Robert Lee Jackson

Robert Lee “Bob” Jackson passed away January 26, 2018. Visitation will be held at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Extension on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, 6500 North Trenholm Road. Officiating will be Reverend Doctor Eric Skidmore. Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. Born April 11, 1942, Robert was the son of the late General Jackson and Fratie Gibson Jackson. He obtained a B.A. degree and later a J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina, having graduated from the Law School in 1974. Prior to going to law school, Robert was a Captain in the United States Air Force and served in Vietnam. Robert has been in a law practice with his wife, Linda, since 1984. One of his specialties was adoptions and his happiest days in court were being part of the process of the adoption of many children into loving families. He was a member of the South Carolina and Richland County Bar organizations. For a number of years, he served on the South Carolina Bar Practice and Procedures and Ethics Advisory Committees. He was a member of Forest Lake Presbyterian Church where he and his wife, Linda, were married on June 6, 1981. Robert, better known as Bob, loved his family and friends, often treating them and many others to his fun-loving sharp wit. He always kept his positive attitude throughout the years, notwithstanding his health problems. He loved baseball and was a longstanding and enthusiastic Gamecock Baseball fan. Bob is survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda Zeigler Jackson; his sons, Robert Douglas Clyburn (Jessie), Michael Douglas Clyburn (Diane), Brian David Clyburn (Stephanie); his grandson, whom he adored, Maddox Vaughan Clyburn; his sister, Mary Ann Lee (Robert); his brothers, Theodore James (Jim) Jackson, Sr., Charles Thomas (Tom) Jackson (Priscilla) and Stephen (Steve) Otis Jackson; his sister-in-law, Sally Anne O’Bradovich and her husband, Milan; his brother-in-law, Robert Calhoun Zeigler and his wife, Joan; and by a number of nieces and nephews. Linda and the family want to express their appreciation for the wonderful care that has been given to Bob by his physicians over the years, Dr. Robert Delphia, Dr. Mark Mayson, and Dr. Eric Crook as well as Dr. Steve Minter and the staff at SCOA. Linda, who spent many hours with Bob during his last days, wants to thank the staff in ICU at Baptist Hospital for the wonderful, compassionate and loving care that was given to Bob. She also wants to thank friends, Caroline Seigler, Marilyn Davis, Carolyn Duff and Ben Miller for their constant support over the last two weeks of Bob’s life. Memorials may be made to a charity of choice or to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517

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Robert Lee Jackson

April 11, 1942 - January 26, 2018