Class of 1967
Wrestling 64-67, Wrestling State Champ 66, Wrestling State Runner-up 64, Baseball 65-67, Football 65-67, F. C. A. 65-67, F.C.A. Delegate’s National Conference 66, Jr. Play 65-66.
1967 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Steve Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jackson, 637 Locust street, has been a state champion wrestler the past two years. He was born Sept. 29, 1948, in Hot Springs, S.D., but has attended Perry schools except for one year, 1959-60, in St. Francis, Kan. He also has been a regional and Big Four champ in wrestling, and has competed in football and baseball. He is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and was a delegate to summer FCA camp last year. He plans to work this summer and attend some college next fall. English is his favorite subject and sports are his hobby. He was an all-district and all-conference football selection this year, and was in the junior play last year.
Steven Carl Jackson
September 29, 1948 – January 2, 1969
Steve Jackson, 20, died about 7 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 1969, in St. Anthony hospital at Oklahoma City with multiple head injuries received in a one-automobile accident early New Year’s day on Fifteenth street, south of Cedar.
Jackson, a two-time state champion wrestler while at Perry high school, was born Sept. 29, 1948, in Hot Springs, S.D., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jackson. The Jacksons moved from Perry to St. Francis, Kan., in 1959, but returned here to make their home the following year.
Jackson graduated from Perry high school in 1967, and was a sophomore at Northern Oklahoma college in Tonkawa. While at PHS he was outstanding in athletics. He won regional and Big Four tournament wrestling championships in addition to state championships as a junior and senior. In football, he was chosen for all-district and all-conference honors as an end in his senior season. A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, he had attended a national FCA summer camp as a Perry delegate.
In addition to his parents of the home, survivors include two younger brothers, Dan and David.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Jan. 4, 1969, in the First Christian church. Rev. James Lambert, pastor of the church, will officiate and burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.