Jack Church Cress

Notes:

Sgt. Major Jack Church Cress (Retired), age 82, passed away on Saturday December 20, 2014, at Hillview Health Care Center, Elizabethton, TN, with his family by his side.
Jack was born October 29, 1932, the son of the late L.N. (Bud) and Thelma Church Cress of Neva, TN. He was preceded in death by brothers, Clarence and Robert Cress; and a great-grandson, Shawn Wills.
Jack was retired from the United States Army after serving 21 years of service. He was very proud to be a solider and served his country with pride. Sergeant Major Cress served in the Korean and Vietnam War and also served in Desert Storm. He was stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C., Okinawa and Sendai, Japan, Hawaii, Germany, Presidio, San Francisco California, Fort McPherson, Ga., Fort Campbell and Fort Knox KY, and Fort Smith Arkansas. Jack was one of 18 soldiers that were sent from California to the 101st Airborne Division of Fort Campbell, KY, to set up the first Data Processing Center Army wide.
Jack worked for Smith-Higgins Company in Johnson City as a Data-Processing manager for 10 years after retiring from the Army. He served Johnson County as purchasing agent for 5 years. The past 30 years Jack was self-employed as a tax preparer and book keeper.
Jack was a member of Vaught's Gap Baptist Church for 42 years, where he held the office of Deacon and Sunday school teacher.
Jack is survived by his wife of 62 years, Charlotte Mink Cress, who lovingly cared for Jack and remained by his side throughout his lengthy illness; daughters: Katherine Lowman (Bob), Richmond, VA, Pamella Johnson (Rex), Elizabethton, TN, and Perriann Stanley (Jerry), Mountain City, TN; one sister, Margaret Cress, Mountain City, TN; four brothers: Joe Mack Cress, Mountain City, TN, John Cress, Morristown, TN, James Cress Midlothian, VA, and Sam Cress of Mountain City, TN; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Jack's family would like to thank the staff of Hillview Health Care Center for the excellent care he received. A special thanks to Nurse Penny Bradley who always made him smile.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Mountain City Funeral Home (Mountain City, TN) with the funeral service to follow at 7:00 p.m. with Brother Noah Broughton from Nancy, Kentucky, to officiate. Bro. Broughton was Jack's pastor in Fort Knox, KY, in 1968 and has remained a longtime friend. Music will be provided by Jack's grandchildren, Nikki Campbell, Monica Hardin, Bridgett Simpson and Garrett Johnson. Active pallbearers will be Jerry Stanley, Rex Johnson, Bob Lowman, Jason Lowman, Jared Lowman, Garrett Johnson and Joe Winebarger. Honorary pallbearers will be Louis Gump, Harold Garland, Fred Mayfield and Tony Fowler.
A private family committal service with Military Honors conducted by the Johnson County Honor Guard will be held Friday December 26, 2014, at Mountain Home National Cemetery.

Jack married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Lucas married Thelma A. Church on 24 Dec 1927 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Thelma (daughter of John Linville "Jack" Church and Sara Fine "Sally" DeLoach) was born on 5 Nov 1904 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 14 Jan 1976 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Brown Cemetery, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On Robert L. Cress's death ceertificate, his parents were listed as J. G. Wilson and Sarah Cress.

Robert married Calonia Ward about 1892. Calonia (daughter of James Franklin Ward and Nancy Stout) was born on 14 Feb 1868 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died about 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jack was the first RFD mail carrier for Johnson County, TN.

John married Sara Fine "Sally" DeLoach on 21 Mar 1897 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Sara (daughter of Samuel Carter DeLoach and Martha Louisa Garrison) was born on 29 Jul 1874 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 17 Sep 1927 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in John Linville Church Farm, Campbell Hollow, Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Unknown GEDCOM info: Ingirinal Abcess

Notes:

1880 Johnson County, TN Census
4th District
Household 48
William H. Wilson 36 TN TN NC
Nancy L. 36 TN VA VA Wife
Jane Slimp 13 TN NC TN
Robert Cress 8 TN TN TN Nephew
Sarah Cress 45 TN VA VA Sister-in-law

James married Nancy Stout on 10 Mar 1862 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Nancy was born in Mar 1841 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Unknown married Rebecca M. Church. Rebecca (daughter of Jesse Calvin Church and Martha Watson) was born about 1858 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel Carter DeLoach grew up in Carter County, Tennessee. Ha and his family moved to Johnson County, TN on 1 Sep 1881. He was a farmer, a carpenter, and a Baptist minister. He was one of the first ministers at the Sugar Grove Baptist Church in Butler, Johnson County, Tennessee. He was a minister at the Pleasant Home Baptist Church near Laurel Bloomery, and took part in the construction of that Church. His Johnson County home was in Campbell Hollow, near Doeville. His daughter, Celia, her husband Johnny Heaton, and their family lived with Samuel for several years. His youngest son, Joseph Alexander, his wife Dovie C. Williams Arnold, and their family lived there at the time of his death, and they inherited the property. Samuel and his wife Louisa Garrison are buried in a small family cemetery on a hill overlooking the place where their house once stood.

Samuel married Martha Louisa Garrison on 27 Jan 1865 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Martha (daughter of John Garrison and Eliza "Dicie" Loving) was born on 9 Apr 1844 in Burke County, , , North Carolina; died on 1 Sep 1922 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Doeville, , Johnson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis