Jack B. Richardson Jack Benton Richardson was born April 14, 1937, in Denton, Texas, and died January 24, 2002. When he was nine years old he moved to Farmers Branch where he met Oma Elizabeth Shafer who would later become his wife. Mr. Richardson graduated from Carrollton High School in 1956. He was married to Elizabeth Shafer August 2, 1958. Most of Jack's adult life was spent in sales. He was an agent for American National Life Insurance Co. He started working for Rockwell International in 1967 in the power tool division and was transferred to Little Rock, AR, in 1968. Then he was transferred to Atlanta, Georgia in 1969. In 1979 he started working for Bausch & Lomb in the industrial tool division which was later sold and the company became Acu-Rite. He was transferred back to Dallas, TX in 1984 and retired from Acu-Rite in 1998. He worked for McDowell Machinery for two and one-half years until he quit working full time. He drove a school bus route for Durham transportation for a while until he began having health problems. Jack was well known in the machine tool industry. He had covered nearly every state either as a sales representative or a regional manager. Jack was a charter member of the Lewisville Church of Christ. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister Billie Harlan, and his infant son Charlie who died in 1975. Jack is survived by his wife of 43 years, Oma Elizabeth of Lewisville, TX; sons Jack Jr. of Flower Mound; Bill, Jim, and Dan of Lewisville; daughter Serena of Kingsland; and five grandchildren. He is also survived by brothers Clarence Edward Richardson of Ft. Worth; Kelly Richardson of Dallas; sister Ruby Bolton of Mesquite; and brother-in-law George Harlan of Austin. Funeral services were held at the Lewisville Church of Christ. Jack was buried in Bolivar Cemetery in Bolivar, Texas.

Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
 

RICHARDSON
OMA ELIZABETH SHAFER - NOV 29, 1937 - BLANK
JACK BENTON RICHARDSON - Nov 29, 1937 - JAN 24, 2002

Bolivar Cemetery, Bolivar, Denton County, Texas
Plot: SW-E-02