Novis Modean Jackson age 79 of Pleasant Plains died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at a Batesville hospital. She was born March 20, 1935 at Pangburn, Arkansas to Monroe and Jane Lewis McCollum. She was a homemaker and an artist. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, James Jackson. Survivors include three sons, James Jackson Jr. of Carlsbad, New Mexico, Keith Jackson of Pleasant Plains and Kevin Jackson of Anchorage, Alaska; one daughter, Terry Sheppard of Grand Rapids, Michigan; three grandchildren, Heather Jackson of Michigan, Shannon Burchfield of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Colleen LaCroix of Grand Rapids, Michigan; four great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. No funeral services or visitation is planned. Arrangements by Qualls Batesville Funeral Service of Batesville.