Arnold Ancestors - Generation 4 - Marion Carol Jackson

 Marion Carol Jackson was born 06 April 1940, Floral, Independence County, Arkansas.

Carol was the daughter of Ben and Etta Arnold Jackson

PHOTO: Carol Jackson with her stepmother Cora. Carol's mother, Etta Arnold Jackson, died of tuberculosis when Carol was five years old.

Carol married Norman Ray Allender 02 May 1956, Floral, Cleburne County, Arkansas. He was born 28 June 1936, Wolf Bayou, Cleburne County, Arkansas.

This picture is labeled January 1956. This would have been a few months before they were married.

Carol and Norman were married for 68 years.

They had no children.

They were Christian missionaries in Mexico for 50 years.

64th wedding anniversary, May 2020

December 2020

Celebration of 50 years on the mission field, January 2023

January 2023

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Carol Jackson Allender died 09 December 2024

OBITUARY

Carol Allender

April 6, 1940 — December 9, 2024

McAllen, Texas

Carol Allender made her glorious entry into Heaven at 12:50 a.m. on December 9, 2024.

Carol Allender was born to Benjamin and Etta Jackson in Floral, Arkansas, on April 6, 1940. She is survived by her beloved husband of 68 years, Norman, several nieces and nephews, and Debra Sparkman (a very special friend and fellow servant of the Lord, whom she thought of as the daughter she never had).

She was preceded in death by her parents, her stepmother Cora Jackson, three brothers, Alvis, Calvin, and Coy Jackson, and two sisters Dulcie Nicholson and Wincel Sandefur.

Although Carol and her husband, Norman, had no children, they have two god-sons, Matthew Flores and Joshua Garza.

Carol and Norman married on May 2, 1956, and answered the call to the mission field in Mexico in January, 1973. They have been active in this ministry to the present. They have churches in Mexico and also founded Templo Rayos De Luz on the border in Pharr, Texas. 

Carol had an extensive radio ministry since 1978 to the present. She loved reading and studying the Bible, telling others about Jesus, playing music, singing, taking pictures, and painting. Most of all, she loved God and her country. She consistently prayed for those who put their life on the line for others (military, police officers, EMTs, fire department workers, hospital workers, etc.). She spent her life telling others about Jesus, because the greatest joy she received was when a soul gave their heart to the Lord.

Carol was dearly loved by all who knew her and she will be greatly missed.