Jack Henry Holbrook 1935 - 2015 Kentucky

Jack Henry Holbrook
BIRTH
28 Dec 1935
Kona, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH
12 Jul 2015 (aged 79)
Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
BURIAL
Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
PLOT
Section 9H, Row 5, Site 4
MEMORIAL ID
149261292 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 2
Published in The Sierra Vista Herald (July 26, 2015):

Jack H. Holbrook, 79, Ret. Col. U.S. Army, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., passed away on July 12, 2015, at Via Elegante in Hereford, Ariz.

Jack was born and raised in the coal mining community of Kona, Ky.

He attended Millersburg Military Institute and went on to graduate from Eastern Kentucky University in 1957 and then entered the Army, serving as an artillery officer before he transferred to the Army Security Agency. During his military career he earned an MBA from the University of Arizona and attended the Command and General Staff College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and Pennsylvania State University’s Executive Management Program. He was a Vietnam veteran. He retired from the Army in 1983 as chief of staff of the USAICS. The following 10 years he worked with government contractors.

He is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Patricia Music Holbrook; daughters, Ann (Greg) Herrick of Lake Wylie, S.C., LTC Ret. Vickie (Col. Ret. Ethan) Emmons of Garden Ridge, Texas, and Jacquie (Kevin) Elmore of Danville, Calif.; granddaughters, Sarah (Wes) Williford, Emily Herrick, and Erika Emmons; grandsons, Jacob Herrick, Jack Elmore, and Bennett Emmons; and great-granddaughter, Ryder Williford.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Edna Addington Holbrook; brothers, Ray and Jesse; and sisters, Lela Bentley and Rebecca Nowak.

Jack was an avid sportsman, loving to play basketball, tennis, and golf.

Jack’s family would like to thank the staff and caregivers at Via Elegante for their loving care and support.

Graveside services with military honors will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2015, at Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery chapel.

Arrangements by Hatfield Funeral Home.

Inscription

Colonel, US Army

Vietnam War

LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER.