Obit of Ernest Deloy "Ed" Jernigan (j652) - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandy Carter 29 Jul 2003 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 3 July 2003 Ernest Deloy "Ed" Jernigan Ernest Deloy (a.k.a. "Ed") Jernigan, Jr., died at home, July 1, 2003. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty Jernigan, and his two sons, John Jernigan and Charlie Jernigan, and five grandchildren, Kathrine Kopec, Sarah Jernigan, Elizabeth Jernigan, Mark Jernigan, and Lara Jernigan. Ed Jernigan was born in South Charleston, W. VA., April 16, 1922. But his family soon moved to Coming, Arkansas, 1n 1923. He attended Coming Elementary and High Schools. After graduating from Coming High he attended Hendrix College for two years majoring in pre-engineering. During this time he also enlisted in the Naval Reserve. He then transferred to Vanderbilt University majoring in electrical engineering. At Vanderbilt he was a member and SMC (President) of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He then applied and received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy from E. C. Gathings, Congressman, as a result of competitive exams and entered the academy in July 1943. He graduated in 1946 as second lieutenant and single engine pilot in the Army Air Corps. Right after he graduated he married Betty Ann Baker of Chickasha, OK. He then attended the multi-engine school at Enid, Oklahoma, and became a B-29 pilot at Carswell Army Air Base in Ft. Worth, Texas. While stationed there he attended the Weaponeer School (atomic bombs) at Sandia Base, NM. In 1947 he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the newly formed U.S. Air Force. Then in 1948 he was sent by the Air Force to the University of Illinois for further education in electrical engineering. In 1950 he graduated with a master's degree and was assigned to the cadre of newly formed Air Research and Development Command of the Air Force as a research and development officer. After serving four years at the Pentagon, Wright Air Force Base and ARDC Headquarters in Baltimore, MD, he was assigned to ARDC Liaison Office in Hollywood, CA, where his duties were consulting and advising the electronics industry on the West Coast (he lived in Fullerton, CA). In 1958 he resigned from the Air Force and worked for Motorola as an executive in research and development based at Motorola Research Laboratory (lived in Riverside. CA). In 1961 he joined Industrial Nucleonics in Columbus, OH. He started Federal Systems Division for Industrial Nucleonics and became its manager. On three different occasions the division won the prestigious 100 top new products award. Its twofold mission was finding and developing new instruments and process control systems (20 in number) for the corporation as well as producing a division profit from industrial and federal research and development, and small quantity (up to 50 units) production. While in Columbus, OH, he was also a director of AMCOL Corp. In 1973 he went to Coral Gables, Florida to work for a friend and former chairman of Industrial Nucleonics. In 1974 he moved to the "oil patch," Chickasha, Oklahoma, and has lived there until the present. He moved to Chickasha to establish and run his friend's oil companies, which he did until the friend's death in 1983. With a nucleus of investments he started his own oil business in 1983. He was a member of Institute of Electrical * Electronics Engineers (Life member), American Institute of Aeronautics, and the American Rocket Society. He was a licensed Professional Engineer and at the National Convention of Tau Beta Pi (honorary scholastic fraternity), held at Ohio State University, he was elected to its membership as an eminent engineer. In Ohio he also was a member of Program Management Institute, National Contract Management Association, Instrument Society of America and charter member of The Innovation Group. He believed deeply in helping and giving back to the community and so was the Chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, board member of the Epworth Methodist Church, Pro Musica and West Point Society of Central Oklahoma. The family has requested that instead of flowers, memorial donation may be made to the Epworth United Methodist Church or a charity of your choice. Memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 7, 2003, in the Epworth United Methodist Church. Rev. Kim Domnick will officiate and Rev. Charles Bruce will assist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html