Arthur Thomas Jacks

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Obituary

Arthur Jacks

Arthur Thomas Jacks, 84, of Route 1, Pineland, died Sunday, February 12, 1995, at Sabine County Hospital-Hemphill.

He was born Sept. 2, 1910, as a son of the late Tom and Sara (Welch) Jacks and was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. Jacks had resided in the Centerview community the past several years, serving as a deacon of Centerview Baptist Church and was a member of the Bronson Masonic Lodge #893 and the Order of the Eastern Star. He was a retired trucker.

Survivors: wife, Rena Mae (Ansley) Jacks of Pineland; daughter and son-in-law, Ruth and J. H. "Jack" Whitton of Pineland; a son and daughter-in-law, Bro. Ted and Bobbie Jacks of Pineland; two sisters, Sharkie Morris of Bronson and Florene Hall of Pineland; two brothers, Ivy L. Jacks of Pineland and Elvin R. Jacks of Yellowpine; six grandchildren, Joyce Wolfe, Carol Rodgers, Ellen Strickland, Terrell Jacks, Jim Whitton and John Whitton; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill, with Bro. Ben J. Gibbs and Bro. Weldon Thomas officiating. Interment followed with Masonic graveside rites at the Whitton Cemetery in Centerview.

Pallbearers: Jim Whitton, Jon Whitton, Terrell Jacks, Bryone Wolfe, Larry Rodgers, and Tommy Jacks.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, February 15, 1995, Page 8

Family/Spouse: Rena Mae Ansley. Rena (daughter of David S. Ansley and Allie Bell Crouch) was born on 8 Feb 1913 in Texas; died on 15 May 2005; was buried in Whitton Family Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]