Memorial service for Ms. Barbara Lee Jackson will be held Thursday, March 12, 2026, 11:00 a.m. at Chisolm's Family Funeral Home in Killeen, TX.

Barbara Lee Jackson, also known as "BJ" or "Barb," aged 89, transitioned from this life on February 11, 2026, at Memorial Hermann Hospital Katy, in Katy, Texas.

Barbara was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 10,1936, to William Edward and Edna Lee Jackson.  When Barbara was 9 years old, the entire family moved to northern Wisconsin, where she attended primary and secondary school and college. The entire family faced many hardships in northern Wisconsin, compounded by the fact that they were the only African-American family to inhabit that area for over 50 years. Yet they overcame them all, forging a path for uncomfortable acceptance and familial success.

Barbara, herself, became an accountant. She ultimately moved to Lake County, Illinois, with her three children and gained employment with Ozite Corporation in Skokie, Illinois, and then Abbot Laboratories in North Chicago, Illinois, as an accountant. Later, she became a property manager for the DeBuler Real Estate Family, managing the Rolling Green Apartment complex in North Chicago, Illinois, containing more than 160 units. She continued working there until all of her children graduated from high school and moved on to their own life pursuits. She moved to a property
in Saginaw, Michigan, and managed another large apartment complex there. Finally, becoming homesick for Wisconsin, Barbara
moved back to the family homestead in northern Wisconsin. Here, she first worked for another family-owned business as an accountant, then as the town clerk for the town of Webster.