Billye Jo Jackson, 74 of North East, MD, passed peacefully at home Monday, August 6, 2012 surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Memphis, TN, on August 13, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Hezzie Bonham and the late Elsie Reiter (Bonham).
Billye was a successful Residential/Commercial Real Estate Agent. She was very active in politics.
Survivors include her loving husband of 25 years: Lewis R. Jackson, Jr.; her son: Stanley Strencejewski; her daughter: Linda Berkhimer and her husband Allen: 5 grandchildren: Ian Strencejewski, Tara Sonnier, Emily Berkhimer, Melinda Van Der Werff and Dawn Reynolds; 5 great-grandchildren: Abby Reynolds, Amber Baker, Zachary Berkhimer, Alli Sonnier and Sean Van Der Werff; and 2 stepchildren: Michael L. Jackson and Patrick Ross Jackson.
All services are private.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial donations made to the American Heart Association, in care of Crouch Funeral Home, 127 South Main Street, North East, MD 21901.