Okfuskee, OK – Obit - Charley Jackson, 1909-1999

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Source:  Okemah News Leader, Thursday, May 20, 1999


Charley Jackson

     Funeral services for Charley Jackson, 90, were held Wed., May 19 at the 
Bristow Holiness Church at 11 a.m. with Bro. Paul Heard officiating and Rev. 
Melvin Duke assisting. He died Mon., May 17 at the Creek National Hospital in 
Okemah.

     Born Jan. 30, 1909 at Stroud, he was one of 12 children born to Arthur 
Jackson and Nora Fontaine Jackson. On Mar. 1, 1978 he married Temple Webster. He 
was a member of the First Baptist Church of Depew and was a retired oilfield 
worker and farmer. He moved to Okemah from Depew about 23 years ago.

     Preceding him in death were his parents; one daughter, Patricia Hurt; one 
grandson, Richard Scott Graham; six brothers and one sister.

     Survivors include his wife, Temple Jackson of the home in Okemah; two sons, 
Bill Jackson of Tulsa and David Jackson of Depew; five daughters, Lenora McGuire 
of Depew, Barbara Cox of Bristow, Linda Caldwell of Mannford, Diana Graham of 
Broken Arrow and Janie Birch of Lenexa, Kan.; two step-sons, Don Langwell of 
Seminole and Jim Langwell of San Antonio, Tex.; one step-daughter, Wilma Plank 
of Springfield, Ohio; four sisters, Lila Copenhaver of Cushing; Vera Bell of 
Stroud, Ruth Lloyd of Chandler and Marie Hearron of Golden, Col.; 21 
grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

     Interment was at the Bristow City Cemetery under the direction of Parks 
Brothers Funeral Home.