Milford "Jeep" Jackson
DECEMBER 27, 1938 – SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Milford Jackson was born on December 27, 1938 and passed away on September 13, 2019.
No funeral services are planned at this time, but you can check with Johnson's Funeral Home in San Angelo. There may also be a complete obituary soon.
NANCY THOMPSON BAKER called me Sunday to tell me of JEEP'S passing. She also shared a cute story about him.
NANCY visits the nursing home often when she has friends or relatives there. She said in recent years every time she went there JEEP was sitting in the lobby. She always said "hello" to him. "Do I know you?" he would ask. She told him, "Yes, I'm NANCY from our high school class." Suffering from a form of dementia or Alzheimer's, he never seemed to recognize her. Then, on one visit, she spoke to him as usual. JEEP surprised her when he said, "Hi, NANCY." She said, "Hey, you remembered my name!" JEEP answered, "I did??"
I'll try to post a few more upbeat items soon. It would help a lot if you would let me in on some of your news. One of my favorite happenings this summer was my (and BOB BURTON'S) oldest granddaughter Audrey got married in a beautiful outdoor wedding at our daughter Carajean's Lake Travis home.
Mr and Mrs Erick Bohorquez
A sad ending at the start of this post, but a beautiful new beginning for another generation at the finish.
Love and Peace,
Marilyn
Thanks for keeping us posted on our classmates, Marilyn. What would we do without you?? The wedding looks gorgeous. Thanks again.
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ReplyDeleteIt was with a deep sense of sadness that I read today your report of Jeep’s death this past Friday. We were not close friends in high school, but I always considered Jeep to be a friend. We had a quiet conversation at our 50th reunion and Jeep volunteered that he did not actually graduate with us. I told him that I knew, but I didn’t consider it to be important at the time and that he was one of us anyway. He went on and said that he just wanted to play football at the time and just didn’t have enough credits at the end of our senior year. He then volunteered that He had recently obtained a GED. I told him that I was proud of him for doing that. Two years later, I saw Jeep at a homecoming game, and as we walked from the parking lot to the stadium, he volunteered that he had recently been diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. We discussed the then apparent link between concussions, however mild, and dementia. Over the next years, I talked to Jeep a few times while he was in the nursing home and saw the progression of his disease.
I would not let my oldest son play high school football, now my grandson is playing, but with a more high tech helmet that affords increased protection from impact head injury, I hope.
James
Thanks Nancy for all you do to keep us informed.
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Hi Marilyn, I, too, appreciate the information that you continually send. However, I seldom reply, because I left Ballinger when I was in the tenth grade in 1955. I feel moved to comment about Jeep Jackson. He and I were in the first grade together out at Dry Ridge. We were the closest of friends then. There were four of us in the first grade. The four were Jeep, Patsy Heeble, Valera Hoelsher, and myself. Mrs. Fry was our teacher. I met Mrs. Fry's daughter at a recent class reunion that we attended there in Ballinger. We moved from Ballinger when I was in the second grade and moved back when I was in the tenth grade. Jeep and I reconnected again then, but we were not as close then. I still remember most of the people that respond to your communications. My Dad and Jeep's Dad, Willie, were close friends. I always considered Jeep a good friend. Thanks again for your efforts
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