Scott Andrew Jackson, 61, of Murrayville, IL passed away Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital.

He was born Oct. 20, 1962, in Chicago, the son of Henry Gilbert Jr. and Johanna (Banich) Jackson. He first married Andrea Zellmann Floyd and they were later divorced. He then married Trudie Lyn Werries on Nov. 13, 2004, in Chambersburg and she survives.

He is also survived by his mother, Johanna Jackson of Murrayville; two daughters and three sons, Katharine Denise (Nathan Paulus) Jackson, Thomas Joseph (Elizabeth) Jackson, Andrew James Jackson (Summer McDowell), and Matthew Daniel Jackson (Courtney Langdon), all of Jacksonville, and Claire Elizabeth Jackson at home; two granddaughters, Isabella and Madilynn, and baby boy Jackson on the way; one brother, Jamie (Angela) Jackson of Jacksonville; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father; and three brothers, Thomas Joseph Jackson, Kenneth Edward Jackson, and John Daniel Jackson (surviving wife Pam of Plainfield).

Mr. Jackson was a 1980 graduate of Jacksonville High School. He then attended Western Illinois University and Sangamon State University before graduating from the Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois. Scott began his career with the Morgan County Sheriff's Department in 1981. He retired after 32 years as a Lieutenant and was Chief of the Detective Bureau. He was a member of Church of Our Saviour. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, cooking with his family, and the Chicago Bears. Scott was proud to have coached his kids in all of their athletic activities. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at Church of Our Saviour, with burial at St. Bartholomew Catholic Cemetery in Murrayville. A prayer service will be held 3:15 p.m. Friday at the Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home in Jacksonville, followed by a visitation from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to an education fund to benefit Scott's daughter, Claire, in care of Trudie Jackson. Condolences may be left at buchanancody.com.