Jack Colbert

April 6, 2017

Jack Colbert, 87, former Alabama resident, entered into his eternal rest at his home in Ocklawaha, Florida on April 2, 2017. Jack was born on June 20, 1929, in Huxford, Alabama to Leroy and Stella Colbert. He married his wife Helen Ward on December 18, 1947, in Andalusia, Alabama. Coming from a family with meager upbringing prepared him for the solider he would become. Jack joined the U.S. Army Air Corps, which became the U.S. Air Force shortly thereafter. He served in three wars. Most of his military career he served as a flight engineer on C124 bombers. After retiring from the United States Air Force he moved and retired from a second career from the city of Orlando Florida in 1990. He spent 22 years serving his Country and he flew all over the world.

Jack is preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Stella; daughters, Linda Diane and Jackie Elizabeth Colbert; and brother, Eugene Colbert.

Jack is survived by his wife, Helen of 69 years; children, Elaine (Terry) Hoffman of Waco, TX, Sheila (Tommy) Berthelot LaPlace, LA, Danny (Mary) Colbert Ocklawaha, FL, Patricia Colbert Ocala, FL, Jack D (Noreen) Colbert Orlando, FL; his sister, Letty Jane Stalvey Orlando, FL; 20 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at 1 p.m. from the Poplar Springs Baptist Church.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 11, 2017, from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. from the church.

Jack’s final resting place will be in Poplar Springs, Alabama in Poplar Springs Cemetery, next to his mother in the family plot with full military honors.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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