This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xgk.2ACEB/7701.1 Message Board Post: JACKSON, JAMES R. Commander James R. Jackson, U.S. Navy, passed away at his home Thursday after a short illness. He was a resident of Solana Beach, Ca. Cdr. Jackson was born in Fulton, Mo. in 1917, where he graduated from Westminster College. He served 28 years as a Navy Pilot, seeing action during World War II, Berlin Airlift, Korea and Viet Nam. In 1983, he retired from his second career with the San Diego Council of Girl Scouts to pursue his third career on the golf course. Cdr. Jackson is survived by his wife Lynn; three daughters, one stepdaughter and one stepson. He has five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral Service will be held at El Camino Memorial Park, 5600 Carroll Canyon Rd., S.D., on Friday, April 16, at 12 noon. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. Please sign the guest book at obituaries.uniontrib.com Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 4/14/2004.