Major Eric Keith Jackson
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
A memorial service honoring the life of Major Eric Keith Jackson will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at King’s Funeral Home, B.E. King Chapel, 1511 W. California Ave. Ruston.
Major Jackson was a 1978 graduate of Grambling High School and was the pride of his family and local community when he was accepted into the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in 1979. He graduated from the academy in 1983, earning the B.S. Degree in Applied Science and Engineering.
He received the M.B.A. Degree in International Business from the National University, in San Diego, and the M.P.A. Degree in Community Development Venture Capital from Harvard University. He was a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps where he served as Leader/Logistician/Project Manager; Director of Various International Officers’ Courses for the Naval Amphibious School; Master Instructor in the Economics