Bill Jackson

Bill Jackson, 84, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Kennett, died Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter.

Born July 15, 1924, in Kennett, son of the late John F. and Grace Davis Jackson, he was a U.S. Army veteran, and a member of the Southwest Nazarene Church in Dexter.

On Oct. 16, 1949, in Kennett, he married Jane Rhew, who survives of the home.

Survivors also include one daughter-in-law, Lorraine Jean Finn Jackson, of Somonauk, Ill.; two grandchildren, Terry Allen Jackson II, of Samonauk, Ill., and Jody Jackson, of Plainfield, Ill., and two great-grandchildren, Andrew Stonecipher and Hayle Nichole Jackson.

He was preceded in death by one son, Terry Allen Jackson; three brothers, Eugene John Harlen and Russell Jackson and one sister, Gladys McNew.

Funeral services were held at noon, today, Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Ed Stoner officiating.

Graveside services with full military honors will be held at 9 a.m., Friday, Oct. 17, in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Mo.