John (JK) Kirk Jackson

Birth date: Jul 11, 1939 Death date: Jun 25, 2023

John Kirk “J.K.” Jackson, 83, died peacefully at home in Tallahassee on June 25, 2023, after a brief illness. He was born on July 11, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Kirk V. Jackson and Helen Waller Jackson. He grew up in Camde Read Obituary

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Paul Taber

125w ago

Oh lord….John and I became friends in the late seventies….and good friends as time and life grew on.
I started my business in Thomasville in 1982, so JK would usually stop by my shop either on the way to Tifton “to buy racing fuel”or on the way back, he knew we we’re always good for lunch and catch up.
His knowledge of the English vehicles was unsurpassed…and mostly he was my go to guy on where and what might be the problem. I always had a thirst for his wit and wisdom.
All the best to his family. He was my good friend.

Jim Peters

126w ago

John and I shared an apartment and a house when we were both in FSU grad school . Our kitchen tables and sinks occasionally held auto parts as we repaired our respective cars, his Jag and Triumph and my Corvette. His tool set and his mechanic skills were far better than mine. I recall John applied a tourniquet like clamp to my finger after I cut in on a valve spring and sprayed the kitchen with blood. Be well John, the going up was worth the coming down.

Harold Mclean

127w ago

JK was, to be sure, an enigma, maybe because he was so darn smart. But he was always ready, willing and able to help a friend. I liked the dude for all of the 50 years I knew him. Rest in peace my friend as the rest of us mourn the lessening of the capable pool of guys and gals, who can tune and SU carburetor.

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