Fred Ray "Cigar" Jackson, age 77 of London, formerly of Knox County, was born on June 10, 1936 in Cannon, Kentucky. He was a son of the late Arnold and Anna Bingham Jackson. Mr. Jackson died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in The Oak Tree Continuing Care in Corbin. Cigar was a mechanic and a mobile home mover. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Smith Jackson, a brother, Lonnie Lewis Jackson, and a sister, Barbara Sue Jackson Payne.

Mr. Jackson is survived by a son, Michael Jackson of Manchester, daughters, Debbie Jackson and fiancée Paul Adams , and Wanda Henson and husband Ernest, of London, Pamela Gerfin and husband Brad of Virginia, and Eva Kay Jackson Kirby of Indiana, a brother Randall Jackson of Ohio, and two sisters, Lillian Jackson Fischer and Jo Ann Jackson Cheek and husband John E, of Cannon, eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Jackson will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2014 in the Hopper Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Frazier officiating and burial following in the Bingham Cemetery in Cannon with Paul Adams, Michael Adams, Christopher Jackson, Shawn Meade, Les Bruce, Arnold Wayne Maggard and Christopher Fisher serving as pallbearers. Friends will be received at the Hopper Funeral Home, Saturday at 11:00 am until the funeral hour at 1:00 pm. Hopper Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.