Lena Jackson, 75, of Linden, North Carolina, was shot to death at her Hawkins Road home on November 22, 2017. Born November 15, 1942, in Cumberland County, she had worked as a bookkeeper in the furniture industry and later as a fine jewelry representative. Family and community members remembered her for dedication to family and faith.

Her husband, 81-year-old Robert Jackson Sr., was not at the scene because he had been taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center for an undisclosed reason. After his release he was interviewed by detectives, charged with first-degree murder, and turned himself in at the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. He appeared in court in a wheelchair; the judge ordered a psychiatric evaluation and he was held without bond after prosecutors opposed a bond reduction. The motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.

Did anyone in the Linden area have recent contact with Lena or relevant information about events at the Hawkins Road residence?