Col. Carlton Leroy Jackson, U.S. Army, 49, of Stafford County died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006, at his residence. The son of a career Army officer, Col. Jackson enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Program at Michigan State University. He earned the Department of the Army Superior Cadet Award, 1977 to 1978, and was also a distinguished military graduate from the MSU ROTC program. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, and earned a bachelor's degree in military justice, graduating with honors in 1978. Col. Jackson graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1981. He attended Georgetown University and in 1995 was awarded an L.L.M. with distinction in international and comparative law, and was a member of the National Bar Association.

Col. Jackson is survived by his wife, Peggy; his son, James Edward Jackson, and his daughter, Jeroline Elizabeth Jackson, both of the home; his parents, Lawton and Laverne Jackson of Columbus, Ga.; his brother, Warren P. Chatmon of Marina, Calif.; his sister, Gwendolyn C. Corrin of East Orange, N.J.; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

A funeral for Col. Jackson was conducted at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site) in Stafford, where the family received friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Services resumed at 3 p.m. Feb. 24, at Fort Meyer Chapel in Arlington, interment followed in Arlington National Cemetery.