Donald Wayne Jackson, son of the late Hugh Aaron Jackson and Sarah Gilooly Jackson, was born on October 18, 1938, in Kennett, Missouri, and departed this life on May 7, 2023, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 84 years.

Mr. Jackson was a former employee of International Hat Factory and Elders Manufacturing, in Dexter, Missouri, where he worked in management, and he was also a farmer, working on the family farm. He was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ in Bernie, Missouri, and a resident of Dexter, Missouri.

On January 4, 1964, in Bernie, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Janice Warren. Mrs. Jackson preceded him in death on September 27, 2011.

He is survived by his son, Jerry Jackson of Dexter, Missouri; by his brother, J. L. Milligan and wife Amy of Dexter, Missouri; by his sister, Beverly Marley and husband Ronald of Clarkton, Missouri; by four grandchildren, Quintin Jackson and wife Angela, Sarah Simptkins and husband David, Lauren Peters, and Emily Billingsley and husband Brent; and by five great-grandchildren.

Other than by his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Vicki Peters; and by three sisters, Bonnie Mickey, Lillian Milligan and Lola Crawford.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, May 12, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Friday, May 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. with Stan Dauck officiating. Interment will follow in the Smith Stevenson Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Children’s Homes Inc, 5515 Walcott Road, Paragould, Arkansas 72450

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.