The Rev. James C. Jackson, Jr., 85, retired priest of the Diocese of South Carolina, died Jan. 26.

Fr. Jackson was a native of Scranton, PA, and a graduate of Cheyney State Teachers' College and Philadelphia Divinity School. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1949. Fr. Jackson served as vicar of St. Philip's, Dallas, and priest-in-charge of St. Simon's, Fort Worth, TX, 1949-56 and priest-in-charge of St. Augustine's, Dallas, 1950-52; as vicar of St. Philip's, Little Rock, AR, 1956-62 and vicar of St. Mary's, Hot Springs, and St. Andrew's, Pine Bluff, AR, 1957-62; and as priest-in-charge of St. Paul's, Orangeburg, SC, 1962-63. After his retirement in 1980, he served as priest-in-charge of St. Barnabas', Jenkinsville, SC, 1982-90. Fr. Jackson is survived by a daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren.