Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Jackson, W.H."Hank" July 30 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
W.H. "Hank" Jackson


March 17, 1912 July 30, 2004 

Graveside services for W.H. "Hank" Jackson will be held at Hillcrest Memorial 
Park on Thursday morning, August 5, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Mike Polley of 
Valley Bible Church of Shafter will officiate.

Surrounded by his loving family Hank passed peacefully from this world on July 
30, 2004.

Hank was the third child born to William Houston Jackson and Eva O'Render 
Jackson on March 17, 1912 in Lonoak, Arkansas. Dad spent his early years in 
Arkansas before moving to California in 1932 to live with his Aunt Clyde and 
Uncle Perry in Oildale, California.

Dad was a man of many talents from crafting custom gunstocks to planting his 
summer gardens. Dad retired from the County of Kern as a sign painter for the 
Department of Highways and Bridges, but his first love in the area of careers 
was police work. In the mid 1940s he was the Chief of Police in Tehachapi, 
California and later he owned a private security patrol in Oildale.

Dad was an outdoorsman and loved hunting, fishing and camping. He spent many 
hours hunting for deer in the Greenhorn mountains and on the Tejon Ranch, and 
numerous afternoons fishing for trout on the banks of the Kern River. As he 
aged and his hands became less steady he was no longer able to spend time 
crafting his custom gunstocks in his garage so his hobby became spending time 
upon the glider on the front porch, visiting with neighbors, waiting for the 
postman to deliver the mail and smoking Swisher Sweets cigars.

Dad was predeceased by his parents, sister, Dorothy, brother, Marshall and 
beloved daughter, Patricia Musick who passed June 16, 2004. We chose not to 
tell Dad of Pattis passing earlier this summer and are comforted to know that 
she was there to greet him when he arrived in Heaven. Dad is survived by his 
devoted wife of 55 years, Lenora and loving children, Linda and Jim Narloch of 
La Grande, Oregon, Sheryl and Scott Voorhees and Dale Musick of Bakersfield, 
California; grandchildren, Michael McGrew of Social Circle, Georgia, Tammie 
Hatton of Bakersfield and Allison Narloch of La Grande, Oregon and also great-
grandchildren, Jonathan, Tyler Renee, Hannah and Stevie of Bakersfield. Dad 
also enjoyed special relationships with his nephews, Les Rogers, Henry 
Jackson, Carl Marse Park and Jim Park.

Special thanks go to the staff of Evergreen Healthcare who so loving cared for 
Dad in his last three months, especially to Nora for her compassion and 
kindness towards our family. For additional service information or floral 
delivery information, please contact Basham Funeral Care 873-8200.

Basham Funeral Care 


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Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased.

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