Nita Cole Jacks

Funeral services for Nita Jacks, 89, will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Waskom, 185 Colquitt St., Waskom, Texas. Burial will follow at Restland Cemetery, 593 Restland Cemetery Rd., Waskom, Texas. A visitation will be held on Saturday from 12:00 p.m. until the time of service at the church. Officiating the service will be Rev. Bert Sandifer. 

Nita was born on July 25, 1935, in Saline, Louisiana to Thomas Beynon Cole, Sr. and Oma Marie Harper Cole and passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Shreveport.

Nita is preceded in death by her parents; first spouse, James Balzrette, Sr., second spouse, Morris V. Jacks, Sr.; sons, James Balzrette, Jr. and Thomas Balzrette, and infant son, John David Balzrette; daughter, Margaret Flowers; and three sisters. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Deborah Gallien (John), and Christina Sandifer (Bert); brother, Tom Cole (Dianne); six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Honoring Nita as pallbearers will be Zachary Sandifer, Joshua Sandifer, Jackson Sandifer, Adam Hampton, Lewis Flowers, Jr., and Michael Copeland.

Nita will be greatly missed, but we will continue to love and honor her memory forever.