ALBANY – Jackie I. Cox, age 53, Albany, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Born in Muncie on June 2, 1957, she was a resident of Albany for most of her life. She graduated from Delta High School in 1975 and then Ivy Tech to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. She worked at Ball Memorial Hospital for the past several years as a L.P.N.; prior to that she was employed with The Woodlands and Westminster Village in Muncie.

Survivors include her daughter: Tonia Weatherhead (husband: Jason), Portland; 3 sisters: Connie Moles (husband: Russell), Dunkirk, Bettie Ashcraft (husband: Paul), Albany, and Sherrie Pence (husband: Jerry), Albany; 6 grandchildren: Jordan, Jared, Jaydon, Larissa, Jacob, and Keegan. Nieces & nephews are also surviving.

She is preceded in death by her father: Floyd N. Cox, her mother: Helen (Beal) Parson, and her former longtime companion and fiancé: John Hall.

Services will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Saturday January 8, 2011, at Meacham Funeral Service, Albany, with burial following at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.

Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 4-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be sent to Cancer Services of East Central Indiana (Little Red Door).