Frankie E. Jackson

August 25, 1932 - October 2, 2013

Big Stone Gap, VA Frankie E. Jackson, 81, passed away on Wednesday (Oct. 2, 2013) at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She was born on August 25, 1932 in Scott County, VA. She was a retired dietician with Norton (Va.) Community Hospital. She was a member of the Appalachia Pentecostal Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Jackson; her parents, Willard Huston and Lizzie (Edwards) Pleasant; her sister, Agnes Irene Lambert; and her nephew, Glen Lambert. Surviving are her brother-in-law, Don Lambert; niece, Gina Chesnutt and husband, Scott; three great nephews, Matthew Chesnutt, Jordan Lambert and Cole Lambert; one great niece, Racheal Lambert; and her caregiver, Martha Lambert. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at Holding Funeral Home (17 E. 3rd St., N.) in Big Stone Gap. The funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. on Friday in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Roy Smith and Bro. J. J. Vaughn officiating. Committal services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Powell Valley Memorial Gardens. The family and friends will meet at the funeral home by 10:30 a.m. on Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. To view the obituary online and offer condolences, please visit www.holdingfuneralhome.com. Holding Funeral Home is serving Mrs. Jackson's family.