Mrs. Thomas C. Jackson, 100, Rantoul's oldest resident, died at 10:13 a.m. Sunday, December 4, 1960, in Mercy Hospital, Urbana where she had been a patient since September. 28. A Rantoul resident for 73 years, she is believed to be the first person in this community who lived a full century. She observed her 100th birthday Oct. 28 in the hospital. Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Malachy's Catholic Church, Rantoul, with the Rev. Fr. Charles J. Williams officiating, and burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Friends may call at Clark Funeral Home, Rantoul, from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Members of the Altar and Rosary Society will recite the rosary at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The parish rosary will be said at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The former Miss Anna E. Donaghue, Mrs. Jackson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donaghue. She was born October 28, 1860, at Springfield. The family moved to Centralia in 1879 and to Rantoul in 1887. Mrs. Jackson had lived here since. Her father, a railroad man, was sent to Rantoul to serve as supervisor of tracks when the Illinois Central Railroad, after buying the line running from West Lebanon, Indiana to LeRoy, converted the tracks to standard gauge. She was married to Thomas C. Jackson in 1891 at St. Malachy's Church by the Rev. Fr. M. A. Quirk. Mr. Jackson was engaged in the grocery business here from 1885 until he died November 25, 1929. The couple's son, Thomas Sylvester, was associated with his father in the store, one of the oldest business establishments in Rantoul, and managed it until he died in 1955. Mrs. Jackson has a daughter, Miss Gladys Jackson, who made her home with her mother at 346 E. Belle Ave., and a brother, E. C. Donaghue, 89, of 321 E. Grove Ave., Rantoul. She was a member of St. Malachy Church and its Altar and Rosary Society.

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