Myron Alonzo Jackson, the youngest child of Attorney Harold Andrew Jackson and Jacqueline Haynes Jackson, was born October 10, 1954, in Tampa, Florida. Myron's educational journey began at Helping Hand Day Nursery and continued at Paul Lawrence Dunbar Elementary School, and St. Peter Claver Catholic School. He graduated from Tampa Catholic High School in 1972, and in 1976 he received his bachelor's degree in political science at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. Upon his return to Tampa, he worked at the Tampa Urban League and retired as a Community Relations Specialist with the City of Tampa. Myron also served on the advisory team of the NEA Research Labs Cognition and Coordination in Music Across the Lifespan at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Myron was a member of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church for 58 years. He was an altar server and the drummer for the choir. For over six decades he nurtured his passion for the arts. He was a poet, a musician, and a maker of instruments – especially African drums. In 1980, Myron and his wife, Natalie, created Kuumba Dancers and Drummers, a community-based organization dedicated to fostering and promoting the historical contributions of African culture. Through Kuumba Dancers and Drummers, he inspired many young poets and touched the hearts of thousands of children in the Tampa Bay area and beyond. He was also a member of the Mujucu Jazz Band of Tampa. Myron was the recipient of the Florida Association of Multicultural Education Trailblazer Award and the Arts Recognition Award from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County. He was also recognized by the Tampa/Hillsborough Youth Council, and Kuumba Dancers and Drummers received the Weekly Planet's Best of the Bay/Best Dance Company award. Myron's parents preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Natalie Jackson; children, Nebulah O. Jackson and Aaliyah K. Jackson; granddaughters, Zenalla P. Forman and Zaleah J. Forman; brother, Harold A. Jackson (Mary); mother-in-law, Emma L. James of Orlando; brother-in-law, Kenneth A. James (Lenora) of Orlando; sister-in-law, Monica E. James, the Kuumba Dancers and Drummers family, and many other relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to ZERO Prostate Cancer, a Black men's prostate cancer initiative or similar efforts.