Joe Wayne Jackson Mr. Jackson, 58 of Matthews died Sunday, October 24, 2004 en route to the NASCAR event in Martinsville, VA. A Home Going Celebration of his life will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church of Indian Trail with Reverend Mike Whitson and Reverend Maurice Henson officiating. His family will receive friends following the service. Burial will be private. Mr. Jackson was born May 16, 1946 to the late Claude Gale and Ellen Bell Jackson, Sr. He graduated from the Citadel in 1968 and had remained active in the Alumni Association. Joe also served his country as a 1st Lt. in the US Army in Vietnam, and was a member of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. He was formerly a Deacon at Covenant Baptist Church in Charlotte and most recently, was an active member of First Baptist Church of Indian Trail. Joe was instrumental in the development of the DuPont Motorsports program and routinely represented the company at NASCAR races. His entire 36 year DuPont career was spent in the Automotive Refinish business. NASCAR along with his family and friends were Joe’s passions. He loved the sport and DuPont’s role in it. His dedication to his company and his family was apparent to all. His DuPont colleagues and the entire Hendrick Motorsports team were his extended family, and he had a deep love and appreciation for each of them. Mr. Jackson is survived by his loving wife of 30 years, Jan Jackson of Matthews; his son, Jeff Jackson and his wife Amy of Clover, SC; his daughter, Jayne White and her husband Jason of Charlotte; his beloved grandsons, Jackson White and Christopher Jackson; his brother, Gale Jackson and his wife Joy of Columbia, SC; and by his step-mother, Lillie Jackson of Camden, SC. The family requests that memorials in memory of Joe be sent to either First Baptist Church of Indian Trail-Building Fund, PO Box 2550, Indian Trail NC 28079 or to the Hendrick Marrow Foundation, 4400 Papa Joe Blvd., Charlotte NC 28262. Arrangements for the Jackson family are in the care of Heritage Funeral Home, Indian Trail Chapel. An on-line guest book is available at Heritagefuneral.net.
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