Deborah Christine Jackson was born Dec. 30, 1977, to James and Nancy Blacketer, in Paradise, California.

As a child, Debbie grew up in Kelseyville, California, and graduated from Kelseyville High School. 

As an adult, Debbie moved back to Paradise, where she met and married her husband, Daron Jackson, a firefighter, and gave birth to the light of her life, her son, Wyatt. 

For the past 12 years, Debbie and her family have resided in Lakeport, California.

Debbie had a passion for cooking and worked for Lakeport Unified School District, in the Food Services Department, preparing meals for the children at Lakeport Elementary. She also enjoyed crafting, candlemaking, as well as restoring and building furniture.

Tragically, Debbie suddenly passed away on Dec. 16, 2025, at the age of 47, just two weeks shy of her 48th birthday.

In life, Debbie was always a giver and was always the first to step up and help when others were in need.

In her final act on this earth, Debbie gave the gift of life to others by being an organ and tissue donor. Thanks to her selflessness, Debbie's gifts became the Christmas miracle five families desperately needed. Debbie’s heart now beats on in a woman in Southern California. Her lungs went to someone in Washington. Her liver went to someone in San Francisco, and her kidneys helped two people — one in Southern California and one in New York.

Debbie is preceded in death by her mother, Nancy Thomas, of Kelseyville; stepmother, Kelly Blacketer, of Paradise; and her grandparents, Anita Flower of Anchorage, Alaska, Virgil Blacketer of Paradise, and Robert Lentz Sr. and Hazel Lentz, both of Oroville, California.

Debbie was loved by so many. She is survived by her father, James Blacketer; stepfather, Marc Thomas; husband, Daron Jackson; son, Wyatt; sisters, Sarah Blacketer, Michele Tanico and Holly Zickenberg; aunts, Barbara Kitchen, Linda Cossairt, Paula Munjar, Jeanette Nielsen, Susan Conlon-Hayton, Kate Anderson-Ballou and Cynthia Lentz; uncles, Bruce Ballou, Ray Ballou, Bob Lentz and Don Cossairt; nieces, Jazmyn and Mychele; nephew, Connor Schweifler; numerous cousins; very dear friend, Andy; and countless other close friends. 

A celebration of life will be held for Debbie at a later date.