Jack Raymond Fortson married Miss Annette Bullard on April 2, 1939.
He had lived in the Valley since 1927 and was a graduate of PSJA High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Edinburg, the Edinburg Hidalgo Masonic Lodge #1036 AF & AM, the Edinburg Kiwanis Club and associate member of the Edinburg Hospital Auxiliary.
He was in the coin-operated business with laundromats and a car wash. He established the first coin operated car was in the Valley.
He retired from the Edinburg Fire Department where he served many years as secretary-treasurer. He was a US Army veteran of World War II.
In addition to his wife, Mrs Annette Fortson, he was survived by a daughter, Mrs Ann Havens of McAllen; a sister; Mrs Alma Rosson of Palestine; a brother, Joe E. Fortson of Shreveport; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church of Edinburg on September 12, 1988, followed by burial in Valley Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements were by Skinner Funeral Home
Extracted from obituary published in the Monitor, McAllen, Texas, Sunday September 11, 1988, Page 4.
He had lived in the Valley since 1927 and was a graduate of PSJA High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Edinburg, the Edinburg Hidalgo Masonic Lodge #1036 AF & AM, the Edinburg Kiwanis Club and associate member of the Edinburg Hospital Auxiliary.
He was in the coin-operated business with laundromats and a car wash. He established the first coin operated car was in the Valley.
He retired from the Edinburg Fire Department where he served many years as secretary-treasurer. He was a US Army veteran of World War II.
In addition to his wife, Mrs Annette Fortson, he was survived by a daughter, Mrs Ann Havens of McAllen; a sister; Mrs Alma Rosson of Palestine; a brother, Joe E. Fortson of Shreveport; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church of Edinburg on September 12, 1988, followed by burial in Valley Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements were by Skinner Funeral Home
Extracted from obituary published in the Monitor, McAllen, Texas, Sunday September 11, 1988, Page 4.
Jack Raymond Fortson married Miss Annette Bullard on April 2, 1939.
He had lived in the Valley since 1927 and was a graduate of PSJA High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Edinburg, the Edinburg Hidalgo Masonic Lodge #1036 AF & AM, the Edinburg Kiwanis Club and associate member of the Edinburg Hospital Auxiliary.
He was in the coin-operated business with laundromats and a car wash. He established the first coin operated car was in the Valley.
He retired from the Edinburg Fire Department where he served many years as secretary-treasurer. He was a US Army veteran of World War II.
In addition to his wife, Mrs Annette Fortson, he was survived by a daughter, Mrs Ann Havens of McAllen; a sister; Mrs Alma Rosson of Palestine; a brother, Joe E. Fortson of Shreveport; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church of Edinburg on September 12, 1988, followed by burial in Valley Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements were by Skinner Funeral Home
Extracted from obituary published in the Monitor, McAllen, Texas, Sunday September 11, 1988, Page 4.
He had lived in the Valley since 1927 and was a graduate of PSJA High School. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Edinburg, the Edinburg Hidalgo Masonic Lodge #1036 AF & AM, the Edinburg Kiwanis Club and associate member of the Edinburg Hospital Auxiliary.
He was in the coin-operated business with laundromats and a car wash. He established the first coin operated car was in the Valley.
He retired from the Edinburg Fire Department where he served many years as secretary-treasurer. He was a US Army veteran of World War II.
In addition to his wife, Mrs Annette Fortson, he was survived by a daughter, Mrs Ann Havens of McAllen; a sister; Mrs Alma Rosson of Palestine; a brother, Joe E. Fortson of Shreveport; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church of Edinburg on September 12, 1988, followed by burial in Valley Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements were by Skinner Funeral Home
Extracted from obituary published in the Monitor, McAllen, Texas, Sunday September 11, 1988, Page 4.
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