Jason Oneal Black

Jason Oneal Black, of Hewitt, passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at age 48.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 3, 2024, in the Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Brandon Frenzel officiating. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery (Freestone County.)

Pallbearers will be Chris Young, Carl Young, Kevin Stone, Richard Cox, Mikeal Wyatt, and Keith Aills.

Jason was born September 9, 1976, to Wilburne Oneal Black and Wretha Charlene (Young) Black in Pasadena, TX. The family moved from Galena Park to Groesbeck when he was in first grade. Jason was super smart in school. He graduated from Groesbeck High School in the Class of 1995 and obtained an associate’s degree from TSTC in network engineering.

Even as a child, he liked to figure out how things were made and make things himself, such as the lamp he made his sister, when he was in the third grade, from a mason jar, old lamp parts and an electric cord (and which his sister still has.) He was always so funny, and as the younger brother of two sisters, he kept them laughing; he even laughed in his sleep.

Jason was a “mamas boy” by every definition. He was the baby of two older, bossy sisters and it showed when he needed to know how to do something. He’d call his sisters and ask them how to do laundry as a grown adult. His brain was too occupied with vast technical knowledge to take on laundry. But he was a great cook, known for making lasagna and tator-tot casserole for the family. 

Jason had worked in Austin and the Dallas area and had recently moved to Hewitt. He was proud of his career with Cisco Systems during the past five years. Jason worked on computers by trade and hobby, but who he was at the core was an artist. Jason appreciated music better than most anyone. He loved lyrics that were powerful and clever and tried to invite anyone with him to share the depths of the lyrics and melodies. He loved to write poems and the family will always cherish having these.

Jason was extremely generous, always thinking of gifts to give his sisters and nieces and nephews. He loved his circle of people so deeply. He was good at being a “safe place” for others in times of their need. He loved to write poems, and the family will cherish having these. 

Jason got up early and went to local parks to watch the sunrise. He loved nature and appreciated beautiful things. 

He loved to tinker, always looking out for broken things he could fix. Goodwill and thrift shops were places he liked to visit, looking for “deals.” He created such things for their home as a facial-recognition door-bell. He kept his home and car trunk full of spare parts ready to build computers, which he loved to furnish to anyone who needed a computer. He said his dog, Sugarbear Black owned his home and he just lived there.

To say who Jason was in a few words, he was brilliant, passionate, goofy, and kind, and now there will continue to be a monumental loss to all who knew and loved him. The family hopes that Jason finds the eternal peace in death he so greatly longed for in life, and that he is now reunited with his Mama and they are laughing together.

Jason was preceded in death by his father, Wilburne; his mother, Charlene; nephew, Ethan Thompson; father-in-law, Jim Phagan; uncles and aunts and other family members. 

He is survived by his beloved former wife, Sarah Black of Grapevine; sister and brother-in-law, Regina and Roger Wilcox of Hewitt; sister and brother-in-law, Paula and Michael Thompson of Woodway; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mindy and David Medick of Frisco; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jenny and Mike Bishop of Arlington; mother-in-law, Elizabeth Phagan of Frisco; beloved nieces, Ashton and husband Mikeal Wyatt of Lorena, Eston Thompson of Woodway, and Justine Hernandez and daughter, Addilyn Wilcox of Odessa; beloved nieces and nephews, Hazel, Harrison and Harper Wyatt of Lorena; beloved nieces and nephews, Hudson, Tatum, Anderson and Lettie Medick of Frisco; and his numerous cousins and other extended family.