Percy A. Jackson

13 years ago

Jackson, Percy A., 87, of Caribou, at Caribou, on November 10, 2011. A memorial mass will be celebrated 11 a.m., November 16, at the Parish of the Precious Blood, Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Arrangements are in the care of the Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.


AR JacksonPercyAmerican Flag ColorCARIBOU — Percy A. Jackson, 87, died November 10, 2011, at Caribou. He was born at St. Francis, August 11, 1924, the son of Aaron and Melissa (Thibodeau) Jackson. He grew up in the Allagash and as a teenager Percy joined the family logging business, cutting trees and running them down river in the spring. At the age of 18, Percy married Doris (McBreairty) Jackson of Allagash, who he’d met when he was out on the town. Percy served with the US Air Force during WWII. During his armed service career, he was in the military police, field artillery and transportation and he saw action in France and Germany. He was a sheet metal specialist at Loring Air Force Base for many years until his retirement. Percy enjoyed gardening, quilting, picking fiddleheads in the spring and he loved to play the fiddle. He also enjoyed riding his four-wheeler with his dog, Foxy.

He is survived by three sons, Helston Jackson and his wife, Patricia Jackson, and Thurston Jackson and his wife, Kathy all of Caribou and Dana Jackson and his wife, Connie of Georgetown, KY.; seven daughters, Sarah Jackson of Allagash, Gloria Kidney of Caribou, Deborah Robinson and her husband, William of Georgetown, KY, Dolores Flynn and her husband, David of Athol, Idaho, Eileen Mills and her husband, Charles of Carlisle, PA, Kim Jackson of Hudson and Alma Jackson of Presque Isle; one brother, Maynard Jackson of St. Francis; three sisters, Verna Hughes and Jeanette Dodd both of Connecticut and Annie Martin of Presque Isle; twenty-nine grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. Mr. Jackson was predeceased by his wife, Doris in 1988, and four children, Owen, Warren, Theora and Geneva.

Friends visited with the family 7-9 p.m., Tuesday at the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir Street, Caribou where evening vigil prayers were conducted at 7:30 p.m. A memorial mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at the Parish of the Precious Blood, Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Fr. Aaron Damboise, officiating. Interment will be in the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery. Following the service all are invited to a time of fellowship and refreshments at the parish center. www.mockler funeralhome.com