Charles Gerald Jackson

Sept. 29, 1939-June 11, 2022

Charles Gerald Jackson, 82, of Crawfordsville passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Franciscan Health Indianapolis, after a short battle with lung cancer.

He was born Sept. 29, 1939, at Kingman, to the late Henry Wesley and Mary Ellen (McGill) Jackson. 

Charles graduated from Kingman High School in 1957. On Oct. 23, 1966, he married Patricia Philpott, who survives. He worked at RR Donnelley for 42 years. He attended the East Side Baptist Church. He enjoyed wood working, gardening, traveling, crinoid hunting, floating down Sugar Creek and spending time with his family and grandkids.   

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia; two children, Paula (David) Fowler of Noblesville and Dale (Christy) Jackson of Oviedo, Florida; three grandsons, Devin Jackson, Zach Jackson and BJ (Amanda) Fowler; twin great-grandsons, Matthias and Aquila Fowler; brother John Jackson of Crawfordsville; and several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be at Sanders Shoemaker Funeral Care, 202 Bratton Road, Waynetown, on Friday, June 17 from 11 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 2 p.m. Pastor Phil Taylor will officiate. Burial will follow at Waynetown Masonic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the American Lung Association of Indiana, 115 W Washington St., Suite 1180-South, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

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