Jack Fiveash

We regret to announce the passing of Mr. Jack Benford Fiveash, age 82, of Donalsonville, GA who passed away Monday, January 11, 2010 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Fiveash will be held on Thursday, January 14, 2010, at 2:00 PM at the Chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home in Donalsonville, GA with Rev. Tim Bell officiating. Interment will follow in Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the funeral home. Mr. Fiveash was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on November 29, 1927 to the late Clyde Benford and Mary Clyde Perry Fiveash. He graduated from Bainbridge High School in 1944 and then served his country in the United States Navy. After returning from the Navy, he worked for a short time with Georgia Power before beginning work with Three Notch Electric Membership Corporation on April 5, 1948. He worked for many years as a lineman and meter technician before being promoted to Operations Manager in the Donalsonville office in the late 1960s. Under his leadership, Three Notch EMC became the modern, efficient electric utility company that we know today. Mr. Fiveash retired on January 3, 1997 after 48 years and almost 10 months with the company. During his retirement years, Mr. Fiveash enjoyed amateur radio, building and flying remote control model airplanes, and collecting model trains. He was also an avid reader. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 53 years, Jacqueline White Fiveash of Donalsonville, GA; two daughters, Perianne Fiveash Roth and her husband Fred of Alabaster, AL, and Mary Fiveash Youmans and her husband Bob of Iron City, GA; a son, Technical Sergeant Jack (Jay) B. Fiveash, Jr. and his wife Kristine of Robins Air Force Base, GA; and a brother, Bobby Clyde Fiveash and his wife Verla of Toronto, Canada; Mother-in-Law Lucille Harrell White of Blakely, GA. He is also survived by six grandchildren, Wesley Youmans, William Youmans, Warren Youmans, Kelby Roth, Dylan Fiveash, and Brittany Fiveash. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde Benford and Mary Clyde Perry Fiveash. Active casketbearers will be Bob Youmans, Wesley Youmans, William Youmans, Warren Youmans, Fred Roth, Fred Fiveash, Larry Harrell, and Brian Harrell. Honorary casketbearers will be employees of Three Notch EMC and Terry Batchelor. Evans-Skipper Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Building Fund PO Box 1026 Donalsonville, GA, 39845 or to the American Cancer Society c/o Lucy Thomas PO Box 616 Donalsonville, GA 39845.