Obituary: Victor Louis Jackson

Victor Louis Jackson

Victor Louis Jackson

July 2, 1933 - Oct. 25, 2009

Victor was born on July 2, 1933, to missionary parents Rev. Richmond M. and Hazel P. (Peebles) Jackson in Thanh-Hoa, Vietnam (then French Indochina). He died on Oct. 25, 2009, after a short struggle with severe pneumonia at age 76.

A celebration of Victor's life will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at the Open Door Baptist Church, 8451 E. Stevens Drive, Prescott Valley, Ariz.

French and Vietnamese were his primary languages until age five when he started learning English. During WWII his family was in a Japanese concentration camp at Mytho on the Mekong River Delta, April - September 1943. They returned to Vietnam 1947 -1950. As a teenager Victor returned alone to the U.S. and graduated from Ben Lippen High School in Ashville, N.C., in 1951. Victor attended Wheaton College, graduating with a BS in Botany 1955. During his college years he joined ROTC and after graduation he served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army beginning in 1955. He reached the rank of Captain in the Signal Corps by the time of his discharge in 1957. He was married on April 4, 1959, to Lois Scott by his father Rev. Richmond in Tujunga, Calif. In 1958 he began his wonderful career in the National Park Service, working in five national parks, retiring in 1988. During his career he was honored with the national Freeman Tilden Award for excellence in park naturalist activities. He was listed in Who's Who in America for several years beginning in 1984. He and Lois divorced in 1991. After retiring he moved to Prescott Valley, Ariz. He spent nine years working as a volunteer naturalist with thousands of children and adults, at the Prescott Pines Christian Camp from 1992 through 2000. His last 17 years were filled with volunteer work ministering to widows (James 1:27) and helping others. He enriched many people's lives with the spirit of giving of himself. He was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

He is survived by his son, Nate Jackson of Sandy, Ore., and Sharon Maxwell of Wilhoit, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Donations can be made to the International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation: www.iwmf.com.

Information provided by survivors.


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