Estella Marie Jackson was born on July 17, 1921. She married my grandfather on May 8, 1943 (a date that in 1999 became my husband’s and my anniversary, too!). They raised three wonderful children and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2003, three months before my grandfather passed away.
My grand mother was one of the most giving people I’ve ever known. She never asked for anything for herself, only what she could do for others. She followed my grandfather through his 30 year career as a Marine Corp officer, continuously moving her home to numerous locations and never once complaining.
Through her generosity, she enable my husband and myself to begin our adoption journey – her legacy will live on through a great-grandchild that she will never know here on earth.
This Legacy Child fund was established by Heather Wallis in memory of her grandmother
To DONATE BY MAIL, please make out the check to ABBA Fund (do not write the family name on the physical check, which will invalidate the charitable aspect of your gift ... instead either print out this page to send with it or include a separate note to request that we preference your gift toward the family profiled on this page) -- then mail your check and preference request to:
ABBA Fund, PO BOX 868049, Plano, TX 75086-8049
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**AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FROM ABBA FUND ABOUT YOUR DONATION**
Using the online form on this page automatically submits a request to preference your gift to the family profiled on this page as part of ABBA Fund’s Christian Family Adoption Grant Fund. ABBA Fund administers this fund and maintains full control and administration of all donated funds. We also strive to honor our donor’s preference requests in accordance with IRS and Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) guidelines.
The IRS allows donors to state a preference of how their contribution is used and request that the gift support a particular family — and it allows the charitable organization (ABBA Fund) to fully consider that request as long as the donor understands and acknowledges for charitably given tax-deductible gifts that the ultimate authority regarding the disposition of your gift is at the discretion of the charitable organization. By using this online form, or other method described above, you are acknowledging an understanding of those IRS guidelines.