Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....White, Jr., Jack Cecil August 16, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Yeager annmarkvii@yahoo.com and Freddy Page November 28, 2007, 6:44 am The Albany Herald - Obituaries Jack Cecil White Jr. ALBANY — Jack "Jackie" Cecil White Jr., 56, of Albany died Tuesday, at Albany Health Care following a devastating bout with colon cancer. The funeral service will be 2 PM, Thursday (today) at Kimbrell-Stern with Dr. Bobby Joiner officiating. Interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. Jack, the son of Jack Cecil White Sr. and Juanita Swindle White grew up in Albany where he graduated from Albany High School. He then attended the University of Georgia where he earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Sociology/ Criminology. He taught Sociology at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL, for three years, and then managed a Delinquent Group Home in Birmingham, AL, for two years. He then returned to Albany where he worked for Dougherty County Family & Children Services in child abuse and custody, for seven years. He was accidentally burned in 1986 and received extensive reconstruction surgery at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta. In spite of the burns and disabilities he continued his life long membership at the Albany YMCA, winning many trophies in tennis and racquet ball. Jack is a charter member of Central Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Cecil White Sr.; a brother, Keith Merrill White; his grandparents, Irvin and Bessie White of Winston Salem, N.C., and Rozzie and Ollie Swindle of Ray City, GA. Survivors include his mother, Juanita Swindle White and a dear aunt, Faye Swindle Allen of Albany. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Albany Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 31702 or to Central Baptist Church, 1618 W. Third Avenue, Albany, GA 31707. You may sign the online guest book and share your own special thoughts and memories with the family of Mr. White by visiting Kimbrell-Stern's website at www.kimbrellstern.com. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dougherty/obits/w/whitejr10711ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb