Clair E. "Gene" Jacks, 83, of Langsville, passed away Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at Scenic Hills Nursing Center at Gallipolis.
He was born Dec. 9, 1924, in Meigs County, son of the late Ben Jacks and LuLu Might Jacks.
He was a retired farmer, a decorated World War II U.S. Army veteran, receiving three Silver Stars and a Purple Heart, and was a member of the Church of Christ at Wilkesville.
Clair married Leanna Gae Rumfield on March 2, 1946, in Pomeroy, and she survives with three sons and two daughters, Clarence (Jenny) Jacks of Middleport, David (Debbie) Jacks of Middleport, Kenny (Diana) Jacks of Gallipolis, Barbara (Kimmy) Pierce of Langsville, and Linda (Danny) Foust of Rockbridge; 11 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, nine stepgrandchildren and 17 step-great grandchildren; two brothers and three sisters, John (Doris) Jacks of Pataskala, Ronald (Betty) Jacks of Reynoldsburg, Marjorie (John) Knotts of Langsville, Frances (Sid) Harless of Ewington, and Edith Walker of Columbus.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Charles Jacks.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home at Vinton, with Pastors Carl Swisher and Rod Walker officiating. Burial will follow in Vinton Memorial Park, with full military graveside rites conducted by the Gallia County Veterans Service Organizations. Friends may call at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home on Vinton on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Condolences may be sent to www.timeformemory.com/mm.
