J.L. "Leon" Jackson, age 85, of Cassville, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 23, 2007, in St. John's Hospital – Cassville.
He was born September 11, 1922, in Mano, Missouri, the son of Charles Thomas and Delsie Matilda (Wolf) Jackson. On November 1, 1951, he was united in marriage to Elma Irene Cowherd, who survives. He is also survived by one son, Charles Thomas Jackson and his wife, Tina of Cassville; one daughter, Janice Veann Truman and her husband, Duane of Cassville; three granddaughters; one grandson and a great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Alice Irene "Midge" Blythe and Neva Winston and a grandson, Charles Thomas Jackson, III.
Leon, as most people knew him, received his education in Cassville, graduating in 1939 at the age of sixteen from Cassville High School. He then received his Engineering Degree from Finely Engineering College in Kansas City. During World War II he entered the United States Army, serving from June 12, 1944 until April 5, 1946. Most of his life was spent in Barry County. He was an Architectural and Civil Engineer and for twenty-eight years was County Engineer in McDonald, Barry and Lawrence Counties. He developed a very large part of Table Rock Lake as a Registered Surveyor. For nineteen years Leon was sexton for Oak Hill Cemetery, which was one of his passions. He was a member of Butterfield Methodist Church, Pythagoras Masonic Lodge #383 and American Legion Post #118.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Pastor Doyle Russell will conduct the services. Burial with military honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.
Contributions may be made to Oak Hill Cemetery in memory of Leon.
He was born September 11, 1922, in Mano, Missouri, the son of Charles Thomas and Delsie Matilda (Wolf) Jackson. On November 1, 1951, he was united in marriage to Elma Irene Cowherd, who survives. He is also survived by one son, Charles Thomas Jackson and his wife, Tina of Cassville; one daughter, Janice Veann Truman and her husband, Duane of Cassville; three granddaughters; one grandson and a great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Alice Irene "Midge" Blythe and Neva Winston and a grandson, Charles Thomas Jackson, III.
Leon, as most people knew him, received his education in Cassville, graduating in 1939 at the age of sixteen from Cassville High School. He then received his Engineering Degree from Finely Engineering College in Kansas City. During World War II he entered the United States Army, serving from June 12, 1944 until April 5, 1946. Most of his life was spent in Barry County. He was an Architectural and Civil Engineer and for twenty-eight years was County Engineer in McDonald, Barry and Lawrence Counties. He developed a very large part of Table Rock Lake as a Registered Surveyor. For nineteen years Leon was sexton for Oak Hill Cemetery, which was one of his passions. He was a member of Butterfield Methodist Church, Pythagoras Masonic Lodge #383 and American Legion Post #118.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Pastor Doyle Russell will conduct the services. Burial with military honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.
Contributions may be made to Oak Hill Cemetery in memory of Leon.
J.L. "Leon" Jackson, age 85, of Cassville, Missouri, passed away Friday, November 23, 2007, in St. John's Hospital – Cassville.
He was born September 11, 1922, in Mano, Missouri, the son of Charles Thomas and Delsie Matilda (Wolf) Jackson. On November 1, 1951, he was united in marriage to Elma Irene Cowherd, who survives. He is also survived by one son, Charles Thomas Jackson and his wife, Tina of Cassville; one daughter, Janice Veann Truman and her husband, Duane of Cassville; three granddaughters; one grandson and a great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Alice Irene "Midge" Blythe and Neva Winston and a grandson, Charles Thomas Jackson, III.
Leon, as most people knew him, received his education in Cassville, graduating in 1939 at the age of sixteen from Cassville High School. He then received his Engineering Degree from Finely Engineering College in Kansas City. During World War II he entered the United States Army, serving from June 12, 1944 until April 5, 1946. Most of his life was spent in Barry County. He was an Architectural and Civil Engineer and for twenty-eight years was County Engineer in McDonald, Barry and Lawrence Counties. He developed a very large part of Table Rock Lake as a Registered Surveyor. For nineteen years Leon was sexton for Oak Hill Cemetery, which was one of his passions. He was a member of Butterfield Methodist Church, Pythagoras Masonic Lodge #383 and American Legion Post #118.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Pastor Doyle Russell will conduct the services. Burial with military honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.
Contributions may be made to Oak Hill Cemetery in memory of Leon.
He was born September 11, 1922, in Mano, Missouri, the son of Charles Thomas and Delsie Matilda (Wolf) Jackson. On November 1, 1951, he was united in marriage to Elma Irene Cowherd, who survives. He is also survived by one son, Charles Thomas Jackson and his wife, Tina of Cassville; one daughter, Janice Veann Truman and her husband, Duane of Cassville; three granddaughters; one grandson and a great-granddaughter.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Alice Irene "Midge" Blythe and Neva Winston and a grandson, Charles Thomas Jackson, III.
Leon, as most people knew him, received his education in Cassville, graduating in 1939 at the age of sixteen from Cassville High School. He then received his Engineering Degree from Finely Engineering College in Kansas City. During World War II he entered the United States Army, serving from June 12, 1944 until April 5, 1946. Most of his life was spent in Barry County. He was an Architectural and Civil Engineer and for twenty-eight years was County Engineer in McDonald, Barry and Lawrence Counties. He developed a very large part of Table Rock Lake as a Registered Surveyor. For nineteen years Leon was sexton for Oak Hill Cemetery, which was one of his passions. He was a member of Butterfield Methodist Church, Pythagoras Masonic Lodge #383 and American Legion Post #118.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Pastor Doyle Russell will conduct the services. Burial with military honors will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cassville.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.
Contributions may be made to Oak Hill Cemetery in memory of Leon.
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