John D. Jackson, son of the late Dave Jackson and Josephine Ryder Jackson Foster was born on March 9, 1932, in rural Puxico, MO. He departed this life on March 30, 2024, at Prairie View Skilled Nursing Center in Bloomfield, MO at the age of 92.
Mr. Jackson was a member of Liberty Hill General Baptist Church in Aid, MO where he served as church treasurer and clerk. In his early life, he was a part of the family plastering business with his brothers Harry and Carl Foster. His true love and career came later, when he became a farmer. In 1982 John and Betty were honored at the Missouri State Fair as Farm Family of the Year for the State of Missouri.
On May 26, 1951, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth “Betty” Litzler in Piggott, Arkansas. She proceeded him in death on October 17, 2015.
Mr. Jackson is survived by one son John David Jackson and his wife Marilyn from Dudley, MO; and two daughters, Patricia Vandeven and the late John Vandeven of Bloomfield, MO and Pam Stuever and her husband Jim from Dexter, Mo. He was Grandpa to Erin Brown, Julie Richardson, Stephanie Jackson, Jennifer Hartlein, John Issacc Vandeven, Kris Vandeven, Amy Wynn, Michael Irvin, Amanda Brueggeman, Matt Stuever and Lauren Mayer, 14 great grandchildren,1 great, great grandson and a special friend Pansy Dennis of Bloomfield and by several nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents he was proceeded in death by his stepfather W.E. Foster, one son, Steven Jackson, his brother Dave “Jack” Jackson and sister Betty Mosbey, his half brother Charles Jackson, his step-brothers Bill Foster, Harry Foster and Carl Foster, half-sisters, Maurene Box, Pearl Hill, Velma Evans, Carros Allen and Mildred Simpson.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, April 4, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in the Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Greg Stevens officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.
The family request memorials be made to Communities Loving And Supporting Students (C.L.A.S.S.) supporting the students of Stoddard County, 807 Bent Creek, Dexter MO 63841.
