Frank was the oldest son of Arthur Lee (AL) and Elwanda Jacqueline Guinn Jackson. He was preceded in death by his father and grandparents Curtis Russell (Russ) and Laura Evelyn Mars Guinn and Arthur Lee and Bertha Ethel Roberson Jackson. He is survived by his wife Joyce, mother, sisters Laura Anne and Karen, brother Dennis, two nephews, Brad and Jason, one niece, Katie and one great-niece, Kadence, two step-daughters Robin and Anita and two step-sons Dutch and James and several step-grandchildren.
He was born July 6, 1954 in Ventura, Ca. and lived in Ojai, Ca. until the family moved to Oklahoma. As a very small child, he showed aptitude for the things that would interest him as an adult. His father was a carpenter and gave Frank a small carpentry set when he was about three. He took to carpentry immediately, as his mother can attest. She found him on the front porch of the house working on the second 4x4 support post for the porch roof with his tiny metal saw. After the saw was confiscated, he started taking apart his toys, just to see how they worked and most of the time they could be reassembled. He could never sit still for long. When he was in kindergarten, he refused to take naps. His teacher got so frustrated, she put him in the cloak room one nap time, so he wouldn't disturb the other children. After nap time, the teacher went to the cloak room to retrieve her wayward student and found Frank wearing a red plastic fireman's helmet and cheerfully sweeping the floor, with a huge push broom.
During high school, Frank took auto mechanics and learned to put the things he took apart back together. It also wasn't unusual for students in the high school to hear a tractor in the afternoons and see Frank happily driving the tractor mowing the lawn, instead of being in class. After graduation, Frank worked as a carpenter, auto mechanic, welder, truck driver and spent time doing upkeep on his wife's and his rental properties. In his early 30's, he had an accident and lost 70 per cent of the use of his right arm. He just learned to do everything left handed and proceeded on with life.
One of his greatest joys was hosting a huge barbecue the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was open to all family, friends and anyone that might drive past his house. Even through his illness over the last few years, he still managed to have his barbecues. Frank never met a stranger and had friends all over the country.
He will be missed by all who knew him and will be remembered for his love of family, willingness to help anyone that needed it, his sense of humor and his absolutely terrible jokes.
He was born July 6, 1954 in Ventura, Ca. and lived in Ojai, Ca. until the family moved to Oklahoma. As a very small child, he showed aptitude for the things that would interest him as an adult. His father was a carpenter and gave Frank a small carpentry set when he was about three. He took to carpentry immediately, as his mother can attest. She found him on the front porch of the house working on the second 4x4 support post for the porch roof with his tiny metal saw. After the saw was confiscated, he started taking apart his toys, just to see how they worked and most of the time they could be reassembled. He could never sit still for long. When he was in kindergarten, he refused to take naps. His teacher got so frustrated, she put him in the cloak room one nap time, so he wouldn't disturb the other children. After nap time, the teacher went to the cloak room to retrieve her wayward student and found Frank wearing a red plastic fireman's helmet and cheerfully sweeping the floor, with a huge push broom.
During high school, Frank took auto mechanics and learned to put the things he took apart back together. It also wasn't unusual for students in the high school to hear a tractor in the afternoons and see Frank happily driving the tractor mowing the lawn, instead of being in class. After graduation, Frank worked as a carpenter, auto mechanic, welder, truck driver and spent time doing upkeep on his wife's and his rental properties. In his early 30's, he had an accident and lost 70 per cent of the use of his right arm. He just learned to do everything left handed and proceeded on with life.
One of his greatest joys was hosting a huge barbecue the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was open to all family, friends and anyone that might drive past his house. Even through his illness over the last few years, he still managed to have his barbecues. Frank never met a stranger and had friends all over the country.
He will be missed by all who knew him and will be remembered for his love of family, willingness to help anyone that needed it, his sense of humor and his absolutely terrible jokes.
Frank was the oldest son of Arthur Lee (AL) and Elwanda Jacqueline Guinn Jackson. He was preceded in death by his father and grandparents Curtis Russell (Russ) and Laura Evelyn Mars Guinn and Arthur Lee and Bertha Ethel Roberson Jackson. He is survived by his wife Joyce, mother, sisters Laura Anne and Karen, brother Dennis, two nephews, Brad and Jason, one niece, Katie and one great-niece, Kadence, two step-daughters Robin and Anita and two step-sons Dutch and James and several step-grandchildren.
He was born July 6, 1954 in Ventura, Ca. and lived in Ojai, Ca. until the family moved to Oklahoma. As a very small child, he showed aptitude for the things that would interest him as an adult. His father was a carpenter and gave Frank a small carpentry set when he was about three. He took to carpentry immediately, as his mother can attest. She found him on the front porch of the house working on the second 4x4 support post for the porch roof with his tiny metal saw. After the saw was confiscated, he started taking apart his toys, just to see how they worked and most of the time they could be reassembled. He could never sit still for long. When he was in kindergarten, he refused to take naps. His teacher got so frustrated, she put him in the cloak room one nap time, so he wouldn't disturb the other children. After nap time, the teacher went to the cloak room to retrieve her wayward student and found Frank wearing a red plastic fireman's helmet and cheerfully sweeping the floor, with a huge push broom.
During high school, Frank took auto mechanics and learned to put the things he took apart back together. It also wasn't unusual for students in the high school to hear a tractor in the afternoons and see Frank happily driving the tractor mowing the lawn, instead of being in class. After graduation, Frank worked as a carpenter, auto mechanic, welder, truck driver and spent time doing upkeep on his wife's and his rental properties. In his early 30's, he had an accident and lost 70 per cent of the use of his right arm. He just learned to do everything left handed and proceeded on with life.
One of his greatest joys was hosting a huge barbecue the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was open to all family, friends and anyone that might drive past his house. Even through his illness over the last few years, he still managed to have his barbecues. Frank never met a stranger and had friends all over the country.
He will be missed by all who knew him and will be remembered for his love of family, willingness to help anyone that needed it, his sense of humor and his absolutely terrible jokes.
He was born July 6, 1954 in Ventura, Ca. and lived in Ojai, Ca. until the family moved to Oklahoma. As a very small child, he showed aptitude for the things that would interest him as an adult. His father was a carpenter and gave Frank a small carpentry set when he was about three. He took to carpentry immediately, as his mother can attest. She found him on the front porch of the house working on the second 4x4 support post for the porch roof with his tiny metal saw. After the saw was confiscated, he started taking apart his toys, just to see how they worked and most of the time they could be reassembled. He could never sit still for long. When he was in kindergarten, he refused to take naps. His teacher got so frustrated, she put him in the cloak room one nap time, so he wouldn't disturb the other children. After nap time, the teacher went to the cloak room to retrieve her wayward student and found Frank wearing a red plastic fireman's helmet and cheerfully sweeping the floor, with a huge push broom.
During high school, Frank took auto mechanics and learned to put the things he took apart back together. It also wasn't unusual for students in the high school to hear a tractor in the afternoons and see Frank happily driving the tractor mowing the lawn, instead of being in class. After graduation, Frank worked as a carpenter, auto mechanic, welder, truck driver and spent time doing upkeep on his wife's and his rental properties. In his early 30's, he had an accident and lost 70 per cent of the use of his right arm. He just learned to do everything left handed and proceeded on with life.
One of his greatest joys was hosting a huge barbecue the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was open to all family, friends and anyone that might drive past his house. Even through his illness over the last few years, he still managed to have his barbecues. Frank never met a stranger and had friends all over the country.
He will be missed by all who knew him and will be remembered for his love of family, willingness to help anyone that needed it, his sense of humor and his absolutely terrible jokes.
