Howard Stokely Jackson, 87, of Stonelick Township, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Batavia Township.

Mr. Jackson served as a corporal with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He worked as a production worker for Ford Motor Company.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Alvin Jackson and two sisters, Ruth Greene and Freeda Collins.

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Heath Jackson; four sons, Keath, Douglas, Mark and Andrew; eight grandchildren, Elizabeth, Abigail, Daniel, Peter, Matthew, Geoffrey, Adam and Joshua and two sisters, Virginia Crump and Dorothy Abney.

Funeral services were held Aug. 15, at Owensville United Methodist Church.

Interment at Rose Hill Burial Park in Hamilton.

Evans Funeral Home served the family.