Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Taft, Jack Thomas March 15, 2004
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Atkinson County Citizen - March 2004
 Mr. Jack Thomas Taft, age 67, of Rt. 1, Pearson, GA, passed away on Monday, 
March 15, 2004 following an extended illness. Mr. Taft, a native of Atkinson 
Co., GA, was born November 14, 1936, son of the late Johnnie, Sr. & Emma 
Douglas Taft. He was a retired construction work superintendent from Armco 
Steel & a Veteran of the US Army. He was a former chairman of the Board of 
Commissioners of Atkinson County, GA.

 Survivors are, wife, Frances Janelle Guthrie Taft, Pearson, GA; son, Jack, Jr. 
(Teresa) Taft, New Egypt, NJ; sisters, Ann Laura (Dick) Hughes, Springfield, 
IL, Wilma (A.K.) Giddens, Waycross, GA and Elsie (Harold) Parrish, Sanford, FL; 
brother, Johnnie, Jr. (Dorothy) Taft, Pearson, GA, several nieces and nephews. 
Brother, Carlton Taft preceded him in death.

 Funeral services were held on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 2 p.m. at the 
Sunnyside Baptist Church with Rev. Sim Youngblood officiating. The congregation 
sang, "Precious Memories" and "Amazing Grace" with Margaret Williams, pianist.

 Burial followed in the Sunnyside Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers were 
Billy Giddens, Johnny Robert Taft, Perry Gene McNeal, Herschel Smith, Greg 
Carter and Clifford Taft.

 Honorary pallbearers, Chester Brown, D.B. Morris, Henry McKinnon, Dougal 
Gillis, William White, Jack Keaton and Jerry Metts.

 Sims Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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