Published: November 01, 2009 08:56 pm      

Sharon Lee Jackson

Sharon Lee Jackson, resident of Huntsville in Elkins Lake died Friday evening Oct. 30 at 70 years old.

She was found in her home Thursday evening, Oct. 22, after she had suffered a severe stroke. She was rushed to Herman Memorial Hospital in Houston where she became comatose and remained so for seven days.

Sharon Jackson was born March 8 1939, in Alliance, Neb., born of Arthur and Lucille Bestol.

She graduated high school in Bell Flower California 1957 where she met her husband, Edmond Wally Jackson. They were married November 1959. Next month would have been their 50th wedding anniversary. They later moved to Dallas, where she worked for 15 years as a data processor for Southland Corp.

In 1981 she had her first and only child Edmond Brent Jackson. She quit her job and became a full time mother. She was active at every school function for the next 13 years.

In 1990 her family moved to Trinity, where she ran the Dairy Queen with her husband. She took great pride at what she did and was not always easy to work for because she expected the same pride in others.

She was a loving, compassionate mother and a loyal, supportive wife. She will be greatly missed by everyone that was fortunate enough to know her.

She is survived by two wonderful brothers, Jim Bestol and Doug Bestol; her husband of 49 years Wally Jackson; and her 28-year-old son, Brent Jackson.

Services will be Tuesday, Nov. 3,at St. Stephen’s Episcopal at 3: p.m. Interment will be at Mayes Addition Oakwood Cemetery.

Those wishing to leave memorial condolences may do so at www.shmfh.com