Mr. Franciosa Jackson

Mr. Franciosa Jackson Funeral services for Franciosa Jackson, 36, of Kilgore, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Kilgore Baptist Church with Rev. Gary L. Walker officiating. Burial will follow at Kilgore Baptist Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Victory Funeral Services. Franciosa was born Sunday, November 19, 1978 to James Smiley and Charline Jackson in Kilgore, Texas. He departed this life on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at his residence in Kilgore, Texas. At an early age he united with Kilgore Baptist Church and later became a member of New Birth Fellowship Church until his demise.He was a graduate in the Kilgore High School Class of 1998. While at KHS he was active in football, basketball and track. He was a member of the Chapel Hill Outlaws Riding Club. Those that remain to cherish his memory are his twins, a daughter, Franishya Jackson and a son Franciosa Jackson, Jr. both of Kilgore; wife, Shanell Jackson of Humble, TX; mother, Charline Jackson of Kilgore, TX; father, James Smiley of Ft. Worth, TX; grandparents, Frances and Raymond Moseley of Kilgore, TX; sisters and brothers-in-law, Tamika Jackson, Reshunda and Charles Ross all of Kilgore, TX; Shavaun Smiley of Ft. Worth TX; Ashanti Jackson of Gladewater, TX; Alice and Leslie Hayes of Ft. Worth, TX and Amy Roberson of Dallas, TX; uncle, Ray Don Moseley of Palestine, TX; Larry Smiley of Ft. Worth, TX; aunts, Benitha Smiley of DeSoto, TX; Beverly Pipkins of Ft. Worth, TX; and Ernestine Gupton of Good Springs, TX and a host of other relatives and friends. Public viewing will be Friday, January 2, 2014, starting at noon and family visitation from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Victory Funeral Services.