David Harold Jackson, 65, of Hart, passed away Monday, December 23, 2024. He was born March 16, 1959, in Muskegon, the son of William Jr. and Eleanor (VanBrocklin) Jackson, and was raised in Whitehall.

David was a man of grit and integrity. He took a job with White Lake Castings after graduating high school in 1977. It was the first of many hats that David would try on in his life. He worked for a time building seawalls along Lake Michigan, a career that he would continue after moving to Florida in the late 1980s. To the world he was a man of modest means and simple ambitions, but to family and friends, he was a plumber, a mechanic, and an electrician. He was a quintessential part of their lives, and he is remembered for his charm and his ability to tell a tale. He was a lover of sports and an avid fan of the Detroit Tigers, and above all he was a devout Christian. His love in the Lord was the principal element in his life to prop him up and give him strength in the face of the terrible disease which eventually took his life after a battle that lasted over six years. David returned to Michigan in December of 2020 to live out the remaining years of his life in the company of friends and family, and to be surrounded by idyllic nature of his youth.

David is survived by: his children, Daniel Jackson and Caleb Jackson; his step-children, Jared Parsons and Richard Powell; and his siblings, Linda Sluyter, Anetta Lohman, William Jackson, Sue Barrett, Thomas Jackson, Shelly Hanke, and Rita McConaughy.

David was preceded in death by: his parents, William Jr. and Eleanor (VanBrocklin) Jackson; and his brothers-in-law, William Barrett, and Richard Lohman.

Celebration of Life services will be conducted at 11 AM, Saturday, January, 18, 2025, at The Vine an Assembly of God Church, 112 East Commerce Street, Grant, MI 49327, with Pastor Jamie Evans officiating. The family would encourage anyone considering purchasing flowers to instead make a donation to a donation to any charitable foundation, such as the Susan Mast ALS Foundation.

Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service, King-Hart Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

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