Newel Vernon Jackson, 94, of Clay Springs passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse along Highway 260 in Clay Springs. A viewing will begin one hour prior to the services. Immediately following the services, interment will be at the Clay Springs Cemetery. He was born Feb. 20, 1920, in Mesa to Jesse and Annie Minerva Hancock Jackson, the 10th of 12 children. After a short stay in Mesa, the family moved briefly to Taylor and from there back to their ranch west of Clay Springs. He grew up enjoying all that goes with the rural farm life. From 1941-43, he served a full-time mission for the LDS church in Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico. After completing his mission, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He served a two-year tour with the Third Marine Division in the Pacific Theater, including New Caledonia, Guadalcanal and Guam. Newel married Ruth Frances Jones on Jan. 5, 1946, in Los Angeles, Calif., and they were sealed in the Mesa Temple on Jan. 15, 1946. They made their home in Clay Springs. Newel served faithfully on the local school board and in numerous church callings, including twice as counselor in a bishopric, and as ward and finance clerk. He provided for his family by working in the lumber mill and logging industries. He enjoyed gardening, raising farm crops and animals. He also loved to read and write poetry. Most of all, he enjoyed watching his family grow, including grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He loved them all and often told them so. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances; his daughter, Darlene Jackson Brewer; his son, Tony; his son-in-law, Everett Brewer Sr.; his daughter-in-law, Peggy Moody Jackson; and infant grandchildren. Survivors include five sons, Leon (Jolene), Dennis (Iona), Lowell (Tink), Trent (Daphne) and Troy (Malita); a daughter-in-law, Margaret Noble Jackson; 37 grandchildren; 76 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and several step-grandchildren. Silver Creek Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.Jackson, Newel