Delphine

Jackson-Baskin

Her Journey & Legacy

Ms. Delphine Jackson Baskin, born March 27, 1951, to the union of the late Dempsey Sr., and Olivia (Gill) Jackson. She peacefully passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at a local hospital
surrounded by loved ones.

Delphine was a proud graduate of Blount High School class of 1969. She went on to attend Xavier University in New Orleans, LA where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. She would later become employed at Allen Memorial as a CNA. Ms. Delphine would later become an LPN at Hillhaven Nursing Home in Mobile, Alabama. Delphine had a natural gift to connect and work with children that led her to work as a Behavioral Health Specialist at St. Mary's Home for 21 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dempsey C. Jackson, Sr. and Olivia (Gill) Jackson, an aunt, Mae Frances Gill, and an uncle, Nathaniel "Uncle Buddy" Gill. Delphine leaves to cherish her memories to her son, Lonnie James Baskin, Jr. of Mobile, AL and a faithfully devoted loving daughter, Miss Olivia Sheleta Baskin of Prichard, AL.; three grandchildren, Kyntrell Baskin, Zariah Baskin, and Zerrick Baskin, all of Mobile, AL; two faithfully devoted loving grandsons, Jackson Reginald July and Jacob Emmanuel McQueen, of Prichard, AL.; three devoted sisters: Sarah Jackson Butler, Sherita Jackson Daniels of Prichard, AL, and Olene Jackson (Roderick) Williams of Houston, TX, one faithfully devoted sister, Joimarcia Jackson of Mobile, AL; and a devoted brother, Dempsey C. (Agatha) Jackson, Jr. of El Paso, TX.; an aunt, Margaret Gill of Chicago, IL;
several nieces and nephews, two devoted nieces, Secunda Butler and Deronda Daniels, of Prichard, AL; a devoted nephew, Quinton (Kenya) Daniels, of Mobile, AL; and a faithfully devoted loving nephew, Katonio Butler, of Cambridge, MA; one devoted great nephew, Brenton Butler; and several other great nieces and nephews, cousins, and friends.

Visitation will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023 at Rice and Reese Funeral Home 925 S. Bessemer Avenue Prichard, AL 36610 from 11:30 AM until the 12:30 PM Celebration of Life Service.