Otho Wayne 'Bo' Jackson passed from this life on Monday evening, September 30, 2019, at his home in Denton.

He was born January 15, 1937, near Aquilla, Texas, in Hill County. His father was Chester Lee Jackson and his mother was Mamie Poteet. Bo attended schools there and graduated from Aquilla High School in 1956. He married Dorothy Yates in June of that same year.

He was an auto mechanic for Huffines Chevrolet for many years in Lewisville. In 1972, he started work[ng for  Marriott In-flight Service, at DFW Airport, as an auto and truck mechanic. The company sold later on to Caterair Corporation. Bo retired from there in 2000.

Bo had lived in Denton and the surrounding area since 1965, except for a few years that he and the wife retired and moved to Granbury, Texas, where they enjoyed working with the Granbury Church of Christ. Bo helped in rebuilding and finishing out an addition to the building. There the two of them helped manage the benevolent program.

The Jacksons lived in Coppell, Texas, for 29 years. They helped found the Northlake Church of Christ, where Bo became a deacon. Bo worked with the young people, taking them every summer week to the area-wide youth meetings to hear more preachers and meet other youth. He worked in the visitation program and was a handyman at the church. This was a very special time for Bo.

At the Coppell church, they made life-time friends with several families including Charles and Judy Hitchcock, Sam and Bernadine Tiner, Bob and Dorothy Hefner, Howard and Freddie Dearing, and Leon and Martha Chadwick and the 18 children amongst them. Only the Mrs. Jackson, Hitchcock, and Tiner, and Mr. And Mrs. Chadwick remain today. The 18 children have generously supplied the next few generations with children and grandchildren.

The Northlake church merged with the Northside Church of Christ out of Dallas and became the Riverside Church of Christ in Coppell. Bo served there as a leader in several areas over the years. The Jacksons had served the Northside Church of Christ before moving to Lewisville. They were reunited with several of the Northside families in the new Coppell's Riverside congregation, including the Cathys, the Barnes, and the McGuires.  The Jacksons remain friends to this day with the next generations of those families through the Lord's family.

For several years, Bo and his family worshipped with Grapevine Church of Christ. Bo worked hard in helping to finish out areas of the building which was built after the Jacksons began their attendance. There they met some more best buddies, Clint and Sue Osborne. Their good times together are just too numerous to list.  They remain close today.

When the Jacksons came back to the DFW Area from Granbury, returning here to be near their children, and with ongoing health situations, the couple returned to Denton County, and settled into the Argyle Church of Christ. Bo served as a deacon, overseeing the building maintenance program, extending his friendship to many young people. And their old friends, the Hitchcocks, with whom they had stayed close and remain so today, were worshipping there at Argyle, which made it even sweeter.  Bo and his wife moved a few years ago, to the east side of Denton, in order to share a home with their daughter and son-in-law.  Their membership is now with the Lake Dallas Church of Christ.

Earlier in life, Bo and Dot had worked with the old University Place Church of Christ in Lewisville where they were leaders in the youth program. Many youngsters credit Bo with helping them overcome some of the difficulties of teen-age life. Every Sunday after evening services, the young people met in the Jackson home for devotions, food and fun.  For several years, Bo drove and led a caravan of parents and teens to the area Tuesday night youth meetings held in the Dallas, Irving, and Denton churches of Christ.

At the Lewisville church, the couple met and served the church with Joe and Wanda Fonville, who became their life-long friends. Joe worked for the electric company and was transferred to several cities around the state. Bo and Dot followed and visited as often as possible. Both of the Fonvilles have passed away and gone to receive their reward of a beautiful life in heaven.

The Fonvilles finally settled in Granbury, so when the Jacksons retired, they also moved to Granbury. They had hoped to build a home there, but due to the illness of Bo's dad, they settled on a pre-owned home in a subdivision south of town, near Glen Rose. Dot's mom was also facing some debilitating situations, and after a few years, she bought a home very near the Fonvilles. Both of those parents (Bo's dad and Dot's mom) passed away in nursing homes. That was when Bo and Dot, for the second time in their lives, promised to take care of each other forever through sickness and health. As time went on, they continually renewed that vow, each promising to never put the other in a nursing home.

Outside the church and his work, Bo worked with young people through the Little League in Coppell, coaching his own son in baseball until he reached high school age. Bo would go to the school gymnasium and later the YMCA and play pick-up basketball games with teen-age friends and/or other young men from the church. He usually coached from the court and the sideline all during these games. One of his great delights in life was watching kids play basketball and baseball. Even as recently as this year, he still watched the Rangers every game in the season.

His other love was watching his two daughters perform on stage and in the High School Drill team. He was nonchalant about school grades, that was Mom's area, but when his oldest was valedictorian of her graduating class, Bo couldn't have been prouder. When his younger daughter did an almost repeat, and was salutatorian of her class, Bo was ecstatic. When his daughters married, he approved of their choices of husbands, but reminded them that this was forever and taught them to choose wisely. They did and both remain married to the same guys after 45 and 35 years. Their son also brought home a lovely girl a few years later and married her to the delight of Bo and Dot.

Bo's beloved family survives him:

Wife of 63 years: Dorothy Sue Yates Jackson

Children and their spouses:  Connie Loraine Jackson and Rick Salsman, of Denton. Alisa Waynette Jackson and Phil Dunn, of Euless. Eric Brendan and Tai Keeney Jackson, of McKinney.

Six Grandchildren:  Robin Wayne Salsman and Donna Vaux, of Denton. Rodger Dale Salsman and Nikki McCoy, of Katy, Texas.  Kelsie Dunn Morris and Will Morris, of Cypress, Texas. Tanner Edward Dunn and Saskia Baden, of Olympia, Washington.  Kale Brendan Jackson and Gage Ty Jackson, of McKinney, Texas.

Seven Great Grandchildren: Aidan Robin Salsman, and Weston Wayne Salsman, of Denton. Lenoxx Salsman, Zayne Salsman, and Brecken Salsman, of Katy and Tinley Morris and Hallie Morris, of Cypress.