Mr. Edward Jackson, age 89, of Gatesville, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at a local nursing center. A private Family Graveside Service is scheduled for Friday, June 24, 2011 at Restland Cemetery in Gatesville. Mr. Jackson was born on July, 7, 1921 in Houston, Texas to the late Paul H. Jackson and Frederique Fouraste Jackson. He served in the US Navy during WWII. He worked as a TV and Radio repairman for many years. He is preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Mitchell and a brother Maurice Jackson. Mr. Jackson is survived by a son, James Jackson; a daughter, Shirley White and husband James; grandchildren, Marie White, Christy Martin, Suzanne Stroud and husband Stephen and David Allen Mitchell and wife Karen; and great grandchildren Emery, Leo, Emily, Austin and Ayden.