Jackson E. Sullivan, Jr.

Jackson E. Sullivan, Jr. born October 9, 1942, in Avon Park, Florida, passed peacefully August 6, 2022 at home. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a sister. He is survived by his wife Barbara, two sons: Matthew and Patrick (Angie), his grandchildren: Tyler, Tristin, and Emily, his sister-in-law lllma, his brother Robert, and many nephews and nieces. Jack wished to be remembered for his accomplishments. He was his high school senior class president. He was the first in his family to graduate from college including a master's degree. He attended McNeese State at Lake Charles, Louisiana, the University of South Florida at Tampa, and Georgia Tech at Atlanta. Before the draft called, Jack worked for the city of Clearwater, Florida. As a lieutenant with the Army Signal Corps, he served as a platoon leader in Horst, West Germany. Before the Mouse, he worked for the city of Orlando also as a planner. After Georgia Tech, he held a position with the city of Macon, Georgia's planning department. In Ocala, Florida, he served as executive director of a regional planning agency for nine years, he created a regional water supply authority and served as its director for thirty years, and prepared a long-range master plan (20years) for Sumter and Citrus Counties. Jack developed his own consulting business in Ocala, Florida. As an urban planner, Jack took a position with the Carlton Fields Tallahassee firm, retired, and continued to live in Tallahassee for just over thirty years. He was a member of Ocala Kiwanis, St. John Lutheran Church, the APA, and the FPZA. In Tallahassee he was a member of Epiphany Lutheran and later joined St. Stephen Lutheran. Jack was a pianist, an avid reader, a traveler, once a tennis player, a golfer, and a fair poker player. ''The measure of a life after all, is not its duration, but its donation," Peter Marshall. Jack leaves family and friends. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, October 7, 2022 at the Tallahassee National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to www.americanrivers.org. Jack worked to protect Florida's waters. Kelly Barber of Bevis Funeral Home (850-385-2193 or www.bevisfh.com) is assisting the Sullivan family with their arrangements.

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Jackson E. Sullivan, Jr.

October 9, 1942 - August 6, 2022