MATTIE R. JACKSON was the tenth of tweleve children born to the late Edmond and Jennie Tyson Richardson. Born in Ansonville, North Carolina on Febuary 18, 1919, she departed this life on Sunday, September 27, 2009, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Mattie graduated from West Ansonville High Sckool and later recieved a B.S. In Education from Winston Salem Teachers College in 1942. having a love for teaching childeren, Mattie completed her M.S.in Early Childhood Education at Johns Hopkins University and taught in the Baltimore City Public School System until retiring from Harlem Park Elementry School in 1984. On December 25, 1945, Mattie married the late M/SGT. James W.Jackson, U.S. Army RET and had the oppurtunity to travel and sightsee throughout the country. They moved to Baltimore in 1956 where she lived for 53 years. They had two loving sons, James F.Fleetwood and Henry O.LannieJackson. As a child, Mattie attended First Baptist Church of Ansonville and later made Mount Ararat Baptist Church her home where she served as a Sunday School taecher. Professionally, she belonged to the Maryland State Teachers Association. She loved gardening, collecting antiques, sightseeing and taking care of her family, especially her five grandchildren. Other special loves included the family pets, Nickel the dog and Madonna the cat. Mattie leaves to cherish her memory: two sons, James Fleetwood and Henry Olander Angela Jackson of Baltimore, MD; Dorothy Ingram, mother of grandsons, Najii, Melron, Brandon; and Jared and granddaughter, Kayla; one sister, Sophia Tyson Richardson of Albermarle, NC and sister-in-law, Mrs. Agnes T. Richardson of Hamden, CT; ahost of loving nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by brothers Joseph, Julian, Fleetwood, Olean, and Ray V. Richardson and sisters Monte M. Charlie Belle Bruton, Jennie Grace Dunlap, Eddie J. Crump and Sadie Bernice Davis. She will really be missed by the entire family, realatives and friends.