William Shafter Jackson Jr. DVM (1931 - 2002)

Born 5 Nov 1931 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 25 Nov 2002 at age 71 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

Biography

William was born in 1931. He was the son of William Jackson and Zola Beatson. He passed away in 2002.

• Dr. Jackson attended Clemson University and was a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1966, he established Ambassador Animal Hospital on Wade Hampton Boulevard, where he continued to practice veterinary medicine. He was a member, and served as past president, of Greenville County Association of Veterinarians, and was a member of the S.C. Association of Veterinarians as well as the American Veterinary Medical Association. In 1998, Dr. Jackson received the Distinguished S.C. Veterinarian of the Year Award.

Dr. Jackson was a member of First Baptist Church of Greenville, the Seminar Sunday School Class, and was a former Deacon.

Born in Sumter, Dr. Jackson was the son of the late William Shafter Jackson Sr. and Reba Beatson Jackson.

• Surviving are his wife, Cecelia Kolb Jackson; his son, William Shafter Jackson III, and his wife, Wendy Hammond Jackson, of Greer; his daughter, Wendy Jackson Behlke, and her husband, Bob, of Greenville; and six grandchildren, Wilson, Weston and Abbywynn Jackson, and Ashley, Rocky and Cave Behlke. Survivors also include two sisters, Nina J. Knowles of Lexington and Becky J. Walton of Gilbert.

Sources

• *Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 October 2019), memorial page for William Shafter Jackson, Jr (5 Nov 1931–25 Nov 2002), Find A Grave Memorial no. 103842721, citing Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Irma Fetz (contributor 47011796) .
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB42-ZF7 : 23 May 2014), William S Jr Dvm Jackson, Residence, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.