Raymond J Jackson

Raymond Jerome Jackson, a 17-year-old Black male from Indianapolis, Indiana, died on Sunday, May 4, 2008. In the days that followed, his name appeared in a brief public death notice that fixed the date in time and pointed people toward a place where goodbyes would be said aloud, together, rather than in private.

A service was scheduled for Monday, May 12, at Marvin L. Boatright Funeral Home on North Illinois Street, with a calling period beginning late that morning and lasting until the h ...