Iowa
Old Press
Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa
June 11, 1928
JACKSON RITES THIS AFTERNOON
Funeral of Former Sioux City Resident will be at Graceland Park
Funeral services for Dr. James A. Jackson, 49 years old, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Jackson, of Sioux City, who died several days
ago [31 May, 1928] at his home in San Diego, Cal., will be held
with full military honors at the family plot in Graceland Park
cemetery this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Headquarters company of the One Hundred and Third Infantry of the
Iowa national guard, under command of Lieut. Chris Berthelsen,
will act as a military escort. Several officers, including Maj.
Gen. Matt Tinley, of
Council Bluffs, a lifelong friend of Dr. Jackson, will march with
the escort. Reed's military band will play the funeral march. Dr.
Jackson was a World War veteran, having served in the Fifty-sixth
ammunition train under Maj. Mellon. He was one of the first men
to enlist at San Diego shortly after the United States entered
the war.
Dr. Jackson attended the Sioux City Medical college here, taking
his first year's instruction under Dr. William Jepson. He later
studied at Jefferson college in Philadelphia and then spent three
years in Europe. He had
practiced at San Diego for the past 18 years.
Dr. Jackson was a grandson of James A. Jackson, one of the
founders of Sioux City and after whom Jackson Street was named.
Rev. Robert S. Flockhart and Rev. E. H. Gaynor will officiate at
the grave. Westcott's undertaking establishment is in charge.
[submitted by P.H., Jan. 2004]