Statler Family Obituaries
Yount, John Henry "Jack", Jr.
SIKESTON, Mo. -- John Henry "Jack" Yount Jr., 97, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis.
He was born July 13, 1915, in Cairo, Ill., to Dr. John Henry and Minnie Jane Marshall Yount Sr. He and Lilly Elizabeth Heyde were married June 24, 1940, in Jackson. She preceded him in death Feb. 6, 2002.
Jack was a landowner and farmer in New Madrid, Scott and Stoddard counties in Southeast Missouri. He attended Western Military Academy in Alton, Ill., for three years and graduated from Doldan High School in St. Louis.
At age 16, he enrolled in Washington University in St. Louis and graduated with a degree in English literature. He then attended the University of Missouri in Columbia where he received a degree in agriculture and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He moved back to Sikeston in the late 1930s and began farming.
He was part owner and board member of McMullin Gin Co. at Grant City 60 years. He was active in the Sikeston community and helped establish Sikeston Community Concerts Association and served on the Sikeston Park Board many years.
Jack was a member of Sikeston Elks Lodge, and for 60 years was a member of Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis. He was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Sikeston, where he previously served as a member of the board of stewards.
He was preceded in death by a grandson, Nicholas Marshall Potashnick, on Oct. 27, 2000.
Survivors include two daughters, Jane Ella Yount Potashnick and Lilly Heyde Yount II of Sikeston; two grandchildren and their spouses, John Douglas and Virginia Grace Potashnick of St. Louis and Heyde Elizabeth and Todd Rendleman of Bell City, Mo.; and a great-granddaughter, Ella Heyde Rendleman of Bell City.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church in Sikeston.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Geoff Posegate, pastor, officiating. Entombment will be in the Sikeston City Mausoleum.
Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 1307 N. Main St., Sikeston, MO 63801, or the Sikeston Area Humane Society, 1900 Compress Road, Sikeston, MO 63801.
Printed in the Friday, March 1, 2013 of the Southeast Missourian Newspaper, Cape Girardeau, MO.
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