EARLY JACKSON JR., SON OF THE LATE EARLY GROTHAS JACKSON AND MARYEMMA WILLIAMS JACKSON BORN JUNE 9, 1940 IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON JULY 5, 2025 AFTER COMPLICATIONS WITH HIS HEALTH EARLY RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EARLY ON. HE MET AND MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE THE LATE THELMA JEAN JACKSON, OUT OF THIS UNION, THEY HAD TWELVE REMARKABLE CHILDREN. EARLY WENT BY THE NAME "BUNK". HE ENJOYED HOBBIES LIKE BIKE RACING, WEIGHT LIFTING, SHOOTING POOL AND SEWING. HE LOVED PLAYING FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL HE WAS A SHARP DRESSER, VERY SUAVE. IN HIS LATER YEARS, HE ENJOYED SHOPPING ON AMAZON, SPENDING QUALITY TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS & FAMILY ALONG WITH GOOD CONVERSATION OVER SOME MEDIUM-WELL STEAK AND A GLASS OF HENNESSY. HE JOINS IN ETERNAL REST HIS BELOVED WIFE, THELMA JEAN JACKSON: DAUGHTER, TAHIRIH JACKSON; SONS, RODNEY JACKSON & ABUDA JACKSON; SISTER, AUDREY ELISE PATSEY THOMAS: BROTHER-IN-LAW. ROBERT CRAWFORD: FRIEND CALFONSO BROWN). HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS SONS, EARLY JACKSON I1I (MAXINE), CHARLES JACKSON, TYRONE JACKSON AND JAMAR JACKSON; DAUGHTERS TRACIE NELSON (KOFFI), ROMAINE SUMMERVILLE (WARREN), AYANA BROWNLEE (TIERRE), JANASHA JACKSON AND EARLISHA INMAN (CHRIS): BROTHERS JERRY JACKSON AND AL JACKSON; SISTER ELODY CRAWFORD (ROBERT): BROTHER-IN-LAW LAMONT THOMAS; NEPHEWS DARRIN AND BRIAN CRAWFORD; NIECES CARLA POMPEY AND RHONDA THOMAS; COUSIN BETTY JEAN KNOX; AND A HOST OF BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN, LONGTIME FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. HE WILL BE GREATLY HONORED AND MISSED.