Kathryn Jackson

Kathryn Alice Grady JacksonSurrounded by the unconditional love of her family and friends, and strengthened by the sacrament of Christ’s body and blood, Kathryn Jackson, age 95, entered eternal life on May 4, 2014. Born Katherine Alice Grady in Brooklyn, NY, to Thomas and Mary Grady, she attended Holy Cross Parochial School and Bishop McDonnell H S. After graduating she worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. She married Robert R. Jackson in 1941. They settled in Alexandria in 1945 when he returned home from the war. The couple had two children; lived in the Rosemont section of Alexandria, and were active communicants at St. Mary Catholic Church and later at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Community. Upon the death of her husband she moved to the Goodwin House Retirement community in Bailey’s Crossroads. She is survived by her children, the Hon. T. Michael Jackson Patricia, and Eileen J. Ulmer Corey, her brother John F. Grady, five grandchildren, Shannon, Jennifer, Kathryn, Robert, and Mary, as well as a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was predeceased by her sisters, Anna Mae Grady and Eileen Grady Manning, as well as her brother Eugene Grady. Friends may call at the Cunningham Funeral Home, 811Cameron St., Alexandria on Sunday May 11 from 2 to 3pm and from 6 to 8pm. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, May 12 at the chapel at Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads, 3440 S. Jefferson St., Falls Church at 10:30am.