James Stephen Jackson, 27, of Atkins, loving father, husband, and son departed this earth Sunday, March 30, 2008. He will be greatly missed by all the lives he touched. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Friday, April 4, 2008, at Lemley Funeral Chapel. He was born February 25, 1981, at Newport News, Virginia and was preceded in death by a brother, Michael E. Jackson. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Dawn Jackson; two sons, Stephen Isaiah Jackson, Ethan Alexander Jackson; and daughter, Hannah Dawn Michelle Jackson, all of Atkins; mother and stepfather, Jacquelyn and Jim Myers of Greenbrier; father and step-mother, John P and Bethna Jackson of Newport News, Virginia; brother and sister-in-law, Robert P. and Shelly Jackson of Dardanelle; and a brother-in-law, Derek Blevins of Pottsville. Funeral is 2:00 PM Friday, April 4, at Lemley Funeral Chapel, Haskell Eavenson officiating. Burial is in Oakland Cemetery by Lemley Funeral Service. Pallbearers are Derek Blevins, Gary Gore, Chandler York, Jeremy Anderson, Corey Edwards and Joey South. Visitation is 6:30-8:00 PM Thursday.