Calhoun Jackson (1907-2004)
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 11:33:55 pm EST
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Hardin Calhoun Jackson, age 96, of Ashland, Ky., died Sunday evening, Nov. 7, 2004, at his residence.
Mr. Jackson was born Dec. 8, 1907, in Carter County, Ky., a son of the late John and Inez Gosney Jackson.
He was also preceded in death by three wives, Elizabeth Bradford Jackson, Blanche Rice Jackson and Anna Louise Smith Jackson; a son, Hugh Jackson; two brothers, Bruce Jackson and Clifford Jackson; two sisters, Clara Click and Lorraine Floyd; and a grandson, James B. Phillips.
He retired as plant operator from the Ashland Oil Refinery. He was a member of Pollard Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and former superintendent of the Pollard Baptist Church Sunday School. Other places of faithful Christian service through the years include the First Baptist Church of Grayson and Willard Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Lois, and her husband, Herman Phillips, of Ashland, and Evelyn Harris of Olive Hill, Ky.; three stepsons and a stepdaughter; a brother, Elwood Jackson of Grayson, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a countless number of loving family members and friends.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004, at Pollard Baptist Church by the Rev. Tom Swartzwelder. He will lie in state from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in East Carter Memorial Gardens.
Friends may also call from 6 to 9 tonight at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland.
Online condolences may be sent to steenfuneralhomes.com.
