LINDEN -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office has charged a man who they say shot and killed his wife.

Deputies say 81-year-old Robert Jackson fatally shot his 75-year-old wife, Lena Jackson.

Back on November 22, deputies went to the couple's home in linden and Lena was found there with a gunshot wound. She later died.

Her husband was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center after the shooting and when he was released, he was questioned by authorities who charged him with first- degree murder.

Neighbors described the couple as very warm and friendly.

"They are very, very country. They are very, very polite. They've always been nothing but good neighbors," Linden resident Robert Tew said.

Robert Jackson had his first court appearance Thursday afternoon.