Life History

Notes

• I was able to identify Jimmy from a reference in his father's obituary, mentioning Jimmy's early death in 2001.  This correlated with a cemetery entry in the Find-a-Grave registry for Lakeview Cemetery, Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma, where several members of this Jackson family are buried.
  
  "Mr. Jackson was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Jimmy Jackson on June 1, 2001, his stepmother, Belvia Jackson and a brother, Lloyd Jackson"
  --  Obituary of Elvin I Jackson (http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/tx/tx-harris10.htm)
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
  Jimmy L Jackson
  Birth Date 12 Mar 1951
  Address: 158a RR 2 Box, Marietta, OK, 73448
  1 MI North Ostratfd On Hwy, Marietta, OK, 73448
  
  Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
  Jimmy L Jackson
  Gender: Male
  Age 18, Estimated Birth Year 1951
  Spouse: Dora K Cantwell
  Spouse Gender: Female
  Spouse Age 19, Spouse Est Birth Year 1950
  Marriage 11 Jul 1969 Cooke County, Texas
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Jimmy L. Jackson
  Born 12 Mar 1951
  Died 1 Jun 2001
  SSN 444-50-3790 issued Oklahoma (1965)
  
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  Services for Jimmy Jackson, 50, of Marietta, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, at First Baptist Church in Marietta, with the Rev. Rick Sowell and the Rev. Tommy Higle officiating.
  Mr. Jackson was born March 12, 1951, at Marietta, the son of Elvin and Rosa Mae Freeman Jackson. He died Friday, June 1, 2001, at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City.
  
  Mr. Jackson had lived in Love County since 1970. A 1969 graduate of Ardmore High School, he had been employed as a tire builder at Uniroyal in Ardmore for 18 years. He loved spending time with his family and his children and grandchildren were the light of his life. Mr. Jackson always knew the best example for them was by the life he led. He was a true cowboy who enjoyed team roping. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Eastman Baptist Church.
  
  Survivors include his wife, Dora Jackson of the home; three daughters and sons-in-law, Trina and Brent Westfall of Marietta, Cheryl and Chuck Loving of Prosper, Texas, and Lori Jackson of Woodbine, Texas; two brothers, David Jackson of Texarkana, Texas, and Bobby Jackson of Baytown, Texas; two sisters, Frances Andrews of Baytown and Dawnyce Casey of Ardmore; and seven grandchildren, Jeremy, Jamie, Jordan, Jaxon, Josie, Colten and Taylor.
  
  Pallbearers were Randall Jackson, Donnie Gillham, Dale Harvey, Sonny Mobley, Bill Johnson and Martin Sullivan. Honorary pallbearers were Mark Basinger, Wayne Allison, Randy Nelson, Chance Tynes, David Hull, David Miller, Buddy Norman, Anthony Brown, Carl Powell, Rodney Welch, L.J. Lornes, Jerrel Miller, Steve Birdwell, and Jimmy's other roping buddies.
  
  Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta, under the direction of Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, Marietta
  --  Ancestry Stories, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12385012/person/12522816178/story/fbf1ff0c-96e3-43aa-a57d-120ccf9ce4f7?src=search&ftm=1
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  Jackson, Jimmy
  b. Mar. 12, 1951 d. Jun. 1, 2001
  Lakeview Cemetery
  Marietta, Love County, Oklahoma
  --  Find-a-Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=2121&GScid=98785&

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 3. Social Security Death Index
• 4. Obituary of Elvin I Jackson
• 5. Texas Marriage Index, 1847-2002
• 6. Gravestone of Elvin and Rosa Mae Freeman Jackson, Lakeview Cemetery, Lakeview
  • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=16159998&PIpi=4292308