A beautiful life closed on Friday, July 11,
2008 in Cleveland, Ohio at Metro Health Skilled Nursing Facility,
where our beloved Mother Bessie Mae Jackson Axson answered the
heavenly Father’s summons, where God shall wipe away all tears from
our eyes, there shall be no more death, neither sorrow or pain.
Mother Bessie Mae Axson was born in Twiggs
County, Drybranch, Georgia on September 18, 1918 to the late parents
Isom C. Jackson and Nancy Jackson. She accepted Christ at an early
age and she was a faithful member of New Hope Baptist Church. She
moved to Cleveland, Ohio in 1955 and became a member of Open Door
Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Hines. She later joined
Second Saint John Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of
the late Elder W. E. Stanley in 1974 where she was a faithful
member, serving on the Mother’s Board under the current leadership
of Rev. John Jackson, Sr., until her health would not allow her to
do so.
Mother Axson was joined in holy matrimony to the
late Ben Willie Axson, Sr., on October 5, 1935. To this union eleven
(11) children were born, two of whom preceded her in death - Isom
Axson and Daniel Axson. Those left to cherish her memories are
Delores Johnson (Ralph Sr.), Ben Willie Jr., Ellis (Linda), Nancy
Mae Lawler (M.C.), Willie Joseph (Joyce), Isom West, Della Watt (Alphonso),
Bessie F. Bady (Carl Sr.), and Shirley Littlejohn (Herbert Jr.);
thirty-one grandchildren; forty-four great-grandchildren; eight
great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Johnnie Jackson whom
preceded her in death; one surviving sister-in-law Fannie Mae Young;
and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving relatives and
friends.
