Courtland – Jack Wesley Vick, 85, widower of Marilyn Kitchen Vick, died June 13, 2008. A lifelong resident of Southampton County, he was a son of the late Joseph B. and Lula Sexton Vick. He served in the U.S. Navy in the European Theatre and was a retired 9th generation Virginia tobacco farmer. Mr. Vick was a charter member of Indiantown Hunt Club, charter member of both Sebrell Civic Club and the Southampton County Historical Society, a member of the Courtland Masonic Lodge AF&AM, former chairman of the Southampton County Democratic Party and a long time scout for the Baltimore Orioles. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church and later Courtland Baptist Church.
He is survived by his sons, Steven Vick and wife, Mary, and Joe Vick and wife, Dianne, all of Courtland; a sister, Louella V. Tisdale of Franklin; six grandchildren, Tiffany Pecht, Jessica Hoffman, Alexandra Bustin, Taylor Vick, Sally and Marena Vick and two great-grandsons, Hunter Bustin and Grant Hoffman. Besides his wife, he was predeceased by a son, David Wesley Vick; brothers, Joseph Vick, Jr. and Jimmie Vick; three sisters, Mildred Smith, Dorothy Richards and Catherine Everett.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday in Antioch Baptist Church, Yale, VA with the Rev. Thomas Speight officiating.
Interment, with Masonic Rites, will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends today from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, and suggest memorials be made to the Southampton County Historical Society, c/o Lynda Updike, 33335 Statesville Rd., Newsoms, VA 23874 or the Alzheimer's Association, 6350 Center Dr., Norfolk, VA 23502. The family wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to the staff of the East Pavilion for the wonderful care given to Jack.