Queen Esta Johnson Jackson

Queen Esta Johnson Jackson

Queen Esta Johnson Jackson, affectionately known to some as “Queenie” was born on May 10, 1948 to the late Joseph L. Johnson and Isabel E. Johnson in Skinquarter (Chesterfield), VA. She was the oldest of four siblings. Queen peacefully departed this life surrounded by her family on January 21, 2026. She was preceded in death by her father Joseph L. Johnson, brother Raymond E. Johnson and sister Camelia L. Murray.

At an early age Queen accepted Christ and was baptized at the Beulah Baptist Church in Skinquarter and later joined A.M.E. Zion Methodist Church in Chester, VA.

She graduated from George Washington Carver High School in 1966. Carver was a segregated black-only public secondary school in Chester, VA where Queen met her high school sweetheart Richard Jackson. In May of 1968 they were united in holy matrimony. They have 3 daughters, Angela J. Allen, Crystal J. Robinson and Cynthia Jackson and seven grandchildren.

Queen was employed with Blue Cross Blue Shield for over 55 years. She was a dedicated employee who worked for the same company her entire career. She started off in key punch and data entry and held other key positions until she retired as the Mailroom Manager earlier than she anticipated in 2021.

Queen loved to travel and also enjoyed entertaining at home - especially by the pool with her grandchildren every summer, going to Goodwill and grocery shopping for all the best deals, year-round Christmas decor, cooking - especially birthday cakes, rice pudding, and her special BBQ sauce, and dancing and singing to southern soul, blues, R&B and gospel music.

Queen was not only a loving wife, mother and devoted grandmother, but also a wonderful sister, aunt, niece, cousin and friend.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Richard Jackson; three loving daughters, Angela J. Allen (Phillip Allen, Sr.), Crystal J. Robinson (Shawn Robinson) and Cynthia Jackson; three grandsons, Phillip Allen, Jr., El’Emanuel Jackson-Solomon and Oliver Robinson and four granddaughters, Victoria Allen, Amia Jackson-Solomon, Mya Jackson-Solomon, and Nesiah Solomon; her mother, Isabel E. Johnson; one sister, Viola J. Horace; one aunt, Bernice Thomas; one devoted niece, Gwendolyn J. Haskins; two special great-nieces, Shaina H. Flores and Kiara Haskins; two sisters-in-law and a host of other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins, family and friends.