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 from 3-9 p.m. today, all day Thursday 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.