Edward A. (Ted) Jackson

Memorial services for Edward A. Ted Jackson, 67, of Bowling Green will be held Thursday, March 10th, at 1:00 p.m. at the Mudd-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green with Rev. Marvin (Butch) Davis officiating. Final interment will be in the Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.Ted was born on January 22, 1944 to Wayne C. and Dorothy A. Jackson, in Cedar Rapids, IA. He died at home on March 5, 2011 after diagnosis and treatment of a brain tumor beginning in March of 2009. It was his wish to be cremated. Ted is survived by Millie, his wife of 44 years, their son Tim of Athens, OH, and their daughter Megan Dodson, husband Jay and grandsons Jackson, Nicholas and Brock of Chandler, Arizona. He is also survived by brother Don and wife Jan of Vail, CO, sister Ellyn and husband Howard of Tucson, AZ and brother Frank and wife Ellie of Lansing, MI, nephews Glenn, Bruce, Corey, Chris, Dan, Nathan and Jeff and nieces Sharon, Rebecca and Meredith. The family lived in Chicago, IL for several years before moving to Lincoln, NE. He married Mildred Holman in Bowling Green, MO, on June 12, 1966. The couple met in Sitka, AK in 1964 while doing summer work for the United Presbyterian Church Board of Missions. Ted was a 1962 graduate of University High School in Lincoln, NE, an Honors Program graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture (B.S., 1966), a dual-degree graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1970) and Loyola University School of Social Work (M.S.W., 1970). He returned to McCormick to earn his doctorate (D.Min.) in 1988. The Reverend Jackson was ordained by the United Presbyterian Church and served parishes in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. He continued his career in the mental health unit at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Festus, MO, before opening The Counseling Clinic in that city in1992. When he and his wife moved to Bowling Green in 1996, he opened The Counseling Clinic in this community. Ted was a member of the Board of Directors of The Champ Clark House--Honeyshuck—in Bowling Green, serving as President of the Board for six years, taking particular pride in The Biennial Stump Speaking for political candidates. He was a past member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife organized the Heritage Day Parade for three years. Ted was a member of the Bowling Green Lions Club serving as secretary and then president. In 2006, he received the Pike County 4-H Alumni Award and in 2007 he was named Bowling Green’s Citizen of the Year. Memorial gifts may be made to Champ Clark Honeyshuck, The Hope Center, Pike County Home Health and Hospice or donor’s choice.