JACK FOSTER BURKE, JR. was born in Indianola, Mississippi on August 9, 1934 to Jack, Sr. and Willie Warren Nash Burke. He graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 1952 and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Mississippi State University in 1956. Jack was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force where he served on active duty from 1957 to 1960. He subsequently served another ten years on active reserve rising to the rank of Major. In business and civic life, Mr. Burke was a certified public accountant practicing from 1961 until retirement in 2014.
Mr. Burke served on the Joint Committee to establish the Pine Belt Regional Airport Authority, where he subsequently served as a Commissioner. He was a member and taught Sunday School for twenty years at First Baptist Church. His interests varied from opera and classical music to football and Biblical history.
Mr. Burke married Janet Colleen Swicegood of Lexington North Carolina in 1968, with whom he celebrated fifty years of marriage. He was survived by Janet, two children, Jack Foster Burke, III and Allen Nash Burke, daughter in -law Claire Neal Burke and two grandchildren, Elizabeth Maddox Burke and Alexander Nash Burke.
A celebration of his life was held on August 22, 2018 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with inurnment followed in the church's columbarium.
Obituary information furnished by Find A Grave contributor: David H. Arnold (47036846).
Mr. Burke served on the Joint Committee to establish the Pine Belt Regional Airport Authority, where he subsequently served as a Commissioner. He was a member and taught Sunday School for twenty years at First Baptist Church. His interests varied from opera and classical music to football and Biblical history.
Mr. Burke married Janet Colleen Swicegood of Lexington North Carolina in 1968, with whom he celebrated fifty years of marriage. He was survived by Janet, two children, Jack Foster Burke, III and Allen Nash Burke, daughter in -law Claire Neal Burke and two grandchildren, Elizabeth Maddox Burke and Alexander Nash Burke.
A celebration of his life was held on August 22, 2018 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with inurnment followed in the church's columbarium.
Obituary information furnished by Find A Grave contributor: David H. Arnold (47036846).
JACK FOSTER BURKE, JR. was born in Indianola, Mississippi on August 9, 1934 to Jack, Sr. and Willie Warren Nash Burke. He graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 1952 and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Mississippi State University in 1956. Jack was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force where he served on active duty from 1957 to 1960. He subsequently served another ten years on active reserve rising to the rank of Major. In business and civic life, Mr. Burke was a certified public accountant practicing from 1961 until retirement in 2014.
Mr. Burke served on the Joint Committee to establish the Pine Belt Regional Airport Authority, where he subsequently served as a Commissioner. He was a member and taught Sunday School for twenty years at First Baptist Church. His interests varied from opera and classical music to football and Biblical history.
Mr. Burke married Janet Colleen Swicegood of Lexington North Carolina in 1968, with whom he celebrated fifty years of marriage. He was survived by Janet, two children, Jack Foster Burke, III and Allen Nash Burke, daughter in -law Claire Neal Burke and two grandchildren, Elizabeth Maddox Burke and Alexander Nash Burke.
A celebration of his life was held on August 22, 2018 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with inurnment followed in the church's columbarium.
Obituary information furnished by Find A Grave contributor: David H. Arnold (47036846).
Mr. Burke served on the Joint Committee to establish the Pine Belt Regional Airport Authority, where he subsequently served as a Commissioner. He was a member and taught Sunday School for twenty years at First Baptist Church. His interests varied from opera and classical music to football and Biblical history.
Mr. Burke married Janet Colleen Swicegood of Lexington North Carolina in 1968, with whom he celebrated fifty years of marriage. He was survived by Janet, two children, Jack Foster Burke, III and Allen Nash Burke, daughter in -law Claire Neal Burke and two grandchildren, Elizabeth Maddox Burke and Alexander Nash Burke.
A celebration of his life was held on August 22, 2018 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with inurnment followed in the church's columbarium.
Obituary information furnished by Find A Grave contributor: David H. Arnold (47036846).
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