The following obituary appeared in the July 16th 2001 JACKSON SUN.
JERRY BRUCE CARMACK
Services for Jerry Bruce Carmack, 71, will be held at 10:00 AM. on Tuesday, July 17,
2001 from the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors, with Pastor Ronald Brown and Reverend
Stanley Holland officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Carmack died on Saturday, July 14, 2001 at the Jackson Madison County General
Hospital of conjestive heart failure.
Mr. Carmack was born on February 1, 1930 the son of the late Robert Stanley and Effie
Elizabeth Bowers Carmack in Overton County, TN. Mr. Carmack graduated from Clark Range
High School and served four years in the United States Air Force during the Korean
Conflict. Mr. Carmack
retired from The Jackson Sun as their Customer Service Manager after twenty-one years of
employment. He was a faithful member of the Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church, where he
was active in the Keenage Bible Class.
He is survived by his wife Juanita Smith Carmack of Jackson; two sons, Steven Carmack
and wife Nancy of Hampton, VA and Allen Carmack and wife Susan of Woodlands, TX; one
daughter, Christi Rousseau and husband
Charles of Tupelo, MS; two step-sons, Kenny Volner of Perryville, TN and Greg Volner and
Wife Linda of Scotts Hill, TN; one brother, Kenneth Carmack and wife Wilma of
Indianapolis, IN; seven grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Pallbearers to serve will be Charles Hampton, John Jones, Tillman Weir, Roger Eubanks
and Bobby Buckingham and Bill McDaniel.
Honorary pallbearers to serve will be Raymond Jackson, Coy Jackson,
Horace Tharp, Lester Rushton, Warren Herndon and Cecil Flowers.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 PM. until 8:00 PM. on Monday, July 16, 2001
at Arrington Funeral Directors, 148 West University Parkway, Jackson, Tennessee 38305.