Rosella Sullivan

  Rosella (Jackson) Sullivan, 81, of Springfield, Massachusetts, departed this life on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.  Born in Bloomingdale, Georgia, she was a daughter of General Jackson and Octavia (Haggary) Jackson and the widow of Oscar Sullivan Jr.  Rosella had been employed as a dietician at Chapin Center and was a former member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.

  She is survived by four children, Barry F. Sullivan, Estelle M. Brodie, Myra A. Davis and Gail Little;  three sisters, Christine Bryant, Shirley Jernigan, and Geresia Seabrooks;  eight grandchildren, Jason Brodie, Gianne Davis, Devon Maddox, Leticia Morris, Shanae Brodie, Ariel Dunmore, Lamar Sullivan, and Deonna Maddox;  and nine great-grandchildren.

  The calling hour is 10-11 a.m. Friday, October 27, 2023, at Gethsemane Church of Jesus Christ, 47 Harvey Street, Springfield followed by funeral services at 11 a.m., with burial in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

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