BYRON, GA… Samuel David “Sammy” Jackson, a resident of Byron, Georgia, formerly of Headland, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 60.

Funeral services will be held 12:30 P.M. Saturday, February 8, 2025 at the Headland High School Gymnasium (Steve Williams Arena), with his brother, Reverend Dr. Bobby J. Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in the Gates of Heaven Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.

Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to the Samuel David “Sammy” Jackson Scholarship Fund, HNB 1st 40 Main Street, Headland, Alabama 36345.

Mr. Jackson was born in Headland, Alabama to Louise Thornton Jackson Williams and the late Bobby Joe Jackson, Sr.. He was a 1982 graduate of Headland High School. He furthered his education with a Bachelors of Communication from Montevallo University. He served as Head coach at Fort Valley State University and Savannah State University and as assistant coach Auburn University, Tennessee State University, Georgia Southern University, Alabama A&M University, and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He had previously lived in Huntsville, AL, Tennessee, and Florida, before making Byron, GA his home. He was very active in his Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He was very dedicated to the Black Coaches Association. He was a member of the Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church.

Along with his father, he was also preceded in death by his sister, Pamela Lynn Jackson and his nephew, Vantavius Dishon McKay.

Leaving to cherish his memories is his wife, Jill Burwell Jackson; his sons, Desmond Jackson (Gabriel), Devin Jackson, Kenneth Burwell, and Kyle Burwell; his daughter, Kourtney Burwell Parchman (Donovan); his mother, Louise Thornton Jackson Williams; his sisters, Barbara Jackson, Nakeshia Brown, Kimberly Bighems-Williams, and Demetra Jackson; his brothers, Dr. Reverend Bobby J. Jackson (Jackie), Franklin Williams (Marlita), Kenneth Jackson, Stevie Jackson, Wailon Minniefield, Torez Jackson, and Jeffrey Jackson; and his ten grandchildren.

Serving as active pallbearers will be his former players and his fraternity brothers.