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Mr. Robert Walter “Bobby” Jackson, age 70 of Flat Lick, Kentucky departed this life on December 25, 2024 in the UK Medical Center in Lexington. He was the husband of Nicia Medina DeGuia Jackson with whom he united in marriage on July 16, 1987. They celebrated their wedding on August 30, 1987. He was the son of Frank Jackson and Zula Mabel Ortega Jackson born to them on February 19, 1954 in Knox County.
Bobby was a retired railroad worker with CSX and served his country in the United States Army. He enjoyed gardening, fishing, whittling, watching and playing basketball. His favorite team was UK.
He is preceded in death by his father, Frank Jackson, his grandmothers, Mattie Jackson and Clara Vaz, his mother and father-in-law, Zenon L. DeGuia and Florencia M. DeGuia and his nephew Lance Cates.
Survivors include his wife, Nicia Jackson, his mother, Mabel Jackson, three sons, Robert Jackson (Napas), Kevon Z. Jackson and Guillermo I. Jackson, four daughters, Maria Swafford (Michael), Yvette Couch (Travis), Medina Adams (D.J.) and Enrica D. Jackson, sister Clara Cates (Joe) and brother, Lee Jackson (Martha Irene), grandchildren, Gracie, Jordan, Anna and Norah Jackson, Mia, Michael and Mylie Swafford, Jacob and Brady Engle, nephew David Hinkle and nieces, Callie Jo Yeager and Fatima Mills, brothers and sisters-in-law, Juliana “Yani” Muffet (Graham), Eliza “Bing” De-Guia, Leonardo “Ding” DeGuia (Let), Mario M. DeGuia (Gee) and Liova M. DeGuia. He also leaves behind a host of other relatives and friends to mourn his passing.
Funeral services for Mr. Bobby Jackson will be conducted on Monday, December 30, 2024 in the Hampton-Hutton Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation will follow the service. Hampton-Hutton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Lee Jackson, Rob Jackson, Kevon Jackson, Gil Jackson, Jacob Engle, Michael Swafford II, Jordan Jackson, Brady Engle, Michael Swafford, Travis Couch, D.J. Adams.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Monday from 2:00 p.m. until the hour of service at 4:00 p.m.
To the Jackson family, the staff of the Hampton-Hutton Funeral Home would like to offer you our heartfelt sympathy during your time of bereavement.
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