ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: TARNOK, JACKSON ELLIS "PA JACK" 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: St. Tammany News

Published on Friday, November 12, 2010 

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Jackson Ellis "Pa Jack" Tarnok entered into eternal peace Saturday, Oct. 30, 
2010, at 10:45 a.m. at St. Vincent's, Blount County Hospital, near Pinson, Ala. 

He had been living with Tommy and Patsy Griffith who relocated there after 
Hurricane Katrina. Tommy is his oldest stepson. 

He was preceded in death by his wife Linda Griffith Tarnok ("Granny"), who 
passed away in 1999. 

He was born April, 16, 1923, in Macon, Ga., and moved to Slidell as a child. He 
was the son of, Sigmund Tarnok, deceased, and Willie Reese Tarnok, deceased; 
brother of the late Coleman Tarnok, and the late Mary Louise Swenson and Martha 
Jane Disimone who now lives and resides in Slidell.

He is survived by his two stepsons, Thomas M. Griffith (wife Patsy) of Pinson, 
Ala., and William A.("Bill") Griffith (wife Susan) of Pearl River; grandchildren 
Lisa Lebo (husband Steve); great-grand child Rachel Lebo of Birmingham, Ala., 
Thomas M. Griffith II (wife Sharon) and great-grandchildren Jack, and Taylor 
Griffith-Estero of Florida, Patrick D. Griffith (wife Marcy) and great-
grandchildren Emma, and Khloe Griffith of Dallas, Texas, and grandchild Stacy 
Roth, (Bill's Daughter) of South Bend, Ind.

Pa Jack has a niece, Linda, and a nephew Richard of Poplarville, Miss. Pa Jack 
retired from the Boilermaker's Union, and also from the St. Tammany Parish 
School Board Maintenance Dept. He loved flowers, and he and "Granny" always had 
a beautiful vegetable garden. If you'd gave those two a box of kitchen matches, 
and a chainsaw they could "clear cut" St. Tammany Parish in a couple of weeks, 
and re-plant it in a month!

He donated his body to University of Alabama Medical School.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the memorial service from 11 a.m. to 
noon tomorrow at Grace Memorial Baptist Church on Pearl Street, Slidell. 

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Grace Memorial Baptist Church-
Building Fund. 

"Pa Jack" and "Granny" always made their contributions to the fund.
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