Jack Kittle

RINGGOLD Andrew "Jack" Jackson Kittle, 78, passed away Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at his residence.A lifelong resident of the Ringgold area, Jack was a retired Veteran of the U.S. Army where he served as a U.S. Airborne Ranger Instructor, serving in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a retired employee of Whealand Foundary where he worked for 23 years, a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of Fort Gordon, the American Legion and the NRA.Jack was preceded in death by his wife, Jean Kittle; parents, John P. and Iva Owens Kittle; two sons, Andrew "Andy" Kittle Jr. and Larry "Chuck" Kittle; sister, Johnnie Mae Bynum and brother, Bud Kittle.He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Renee I (William) Davis, of Radcliff, Ky.. and Angela (Steve) James, of Chickamauga, Ga.; daughter-in-law, Patricia "Pat" Kittle, of Ringgold, Ga.; three sisters, Dorothy Green (Ernest), Rubye Tate and Leona Rhinehart (Terry), all of Ringgold; brother, Pat Kittle; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Garland Hullendar officiating.Interment will follow at Lakewood Memory Gardens-South.The family will receive friends all day today and until funeral time Friday at the funeral home.An online register book may be signed at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com.Arrangements are by Wilson Funeral Home, Wallis-Stewart Chapel, Ringgold.