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Jack P. Jackson
Jack Paul Jackson, 95, of Bradenton, died June 14.
Mr. Jackson and longtime companion, Peggy, held the contract for the Holmes Beach Post Office in the S&S Plaza on Gulf Drive and operated the office for 21 years. He also ran a sign shop in the back of the store, where he worked with his Shar Peis at his side.
He was a proud Korean War veteran. And before operating the post office had a career in heavy construction.
He built dams on the Missouri River in South Dakota, missile sites in Wyoming and Nebraska, highways in California and Illinois, among many projects. He also was involved in dredging a submarine base in Georgia and a channel into Tampa Bay.
He was known as a “Jack of all trades” who could fix and build anything.
Services were private.
Mr. Jackson is survived by “the love of his life” for 37 years, Peggy; daughter Jill and husband Mark Williams; son Jay, owner of a sign shop on Manatee Avenue; grandchildren Angela and husband Kyle Butler and JD and wife Alyssa; great-grandchildren Charlotte, Jack, Luke, Henry and Wallace; sister Debbie; and cousins Rachel and Tim.