Jackson Morey Hensley Jackson Morey Hensley, painter, father, "Bumpa," husband, friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Watson, IL, on May 24, 2024.Jackson was born September 6, 1940 in Portales, New Mexico. His grandfather Elias Turner Hensley (1870-1962) was the first doctor in the Territory near what is now Clovis. His father, also Elias Turner Hensley (1907-1967), was a prominent jurist, ultimately the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. His mother, Elizabeth Morey Hensley, was a Wisconsin industrialist's daughter who met her husband while they both attended college in Chicago.Growing up, Jackson struggled with learning disabilities but found an early love of animals, sports, drawing, and spirituality. His interest in art led Jackson to write to prominent southwestern painter Peter Hurd in the summer of 1959. Hurd invited Jackson to visit him in San Patricio. It was at the advice of Hurd's wife, Henriette, and her brother, Andrew Wyeth, that Jackson applied to

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