Jesse Kennon Robertson, 81, of Craig, Colorado passed away February 4, 1999. Jesse was born on September 4, 1918 to Catherine Mae (Jackson) and William Kennon Robertson. Jesse was a grandson of George Edward and Meliza E. (Caraway) Jackson, and a great-grandson of David Andrew and Mary M. (Osborne) Jackson. His great-grandfather, David Andrew Jackson is buried at Rock Church Cemetery next to his second wife, Nancy (Anders) Ingley Jackson, and his great-grandmother Mary M. Osborne, Andrew's first wife, is buried in Squaw Creek Cemetery near Glen Rose, Texas.

Jesse Robertson was in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941. He spent the war years in the Pacific campaign on various islands. At the end of WWII he returned to western Colorado where for a brief period he worked as a silver miner around Ouray, Colorado. Later he was a jail guard for the city and county of Denver, Colorado. He also worked on road construction and spent about 25 years building highways throughout Colorado. He married Leota Eggey. Jesse Robertson made several trips to attend the Rock Church Homecoming, and we always enjoyed visiting with him.

1999 Hood County Genealogical Society