Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....COFER, Henry Jackson July 18, 1985
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The Brunswick News; Saturday 20 July 1985; pgs. 16A cols. 2 & 3 & pg. 3A col. 3

RITES FOR JACK COFER, RICH-SEAPAK PROCESSING CORP. PRESIDENT, MONDAY

Services for Henry Jackson “Jack” Cofer Jr., president and chief executive 
officer of Rich SeaPak Processing Corp., will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at 
Christ Church, St. Simons, with the Rev. Richard Mansur officiating.  Burial 
will be in Christ Church Cemetery.

Cofer died Thursday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn.

Born at Washington, Ga., on Nov. 23, 1926, Cofer was a long-time resident of 
St. Simons.  In addition to his chief executive position, he was vice 
president and member of the board of directors of Rich Products Corp., 
Buffalo, N.Y.

He served as president of the national Fisheries Institute in 1972 and was 
currently treasurer and a board member of the national Frozen Food 
Association.  He was former commissioner of the U.S. Marine Fisheries 
Commission, president and chairman of the National Shrimp Breaders and 
Processors Association and was a past member of the National Advisory 
Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.

In 1982, Cofer was appointed to the executive committee of the President’s 
Private Sector Survey on Cost Control.  He also served as a director of the 
Coastal Bank of Georgia.

His club memberships included the River Club of Jacksonville, Fla., and the 
Sea Island Beach and Golf Club.

Surviving are his wife, Allie Padgett Cofer; three daughters, Carole Ingram, 
Gale Cofer and Claire Cofer; a brother, Sam Cofer; four sisters, Virginia 
Goebel, Frances Bowman, Edith Parker and Patty Thompson; a grandchild, Jackson 
Ingram; several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the 
Development Fund for Heart Research, St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, Minn. 
55902, or to Christ Church, St. Simons, in memory of Jack Cofer.

Active pallbearers will be Earl L. Swicord, Robert E. Rich, Robert E. Rich, 
Jr., James K. Bankston, Haney A. Long, Marvin Bluestein, Howard J. Shaw and C. 
Ogden Persons.


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