He served in World War II and received a President Award.
Family will receive friends Sunday, August 5, 2018, from 1 until 2 p.m., at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Services will follow at 2 p.m., in the Kilgore-Green Chapel, with burial at Zion Church of Christ Cemetery. William Tittle and Levi Sides will officiate.
He was preceded by his parents, Willie Jackson and Rosa Jackson; and brothers and sisters, Cletus Jackson, Fay West, Lois Holly, Kelly Jackson, and Opal Carter.
He is survived by his wife, Estelle V. Speer Jackson; children, Pat Speer Cook-White (E.J.), Bennett Speer, Dewayne Speer (Pam), Loretta Speer Robinson (Robert), and Beverly Speer Ferrell; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; and many friends.