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Thomas Jackson Sullivan, Sr.
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Born in Augusta, GA on Jan. 29, 1920 and
Departed on Aug. 7, 2012
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Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Friday, Aug. 10, 2012
11:00 am
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Greenwich Cemetery
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Savannah- Thomas Jackson, "Jack" Sullivan, Sr., passed away at his home on August 7, 2012.
He was born in Augusta, Georgia, on January 29, 1920, to Jerry Michael and Chessie (Barker) Sullivan. He married Catherine Margaret Nappier on May 15, 1948; and became the parents of Jack, Jr. (Stella); Carol (Warren Thompson), Jerry (Karen), all of Savannah, Georgia; and, Jesse (Sheila) of Kathleen, Georgia. Mrs. Sullivan passed away in 1994.
Jack served in the Georgia Army National Guard until his unit was activated in 1941. As a sergeant, he was with the 118th Field Artillery, 30th Infantry Division, during WWII, landing on Omaha Beach, in the "third wave", after D-Day and serving throughout Europe until they met the Russians at the Elbe River in April, 1945. He was in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate Bergen-Belsen and Dachau Concentration Camps. He earned his pilot license in May 1947, and joined the Georgia Air National Guard in October of 1947. He was recalled to active duty in the USAF, in 1950, during the Korean Conflict. He was the Flight Chief in the 158th and 140th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons in Victorville, CA, and Denver, CO. He was honorably discharged from both the Army and the Air Force. He retired from Central of Georgia/Southern Railroad, in 1982, after 35 years of service, as a switch engine foreman.
He was a member of Bible Baptist Church; past-president of the Wilmington Island Lions Club; a past president of the Savannah Chapter of the Southeastern Gospel Singing Association; member of the Savannah Volunteer Guards; member of the Savannah Association of Flying Air National Guardsmen; and the United Transportation Union (Railroad).
In addition to his wife, Mary Byrd Douglas Sullivan, and his four children, he is survived by eight grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, one step-daughter, two step-grandchildren, and four step great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 pm, Thursday, August 9th, at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, 7200 Hodgson Memorial Drive, in Savannah.
The funeral service will be Friday, August 10th, 11:00 am, at Bible Baptist Church, 4700 Skidaway Rd., in Savannah. Interment will follow in Greenwich Cemetery off Bonaventure Rd.
Pallbearers will be his sons, Jack Sullivan, Jr., Jerry Sullivan, Jesse Sullivan; and his grandsons, Jerry Michael Sullivan, Jesse C. Sullivan, Randy Thompson, and David Thompson.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made, in his memory, to Islands Hospice; P.O. Box 8011; Savannah, Georgia 31401.
Please sign our online guest book at www.foxandweeks.com
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