Davis Jackson
Davis Jackson shared a Page — with Judy Jackson and Ken Jackson.
May 27 at 11:09pm ·
My father, Kenneth Monroe Jackson, passed away Saturday morning. He was 81 years old. Born in 1936 in Kennedy, Texas and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He went to Southern Methodist University and received a law degree. After working for a few years in Texas and receiving several promotions he was offered a job in Washington D.C. Shortly after moving to D.C. he met my mother Judy Jackson on a blind date. They were married in 1967 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year. I was born in 1972 and was named after a friend of theirs, artist Gene Davis. Art was one of dad’s many interests and he would continue to paint and draw the rest of his life. Here is a link to his Facebook artist page with some of his paintings:https://www.facebook.com/KenJacksonArtist/
We moved to Massachusetts in 1974 where he continued to practice law. Around my 5th birthday I was given a model trainset. He was more interested in the trainset then I was, and model railroading became one of his hobbies. When we moved to Boulder, CO in 1981 he turned our basement into a giant model railroad trainset. In Colorado he also started rock climbing, a sport which we learned together.
In 1985 we moved to Barrington, Illinois where he was negotiating contracts for airplane mounted cameras. Around this time, he was president of National Contract Management Association for a year. In 1990 he was offered a position with Textron Aerostructures in Nashville. Here in Nashville he discovered another of his passions, acting. Over the last 27 years he has been in many plays, short films and industrial commercials. Some notable roles he performed were, Titus in Titus Andronicus, Joe Keller in All My Sons, Baylor in A Lie of the Mind, Morrie in Tuesday’s With Morrie, Giles Corey in the Crucible and Thomas Edison in Camping with Henry and Tom for which he received best supporting actor.
Around his 70th birthday he developed a renewed interest in religion and went back to school. In 2007 he received a Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt. He would go on to share his knowledge teaching Sunday school at Glendale United Methodist and Good Shepard United Methodist Churches.
He continued to practice law as an arbitrator and mediator and officially retired only last week.
My dad was a very ethical and classy man. He was very generous and welcoming to his friends. He loved to cook and would prepare rich and wonderful meals. A favorite of mine was his tomato pie. He read constantly and loved stories of espionage, crime thrillers and nautical adventure books. He was very smart; a walking dictionary. Anytime we needed to know how to spell something he would know. He loved slapstick comedy and would laugh out loud watching things like the Pink Panther, the Road Runner and other comedies. He loved dancing and music. He would watch Dancing with the Stars, the Voice and American Idol, but above all else he loved football.
He went into the hospital on Monday with stomach issues. He had been sick for a while and he went quickly downhill once in the hospital. My mother and I were able to talk to him before he departed and his last words to us were that he loved us.
We are planning a celebration of life for him on Saturday, June 2nd, 1pm at Good Shepard United Methodist Church. 525 New Shackle Island Rd, Hendersonville, TN 37075