Wilbur Jay Jackson

Wilbur Jay Jack' Jackson MURPHY Wilbur Jay Jack' Jackson, 89, of Murphy, Ga., died Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 29, at First Presbyterian Church in Moultrie, with Pastor Arch Baker officiating. Born March 27, 1924, in Apopka, Fla., he was the son of the late Rose Mary Kimbro Jackson and James B. Jackson. He was a native Floridian, growing up in Tampa, Fla. He served during W.W.II with the Army Combat Engineers and landed on Normandy Beach six days after D-day. Their mission was to build Baily Bridges for the advancing United States Infantry. After the war, he worked for Borden Dairy as a manager in Cocoa Beach and in Panama City, Fla., where he met his wife, Sarah, a Thomasville girl who was teaching school there. He then worked for Zep Manufacturing Company as a sales representative until he retired. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Moultrie. He was also a member of the Shriners and Masons. He enjoyed golf, boating and fishing, his family said, and went on several ocean sailboat races with his friends. In 1994 he and Sarah came to Murphy to be with her sick uncle, William Faircloth, on Mack Dekle Road in Moultrie. In 1997 they moved here permanently. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Gibson Jackson of Murphy, Ga.; son, Joel Jackson and wife Donna of Panama City, Fla.; daughters, Diane Smith and husband Dick of Tampa, Fla., Pamela Yarbrough and husband David of Lakeland, Fla., Donna Keener and husband Tom of Lakeland, Fla., and Karen Jackson of Acworth, Ga.; ten grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. The family requests that donations be made to The Shriners Children's Hospital. Arrangements have been entrusted to Baker Funeral Home. Please leave condolences to the family at www.bakerfuneralhomeofmoultrie.com and www.moultrieobserver.com .