Wilda Louise Whisenhunt Jackson passed from this life onto her eternal home with Jesus on December 26, 2021.

Funeral services for Wilda will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, December 31, 2021 in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at 2:30 pm at Restland Cemetery in Gatesville.

Wilda was born April 12, 1930 in Ater, Texas to Robert and Minnie Whisenhunt. She was the youngest of four daughters. She worked on the family farm until she married her sweetheart Charles Elmer Jackson on May 3, 1947. This union produced four fine sons. Wilda’s life goal was to help her husband and care for her family. They worked together at Roy’s Drive- In (Brownwood). Her hobbies included fishing, gardening and canning.    She was a member of Austin Avenue Church of Christ.

Wilda was preceded in death  by her father, Robert Lee Whisenhunt ; her mother, Minnie Louise (Farquhar) Whisenhunt ; her husband of 69 years Charles Jackson. Sons; Roy Nelson Jackson, Elmer Lee Jackson and Clois Daniel Jackson. Her three sisters Imogene Chauvin, Waldine Boswell and Robbie Morton. Her granddaughter Kimberly VanMeter.

Survivors include her son Mike and wife Lorenna (Lori) Jackson of Brownwood,   grandsons Robert Jackson, Matthew Jackson and wife Lilly, and David Jackson all of  Ft. Worth , Texas .Great-Grandsons Chance VanMeter , Adam VanMeter  of Lakeland, Fl. and Mason Jackson of Ft. Worth, Tx. She will be dearly missed by her nieces, nephews and great–nieces , great-nephews and many friends.

To celebrate Wilda’s life please make a donation to an Animal Shelter, Animal Rescue Group or your favorite charity.