LAST MOTHERS DAY GLORIA ATTENDED SERVICES, SHORTLY AFTER SHE STARTED LOSING THE BATTLE
WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY. MY NAME IS RANDY JACKSON AND MY WIFE IS GLORIA. WE FOUND OUT TOO LATE HOW IMPORTANT A COLONOSCOPY IS BY THE AGE OF 50 OR EARLIER IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF COLON CANCER. IN APRIL OF 2005 GLORIA HAD A ROUTINE COLONOSCOPY AND A POLYP WAS FOUND. THE CANCER WAS DISCOVERED WHEN SHE HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE THE POLYP.
GLORIA HAS SINCE MAY 2005 TILL FEB 2006 HAD BEEN TAKING CHEMOTHERAPY AND AVASTIN. IN FEBURARY WE WERE REFERED TO A DOCTOR AT UNC (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA) WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE LIVER ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOVING THE CANCER SPOTS. WE WERE TOLD THAT DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE SPOTS AN OPERATION WAS NOT POSSIBLE. IN JANURARY THE CAT SCAN SHOWED NO SHRINKAGE BUT SOME GROWTH SO WE WENT BACK ON CEMO.AROUND THIS TIME WE WERE INTRODUCED TO A DRINK CALLED XANGO BY A FRIEND AT WORK. WE HAVE USED IT FOR THE LAST 11/2 YEARS AND HAVE FOUND IT IS NOT WORKING ON GLORIA'S TYPE OF CANCER. THE CANCER HAS BEEN STILL GROWING AND A 13CM BY 9CM TUMOR WAS FOUND IN MAY. IT WAS REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY BY DR. GORDEN AT CCH IN SANFORD, NC.
AS OF SEPTEMBER WE FOUND THE CEMO IS NO LONGER WORKING AND THE CANCER IS GROWING. OCTOBER 21 WE LEFT FOR PHILIDEPHIA TO THE CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA. THEY SAID THERE IS NO CURE BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO EASE THE CONTINUING PAIN AND EXTEND OUR TIME TOGETHER.
ON JAN 1,2008 GLORIA AND HANNAH ARE GOING BACK TO THE CANSER TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA FOR MORE TREATMENT
THE CANSER LAST MONTH DOUBLED IN SIZE FROM THE MONTH BEFORE, IF IT IS STILL GROWING THEY ARE PLANNING TO INJECT THE CEMO DIRECTLY INTO HER LIVER. THEY ARRIVED SUNDAY NITE (1 /6/08) BACK HOME AND THE LIVER INJECTION WAS RESCHEDUALED FOR FEBURARY. THE CANSER IS STILL GROWING
1THESSALONIANS 5:21
JULY, 7,2008
Gloria went HOME today at about 2:15pm at Home with her family. At the same time Hannah was having pains (labor) and we had to call a ambulance. Hannah was admitted and is still
having contractions.
THE LORD IS GOOD!!!!!!!!
The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Friday at Truth Missionary Baptist Church, 3823 Old U.S. 1, Moncure, with Pastor Ronald Humphries officiating. Internment service were held at 2 p.m. Friday in Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake.
She was born on May 31, 1954, in Vincennes, Ind., to Max A. and Lela Cook Strate.
She was a Homemaker, Wife, Teacher, Mother, Daughter, Friend, and most of all my Helpmeet. Mrs. Jackson was a member of Truth Missionary Baptist Church in Moncure. She enjoyed doing crafts, reading, cooking, knitting, hummingbirds and most of all her grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 34 years, Randy Jackson of Sanford; three sons, Jeremy Jackson and wife, Jennifer, of Norfolk, Va., Patrick Jackson and wife, Cherith, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Samuel Jackson and wife, Brittany, of Sanford; and two daughters, Mary Beth Howell and husband, Randy, of Sanford and Hannah Martin and husband, Ben, of Sanford. She is also survived by her mother, Lela Mae Cook Strate; three brothers, Ben Strate, Albert Strate and Gary Strate all of Vincennes; and 13 grandchildren.
Visitation was from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Miller-Boles Funeral Home, 1150 Firetower Road.
The family requests that memorial contributions please be made to: Truth Missionary Baptist Church, Missionary Fund, P.O. Box 141, Moncure, NC 27559.
Miller-Boles Funeral Home of Sanford is serving the family.
Hannah as of Wednesday (July 8, 2008) is home, still having labor pains
Hannah this morning July 25 at 0600 went to the hospital for delivery (induced) as of 2:00pm labor pains but no girl-
JULY 25, 2008 AT 8:00 PM KATLIN MAE MARTIN WAS BORN. 5LBS 7 OZ 