This undated family photo provided by Cordelia Heard Billingsley shows her father Jimmie Lee Jackson. Jackson was shot to death in 1965 during a demonstration in Marion, Ala.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The father of Jimmie “Jay” Lee took to Facebook to thank friends and supporters for their prayers and says his family finally has some closure now that his body has been ...

Born in Opelika, Alabama, to Jimmie Lee and Louise Jackson, Dr. Jackson graduated from J.W. Darden High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee Institute.

On Saturday, the loved ones of former University of Mississippi graduate student Jimmie "Jay" Lee gathered at the Exodus Assembly to celebrate his life and legacy.

It was an emotional day for Jimmy Jay Lee’s family Saturday, as they held his final send-off in Ridgeland.

A jury was deadlocked in the Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., murder trial Wednesday. They could not reach a decision in the death of Jimmie Jay Lee.

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