Biddie Jackson

Mrs. J. Oliver (Biddie) Jackson Bridget "Biddie" Marie Rowland Jackson, age 93, was born on December 14, 1921. She passed from this life on February 21, 2015. A private burial is planned followed by a family visitation on Wednesday, February 25 from five until seven PM at Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, TX. A memorial service will be held in the funeral home chapel on Thursday, February 26 at 10 AM. Born to Stella and Arthur Rowland in Denison, Texas, she was proud to be a fourth-generation Texan. Biddie's great grandfather settled in what is now known as Bastrop, Texas. She often told the story of how he succumbed to injuries from an Indian attack on the settlement. As he was working in the fields, he spotted a war party and as he valiantly raced to warn the other settlers he was fatally shot with an arrow from the attacking tribe. It was in Denison where she met the love of her life in "cradle school" at church. She and Oliver Jackson were married on her birthday on December 14, 1944, while he was on leave during World War II. They were married 63 years prior to his passing in 2007. She has longed to be at his side. On this day they are rejoicing together! Biddie often said that Oliver drug her all over the world and it was literally quite true. In his early coaching years she followed his Abilene Christian track teams throughout the United States and later accompanied him to the Olympics in Rome and Tokyo. Their business and pleasure travels with friends and family took them to many wonderful places. Biddie was known for her cooking and was a voracious reader of cookbooks. And her chocolate pie could have been the answer to world peace! She loved to entertain and was the consummate hostess. She ran an import stop watch business out of their home for more than twenty years. An early member of Abilene Sewing Club (1950s), she also was a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader, member of the Austin Woman's Club, and Women of ACU. She had a special group of friends, The Friday Lunch Bunch, with whom she shared lunch at Mezamiz Coffee House for many years and a bridge group that played together for more than twenty years until this past year. Not to be forgotten, she and Oliver were members of the Cisco Kids, a group that grew to more than forty families who gathered every summer dating back to 1947. Their children marvel at the close bond they formed through a love of our Lord, laughter and delicious food! Biddie was a member of Highland Church of Christ. Most of all, she was a wife, mother to three daughters, adoring grandmother to six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She loved her family with her whole heart. When the girls were little she sewed most of their clothes and had them in matching outfits until they rebelled. She had an innate sense that she could tell you the whereabouts of any family member at any given time. She was a quiet, caring woman who loved all of those around her to her last day. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her only sibling, Amy Bryan, her husband's parents O.I. and Josephine Jackson, and eight brothers and sisters-in-law. Out of the nine Jackson children, she was the last surviving spouse. That family generation is now complete. Biddie is survived by daughters Sara Brumit and husband Charlie of Cleburne, Rolanda Fulham and husband Paul of Abilene, and Lola Barnes and husband Terry of Comanche. Grandchildren include Wes Anderson of Hutto, Blaine Macias and husband Irving of Arlington, Paul David Fulham,III and wife Lindsey of Houston, Jackson Fulham and wife Carrie of The Woodlands, Bridget Lacy and husband Bo of Abilene, and Arthur Zane Barnes of Comanche; and six great grandchildren: Karsen and Layton Macias, Jude and Duke Fulham, and Lola Jane and Finley Lacy. She is also survived by a niece, Ellen Bryan Voelzke of Denison. Biddie Jackson was loved by many and she spent her last few years at Wesley Court Nursing Center in Abilene. The family wishes to acknowledge the love and care she received from all the Wesley Court staff. Any memorials may be sent to the charity of the donor’s choice.