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Josephine Jackson was born in Boley, Oklahoma in 1910. She recalls her father, Eugene, was a teacher at the local school in Oklahoma and her mother, Louisa, made syrup for the community. Upon finishing high school, she met Earnest Jackson in the cotton fields, and they married. Josephine had four children: Ned, Maudean, Ernestine and Willie Bea. She joined Earnest in Chandler at the beginning of 1937 to pick cotton at Mr. Goodson’s farm around Chandler Heights and McQueen roads.

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Maudean remembers the community of Southside being close-knit. Everybody was friendly, and lots of the families intermarried. Food brought people together. These days, her family gets together at least once a month. “It is a big necessity because we like to eat, and I like to cook,” she says. Maudean has seen the neighborhood go through many changes and is proud that Southside’s been around as long as it has. She provided recipes from her mother, Josephine, her grandmother and herself.

RECIPES

Corn Pudding
Grandma's Meat Loaf
Original Red Velvet Cake and Frosting