Francis L. “Jack” Jackson, Jr., age 88 of Hanover, PA, formerly of Manchester, MD, died peacefully on Friday, January 24, 2014 at Cross Keys Village Brethren Home in New Oxford, PA.
He was born March 25, 1925 in Baltimore, the son of the late Francis Sr. and Evelyn (Hooper) Jackson. He was predeceased by his wife Dolores Elizabeth Jackson in 2008.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and served during W.W.II. He was retired from Joseph Seagram’s Distillery as a forklift operator. Following retirement, he worked for the Town of Manchester, MD, Manchester Pharmacy, and was a crossing guard at Manchester Elementary School. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in East Berlin and a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Manchester.
Surviving are sons, Francis L. Jackson III and wife Colleen of Hanover and Keith E. Jackson of Hanover; grandchildren, Nichole Beverly and husband Ishmael, Francis L. Jackson IV, Keith E. Jackson, Jr., Austin M. Jackson, Brandon D. Jackson, and Riley E. Jackson; great-grandchildren, Ishmael, Jr., Anthony, Kevin and Isabella Beverly; brother, James Jackson of Dundalk; sisters, Evelyn Vogel of Essex and Blanche Jackson of Essex; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his daughter, Diane E. Jackson.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 a.m., on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis Street, Westminster, with Rev. George B. Scott officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Garrison Forest Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Owings Mills. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the Cross Keys Village Brethren Home, c/o: Good Samaritan Fund, 2990 Carlisle Pike, New Oxford, PA 17350 or Trinity Lutheran Church, 117 West King St., East Berlin, PA 17316.
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He was born March 25, 1925 in Baltimore, the son of the late Francis Sr. and Evelyn (Hooper) Jackson. He was predeceased by his wife Dolores Elizabeth Jackson in 2008.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and served during W.W.II. He was retired from Joseph Seagram’s Distillery as a forklift operator. Following retirement, he worked for the Town of Manchester, MD, Manchester Pharmacy, and was a crossing guard at Manchester Elementary School. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in East Berlin and a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Manchester.
Surviving are sons, Francis L. Jackson III and wife Colleen of Hanover and Keith E. Jackson of Hanover; grandchildren, Nichole Beverly and husband Ishmael, Francis L. Jackson IV, Keith E. Jackson, Jr., Austin M. Jackson, Brandon D. Jackson, and Riley E. Jackson; great-grandchildren, Ishmael, Jr., Anthony, Kevin and Isabella Beverly; brother, James Jackson of Dundalk; sisters, Evelyn Vogel of Essex and Blanche Jackson of Essex; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his daughter, Diane E. Jackson.
Funeral services will be held at 9:00 a.m., on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, 91 Willis Street, Westminster, with Rev. George B. Scott officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Garrison Forest Maryland Veterans Cemetery in Owings Mills. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the Cross Keys Village Brethren Home, c/o: Good Samaritan Fund, 2990 Carlisle Pike, New Oxford, PA 17350 or Trinity Lutheran Church, 117 West King St., East Berlin, PA 17316.