John Dayral "Jack" Carlson

Mr. John Dayral “Jack” Carlson, age 88, of 6172 Linton Road in Sandersville died Wednesday morning, December 15, 2010, in the Tennille Retirement Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 18, in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Marlon Lastinger will officiate with burial in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Carlson was a native of Ridgeway Pennsylvania, the son of the late John Alcot Carlson and the late Harriette Martinson Carlson. He was preceded in death by a brother, Henry Carlson, and a sister, Jill Carlson. He was a graduate of the Newark College of Engineering and was an engineer for Bell Phone Company and taught at the Sandersville Technical College. Mr. Carlson was a decorated Navy Lieutenant during World War II. He was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and a former member of the Sandersville Lions Club.

Survivors are his wife, Alice S. Carlson of Sandersville, a daughter, Beatrice “Bonnie” Robinson of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, two brothers, Jim Carlson of Calison, NJ and H. Neil Carlson of Berkeley Heights, NJ.

The family will receive friends at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Friday.

May and Smith Funeral Directors in Sandersville is in charge of the arrangements.
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