Ward "Buck" Jackson Obituary (1930

Ward Bryant Buck Jackson, Jr., 85, of Baker, Oklahoma passed away March 4, 2016 at Liberal Springs in Liberal, Kansas. Ward was born December 27, 1930 in Denver, Colorado, the son of Ward Bryant and Alice Dora Sterner Jackson. He attended elementary school in Bear Creek, Colorado and then attended high school in Wheatridge, Colorado graduating with the Class of 1949. Colorado University is where he continued his education on a football scholarship for one year. He was united in marriage to Gwendolyn Berdell Armstrong on July 18, 1950 in Denver. Ward began work for the railroad as a night watchman and by day he learned to lay brick. They lived in Grand Junction, Pueblo and Denver Colorado. In 1957 they moved to Baker, Oklahoma to begin farming for Ernest Armstrong, Gwens father. Ward retired in 1992 but he continued to lay brick for most of his life. The American Football League sought him out to play for the Denver Broncos but he said he made more laying brick then he would playing football. He enjoyed snow skiing beginning at age nine. Ward golfed, was a ham radio operator and was always very active. He was a member of the Baker United Methodist Church, was a 10th degree mason in the Denver and Tyrone Lodges. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Gwendolyn on January 2, 2016, grandson, Brian Jackson, great grandson, Jackson Walden, son in law, Jeff Buchman, sister, Betty Jo Struck. Survivors include his son, Robbie Jackson and his wife, Janyth of Baker, Oklahoma; two daughters, Debra Jackson and Christine Rounds and her husband, David all of Bullard, Texas; three grandchildren, Alisha Walden and her husband, Skyler of Amarillo, Texas, Tucker and Tyler Buchman both of Bullard, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at the Baker United Methodist Church-Fellowship Building with Rev. Todd Bergman officiating. Interment will be in the Hooker Cemetery in Hooker, Oklahoma directed by Roberts Brothers Funeral Home in Hooker, Oklahoma. Memorials are suggested to the Baker United Methodist Church and may be left at Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Box 745, Hooker, Ok 73945. SERVICES Funeral Service Wednesday, March 9, 2016 2:00 PM Baker United Methodist Church ,