Betty Ann Henson Jackson

1937 - 2025

Betty Ann Henson Jackson
03/17/2025
Betty Ann (Henson) Jackson died peacefully on March 17, 2025, at the age of 87, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
She is survived by sons, Charles Dean Jackson of Sugar Land, and Randall (Randy) Carter Jackson, wife Tommi Miller Jackson, and grandson, Max Carter Jackson of Robstown, sister, Jane Henson Russell of Richmond, Texas, nieces, Lisa Russell Roper, of Katy, Texas, and Debbie Russell, of Richmond, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Lee Jackson, her parents, John Carter Henson and Elizabeth (Kerbow) Henson of Houston, Texas, and niece, Tamara Lee Russell, of Richmond, Texas.
Betty was born on September 25, 1937 in Houston, Texas. After graduating from Lamar High School, she attended Texas Christian University and the University of Houston, where she received a degree in education. Upon graduation, Betty took a job clerking for a Texas State Senator in Austin, where she met Howard, who was on the Texas Longhorn Football Team. They married in 1961.
Betty and Howard settled mainly in the Houston area but also lived in Waco, Pasadena, Tyler, and Brownsville. She began a career in teaching in the Pasadena area at South Houston High School, where she taught for many years. Betty was a devoted mother to sons, Dean and Randy, and grandmother to Max. Betty and Howard maintained a second home in Robstown so that they could be close to their grandson, Max. Her other passions included travel, true crime novels, and antiquing.
A public visitation will be held on March 21, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., followed by a chapel service at 10:00 a.m. at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home and Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Interment will follow at 11:00 a.m.