OF EXTENDED COUSINS, KIEARA AURTHER OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEWBORN SON, THE ELLIOTT FAMILY OF UTICA, NY AND CALIFORNIA, AND ALSO MANY, MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE INVITED, ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD 2020, TO CALLING HOURS FROM 2-3 PM AT McGRATH, MYSLINSKI, KARBOSKI & NUNN FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 470 FRENCH RD., UTICA, NY 13502 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY FUNERAL SERVICES THERE FROM 3-4 PM. MASK WEARING IS A STATE REQUIREMENT. THE FUNERAL HOME HAS A 25% CAPACITY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF COVID 19 AND CORONAVIRUS. FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE INVITED AFTER FUNERAL SERVICES TO THE MARIX ASSOCIATION AT 1101 PARK AVENUE, UTICA, NY TO JAMAAL'S REPASS AT 5 PM 23 JUNE 2020. Click link to view Jamaal's tribute video: https://www.tributeslides.com/tributes/show/DFRN3SKT4NXFBJZD

Jamaal Justin Jackson

March 31, 1995 - June 17, 2020