Susie Jackson was 87 when she was killed on the evening of June 17, 2015, at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. A long-time, active member of the congregation, she served on the trustee board and the usher board and sang in the choir. Family and friends remembered her as a loving, giving matriarch whose home was known for good food and fellowship; she was a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.Susie Jackson was among nine parishioners who were shot during a Wednesday night Bible study when a young white supremacist, Dylann Roof, entered the church, sat with the group for about an hour, and then opened fire during closing prayer.

Her grandnephew Tywanza Sanders was also killed while trying to protect her.Roof fled but was arrested the next day in Shelby, North Carolina, found with a .45-caliber handgun and later charged in state and federal court. A federal jury found him guilty on 33 counts in December 2016 and he was sentenced to death; in state court he pleaded guilty to nine murder charges and received nine consecutive life sentences without parole.

Does anyone who knew Susie or her family have memories or details to share about her life at Emanuel AME?