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h-Diesn,ty•ftd-t tntidedGun ^oundsJohn William Jackson Sr.,ir-iloId•st•e-57, of 906 N. I^amar, died Friday night in Northwest Texas Hospital, little more than anhour after police say he ap-head with a .22 caliber rifle. Coroner C. W. Carder saidFriday he would probably issue a formal verdict in thedeath sometime today.pital about 5:40 p.m. and died in edithe emergency room at 6:50 p.m.inP-G.He was found unconscious sitting in a living room chair at his home by his son John William Jackson Jr., of 408 Bryan. Thet0 younger Jackson told police his ^ i father was sitting in the chair•ss:e.ende :teor-h,in-rnlalV,asn-?e,ik-et-heaPh. The foiirth scribbled onserTCh.*:!8:’9:C9;-10 :f 1011 :Cparently shot himself in the £i_!8:5 9 ■10 :C 11:( 11:1 12,:Jackson was taken to the hos-.Ch3:(4:( 5:(715:1 6:1 6: 6:: 6with a .22 caliber rifle in his lap.His feet were in a coat hanger and resting on a foot stool. Police said he apparently used the hook of the hanger to pull the trigger 7:i of the rilfe. The bullet enteredI •«the middle of his forehead and 7:-lodeed in the front of his brair.Police found four brief notes 9:1 on a dresser and a telephone 5' table in the house, where 10: Jackson lived bv himself. All ^6 ’Ibut one of the notes were ap- « (parently addressed to his son and were about the father's ill 7]Ia piece of cardboard, was a 7: simple direction to rail his sono.and gave his phone number. 9IJackson’s body was taken to to-Boxwell Brothers funeral home, JJ;pending funeral arrangements. 94He is survived by one daughter,Miss Peggy Marie Jackson, Medford Ore.; his son; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Davis, Mrs. Mamie 10 Cavin and Mrs. Amve Ritter, all ^ k-1of Amarillo, and Mrs. Amanda 6: Cherrv of Medford, Ore.: one brother. R. R. Jackson of Here- ? nyjford. and three grandch;Ht'en.en He was born in Delhi. Okla., in 8: 1001ho514E.8:9:9:to a towel around his throat and the 9: lat oth°r then nulled a knife on him. V
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo, Texas, US
Sat, May 24, 1958
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