Memorials › Joe Jackson
19 Apr 1932 – 4 Mar 2013
| Birth | 19 Apr 1932 |
| Death | 4 Mar 2013 |
| Cemetery | Hickory Grove Cemetery Middle Fork Township , Ringgold County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | Nancy Brown on 12 Mar 2013 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106603464 |
Joe Andrew Jackson was born April 19, 1932 to Clifford and Sarah Ethel Hunt Jackson at Jackson Corner in southern Ringgold County, Iowa. He attended Rose Hill Country School and graduated from Mt. Ayr High School in 1950. He was very proud of having been a member of an undefeated high school football team coached by Joe McNeill. Joe married Carmeta Fletchall in 1950 and then served in the Army and served during the Korean War. Upon his return from the Army he bought and operated a service station in Grant City, Missouri. In 1960 Joe was elected to the Missouri State Legislature and served as a State Representative for 1 term. He spent the final years of his working career engaged in the operation of the Joe Jackson Insurance Agency in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He was a 50+ year member of the American Legion and a member of the United Baptist-Presbyterian Church in Mt. Ayr. Joe passed away March 4, 2013 in Mount Ayr. He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings Mary Faith Jackson, James Jackson, Opal Barnett, Evelyn James, and Dorothy Jensen. Left to mourn him is a sister, Sally Sedgewick and husband Chuck of Grand Haven, Michigan; a brother, Delbert Jackson and wife Hazel of Allendale, Missouri; several nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends.
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