JACKSON, John Wayne
Source: The obituary is from a collection by Fauniel Hershberger, saved the 1950's, 60's and 70's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
Services for John Wayne Jackson, 84, a Covington, Ind., Route 1 resident, who died Monday (Sept. 21, 1970) at Small Nursing Home, Waynetown, Ind., will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Pape Memorial Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home 6-8 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. Jackson had been in failing health since June 30 and had been a patient at the nursing home since Aug. 5. He formerly resided at 515 E. Fifth, Danville. He was born Nov. 3, 1885, in Illinois, a son of James K. and Frances E. Townsley Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a self-employed truck driver. He retired in 1959. He was married to Viola Arila Cavolt, who died in 1963. Survivors include three sons, Harry I. of Covington, Ind., Raymond W. of Independence, Mo., and Roy C.; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Ethel) Warner of Westminister, Calif.; 10 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, a daughter, a brother, two sisters and a half-brother. --waw