Obituary, Brazosport Facts (Texas), December 16, 2004
John Peter ‘Sonny' Pappas, age 82, entered into rest on Saturday, December 11, 2004, in Brazoria, Texas. Mr. Pappas was born on March 1, 1922, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was the only son of the late Peter L. Pappas and Florence Boyton Pappas, and the son-in-law of William Hunter Burbank and Effie Peterson Burbank. Moving to Fernandina, he married the late Edith Burbank Pappas, with whom he felt blessed with a marriage of over 50 years. He later married the late Joann Little Pappas of Fernandina Beach, and they shared five happy years together.
Mr. Pappas served in the United States Coast Guard from 1942-1945. He began his career in the pulp and paper industry in Fernandina Beach and was instrumental in startup and growth operations with Bowater Inc. He retired in 1982 as pulp mill superintendent from Bowater, Carolina in Catawba, South Carolina. Mr. Pappas had been a past member of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Fernandina Beach. For the last several years he had resided in Brazoria, Texas.
Survivors include sons, Peter William Pappas and wife, Donna Parker Pappas, of Brazoria, Texas, and Theodore Burbank Pappas and wife, Gaye Bennett Pappas, of Augusta, Georgia; four grandchildren include Mrs. Jamie Pappas Shepherd, John Peter Pappas II, James Bennett Pappas and Theodore Burbank Pappas Jr. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday morning, December 18, 2004, at 11 a.m. at the Burgess Chapel of Oxley-Heard Funeral Home with the Reverend Ray Ramsburg, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial to follow in St. Peter's Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors.
John Peter ‘Sonny' Pappas, age 82, entered into rest on Saturday, December 11, 2004, in Brazoria, Texas. Mr. Pappas was born on March 1, 1922, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was the only son of the late Peter L. Pappas and Florence Boyton Pappas, and the son-in-law of William Hunter Burbank and Effie Peterson Burbank. Moving to Fernandina, he married the late Edith Burbank Pappas, with whom he felt blessed with a marriage of over 50 years. He later married the late Joann Little Pappas of Fernandina Beach, and they shared five happy years together.
Mr. Pappas served in the United States Coast Guard from 1942-1945. He began his career in the pulp and paper industry in Fernandina Beach and was instrumental in startup and growth operations with Bowater Inc. He retired in 1982 as pulp mill superintendent from Bowater, Carolina in Catawba, South Carolina. Mr. Pappas had been a past member of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Fernandina Beach. For the last several years he had resided in Brazoria, Texas.
Survivors include sons, Peter William Pappas and wife, Donna Parker Pappas, of Brazoria, Texas, and Theodore Burbank Pappas and wife, Gaye Bennett Pappas, of Augusta, Georgia; four grandchildren include Mrs. Jamie Pappas Shepherd, John Peter Pappas II, James Bennett Pappas and Theodore Burbank Pappas Jr. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday morning, December 18, 2004, at 11 a.m. at the Burgess Chapel of Oxley-Heard Funeral Home with the Reverend Ray Ramsburg, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial to follow in St. Peter's Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors.
Obituary, Brazosport Facts (Texas), December 16, 2004
John Peter ‘Sonny' Pappas, age 82, entered into rest on Saturday, December 11, 2004, in Brazoria, Texas. Mr. Pappas was born on March 1, 1922, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was the only son of the late Peter L. Pappas and Florence Boyton Pappas, and the son-in-law of William Hunter Burbank and Effie Peterson Burbank. Moving to Fernandina, he married the late Edith Burbank Pappas, with whom he felt blessed with a marriage of over 50 years. He later married the late Joann Little Pappas of Fernandina Beach, and they shared five happy years together.
Mr. Pappas served in the United States Coast Guard from 1942-1945. He began his career in the pulp and paper industry in Fernandina Beach and was instrumental in startup and growth operations with Bowater Inc. He retired in 1982 as pulp mill superintendent from Bowater, Carolina in Catawba, South Carolina. Mr. Pappas had been a past member of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Fernandina Beach. For the last several years he had resided in Brazoria, Texas.
Survivors include sons, Peter William Pappas and wife, Donna Parker Pappas, of Brazoria, Texas, and Theodore Burbank Pappas and wife, Gaye Bennett Pappas, of Augusta, Georgia; four grandchildren include Mrs. Jamie Pappas Shepherd, John Peter Pappas II, James Bennett Pappas and Theodore Burbank Pappas Jr. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday morning, December 18, 2004, at 11 a.m. at the Burgess Chapel of Oxley-Heard Funeral Home with the Reverend Ray Ramsburg, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial to follow in St. Peter's Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors.
John Peter ‘Sonny' Pappas, age 82, entered into rest on Saturday, December 11, 2004, in Brazoria, Texas. Mr. Pappas was born on March 1, 1922, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was the only son of the late Peter L. Pappas and Florence Boyton Pappas, and the son-in-law of William Hunter Burbank and Effie Peterson Burbank. Moving to Fernandina, he married the late Edith Burbank Pappas, with whom he felt blessed with a marriage of over 50 years. He later married the late Joann Little Pappas of Fernandina Beach, and they shared five happy years together.
Mr. Pappas served in the United States Coast Guard from 1942-1945. He began his career in the pulp and paper industry in Fernandina Beach and was instrumental in startup and growth operations with Bowater Inc. He retired in 1982 as pulp mill superintendent from Bowater, Carolina in Catawba, South Carolina. Mr. Pappas had been a past member of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Fernandina Beach. For the last several years he had resided in Brazoria, Texas.
Survivors include sons, Peter William Pappas and wife, Donna Parker Pappas, of Brazoria, Texas, and Theodore Burbank Pappas and wife, Gaye Bennett Pappas, of Augusta, Georgia; four grandchildren include Mrs. Jamie Pappas Shepherd, John Peter Pappas II, James Bennett Pappas and Theodore Burbank Pappas Jr. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday morning, December 18, 2004, at 11 a.m. at the Burgess Chapel of Oxley-Heard Funeral Home with the Reverend Ray Ramsburg, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial to follow in St. Peter's Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors.
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