Baltimore, MD-Melvin B. Jackson, 87, a retired trucking company owner. Funeral services are  2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 18, 2021 at Richardson and Sims Funeral Home, Winnsboro. Burial will  follow at Morning Star Cemetery, Fort Necessity, LA.

Melvin Burnell Jackson was born on September 27, 1933 to the late Eugene Jackson, Sr. and Else Blunt Jackson in Winnsboro, Louisiana.  He was called home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 8, 2021 in Baltimore, MD.  He was preceded in death by his son, Orlando V. Jackson in 2015; his parents, Eugene and Elsie Jackson; his brothers Frank Payne, Sr., Felton Jackson and Eugene Jackson, Jr;  Sisters- Elsie J.  Sims, Adlene J. Hamilton and Zola Lee Jackson.

Melvin was honorably discharged from the United States Army where he earned a Good Conduct Medal and a National Defense Service Medal, after three years of service.  He was employed as a long-distance truck driver and before retiring owned his own trucking company.  He was baptized at an early age at the Pleasant Star Baptist Church in Winnsboro.  He was a member of the Concord Baptist Church in Baltimore for 46 years where he served in many capacities including chair of the Deacons Ministry.

He is survived by wife of 67 years, the former Hattye L. Handy; daughter-in-law, Debra Jackson (Toronto, Canada); two grandchildren:  Dorian Jackson (San Diego, CA) and Alescia Jackson (Annapolis, MD); two great-grandsons: Jasper and Jericho Merson; two brothers:  Floyd Payne, Sr.  and Carrington Jackson; and a host of godchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.