Dick's passing was peaceful and followed a rapid decline in his health associated with the progressive effects of Alzheimer's during his final years. Dick graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, Arizona, he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and was proud alumnus of Baylor University where he was employed in Personnel Benefits for most of his career. He earned his Master's degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, and he was a long-time member of First Baptist Church in Waco, where he previously served as Business Administrator, and where he served as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher, a greeter, and in countless other capacities.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dodie Jackson; his father and mother, Howard Roy and Lola Mae Jackson; his sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Eddie Person; and his sister, Ann Jackson Bachman; his father and mother-in-law, Dan and Eddie Lee Smith; his sister-in-law, Dorothy June Smith; his sister-in-law, Virginia Crawford; and brother and sister-in-law, Ed and Lois McGlasson.

Dick is survived by his son, Howard Jackson, along with Nicole, and their children, Lauren and husband, Michael Elder, Melody Jackson, Ashley Mabe, Olivia and husband, Caleb Washington, Kaira Jackson, and Jonah Rash; his son, Danny and wife, Suzanne; his son, Harold and wife, Lorissa, and their children, Emily and husband, Darius Thompson, and Paul Jackson; his brother in law, Gene Crawford; and a host of dearly loved great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other family members.