Melissa Jackson Stubbs

May 27, 1964 - May 23, 2019

On May 23, 2019 Melissa Jolene Jackson Stubbs passed away quietly at home after a year and a half battle with cancer. This was just four days shy of her 55th birthday. Melissa was the beautiful wife of James Stubbs. She was also a wonderful mom to her two sons William Anthony Stubbs and Jared Daniel Stubbs, and daughter Jaime Danielle Stubbs. She had one daughter in law that she considered one of her own, Kelly Knight Stubbs. And perhaps her most prized possessions were her best friend and granddaughter Madelyn Anly Stubbs and her rough little grandson William “Will” Kane Stubbs. Melissa had served the people of Washington Parish at Thomas Elementary School for the last 32 years. She was a teacher and guidance counselor. Melissa followed in her father, the late Russell William Jackson’s footsteps. He had worked there for 28 years. The beginning of the next school year will be the first year since 1964 that Thomas School will not have a member of the Jackson family on its staff. Melissa was raised-in and a member of Thomas First Baptist Church and also liked to attend Briarwood Baptist Church. Melissa had a “Go” bug in her. She wasn’t an avid sports fan, but when tickets were mentioned, she said “Let’s Go”, whether it was an LSU game to watch the crowds or Talladega to see the “sights”. Melissa had traveled to every state in the Southeastern U.S., Texas and Hawaii and had visited Europe. She had a snap-shot on her phone that read: “I don’t want my pain and struggle to make me a victim. I want my battle to make me someone’s hero.” It did and WE LOVE YOU. Melissa is survived by her husband, children and grandchildren as well as her mother Beverly Walker Jackson, a brother Russell “Rusty” Keith Jackson and his son Cooper Jackson. Her mother in law Shirley Stubbs, sister in law Stacey Wilson and her son Cody Wilson and daughter Kaylee Wilson. She was preceded in death by her father Russell William Jackson and father in law Billy Stubbs. Visitation will be at Crain Funeral Home Sunday May 26th from 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm. A funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 1:00 pm Sunday with Rev. Eric Williams and Rev. Shad Pittman officiating. Burial will follow in the Thomas Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial donations to the MD Anderson Cancer Center (mdanderson.org). Pallbearers: Steve Knight, Harold Thomas, Cole Thomas, Clinton Guice, Darrell Guice, Thomas Milan Honorary Pallbearers: Inez Barber, Kim Jones, Lisa Magee