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April Renee Jackson

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April Renee Jackson, 33, of Bentonville, Ark., passed away peacefully surrounded by her family Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Circle of Life Legacy Village in Bentonville. She was born Oct. 8, 1980, in Morrilton, Ark., to Tommy Harold Sanders and Bernice Gipson Sanders. She personally accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and was a faithful believer. She was an active member of Cross Church at Pinnacle Hills and was very involved with the children's ministries and women's studies. She recently graduated from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock with a degree in business management. April was a wonderful wife and mother to her precious family and was completely dedicated and devoted to loving and caring for them. April lived her life in a way that inspired and encouraged others. She was the epitome of simple elegance and always demonstrated tremendous dignity, grace, and poise. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, William Harold and Lola Mae Sanders. April is survived by her husband of 12 years, Jason Franklin Jackson; two daughters, Emily Renee Jackson, Ava Grace Jackson; parents, Tommy and Bernice Sanders of Conway, Ark.; one brother, Chris Sanders, wife, Jeanna, and daughter, Destiny of Sherwood, Ark.; maternal grandfather, Bobby Gipson Sr. of Appleton, Ark.; maternal grandmother, Dorela J. Stapp of Morrilton, Ark., and father and mother-in-law, Ronald F. and Marjorie R. Jackson of Loveland, Colo. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, March 23, 2014, at Stockdale-Moody Funeral Services in Rogers, Ark. A Celebration of April's Life will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 24, 2014, at Cross Church at Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, Ark., with Pastors Jamie Lantzsch and Perry Gagliano officiating and scripture reading by Pastor Tim Hill. Private burial will be in Pinnacle Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Memorials may be made in honor of April Jackson to the Jackson Family Memorial, 902A South Walton Blvd., Suite 1 PMB 161, Bentonville, AR 72712. Arrangements have been entrusted to Stockdale-Moody Funeral Services of Rogers. Words of comfort may be shared at stockdalefuneral.com.

Published March 23, 2014

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