Dr. Harriet Elizabeth Harbour Jackson of Preston, passed away peacefully February 12, 2024, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Visitation will be held on February 14, 2024, from 5:00-8:00 pm at McClain-Hays Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held on February 15, 2024, at 1:00 pm in the chapel at McClain-Hays Funeral Home with interment at Hailey-Richey Cemetery.

Beth taught in Lee County public schools as well as Kemper County, Kemper Academy, West Lauderdale, and the MBCI. After teaching in elementary and junior high, she then found her way into administration, where she became Elementary Principal of West Lauderdale and Neshoba Central. She was also appointed Assistant Superintendent for Neshoba County. She ended her career at Mississippi State University, where she was Senior consultant of PREPS and Director of the Writing and Thinking Institute. Throughout her career, she wrote countless grants that helped expand possibilities for Mississippi's children.

Beth is survived by her husband, Tommy Jackson, daughters Jennifer (Chad) Bond and Leigh (Jesse) Yates, grandchildren Thomas, Katherine, and Henry Yates, sister Olivia Reese, and sister in law Jane (Gene) Livingston.

Beth is preceded in death by her father R.A. Harbour, mother Edna Brown Harbour Holloway Ford.

Pallbearers: Chad Bond, Jesse Yates, Tim Livingston. Bowen Flowers, Jefferson Gilder, Rhett Hailey, and Gene Cliburn

Memorials may be made to the Hailey-Richey Cemetery Fund or to the charity of your choice.