Thomas J.(Jack) Sheets, 86, a resident of Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community in Raleigh. He was a longtime resident of Raleigh and a son of the late Oliver D. and Sue P.Sheets, of Fairview.
Jack served with the U.S.Army from late 1944 to 1946. He graduated from North Carolina State College with a Bachelor's Degree in 1951 and Master's Degree from that institution in 1954. He earned a Doctorate from the University of California (Davis) in 1959. He worked for several years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty, North Carolina State University, for 27 years before retirement in 1992. His research on Pesticide residues in plants, soil, and water was widely recognized. He served as a member of and as chair on North Carolina Pesticide Advisory Committee from its beginning in 1972 until his retirement.
Jack was a member of Benson Memorial United Methodist Church and a member of several honorary, scientific, and fraternal organizations. He was a loyal member and past president of the Raleigh l lost lions Club and participated in many of the club's charitable activities.
He is survived by Marie, his wife of 61 years; two daughters, Susan Baker and husband, Leonard, and Nancy Thomas and husband, Scott; three grandchildren, a great-grandson; brother, Bob Sheets and wife Bonnie; sister, Jean Fink and husband, Mike and brothers-in-law, Joe Middleton and David Bartlett.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Oliver D. Sheets,Jr; sisters, Frances Hull and husband, Bob, Patsy Bartlett, Shirley Middleton, and Sudie Wheeler and husband, Claude.
Memorial Service--Auditorium at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. Raleigh.
Complete version published by Asheville citizen-Times on July 9, 2013.
Jack served with the U.S.Army from late 1944 to 1946. He graduated from North Carolina State College with a Bachelor's Degree in 1951 and Master's Degree from that institution in 1954. He earned a Doctorate from the University of California (Davis) in 1959. He worked for several years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty, North Carolina State University, for 27 years before retirement in 1992. His research on Pesticide residues in plants, soil, and water was widely recognized. He served as a member of and as chair on North Carolina Pesticide Advisory Committee from its beginning in 1972 until his retirement.
Jack was a member of Benson Memorial United Methodist Church and a member of several honorary, scientific, and fraternal organizations. He was a loyal member and past president of the Raleigh l lost lions Club and participated in many of the club's charitable activities.
He is survived by Marie, his wife of 61 years; two daughters, Susan Baker and husband, Leonard, and Nancy Thomas and husband, Scott; three grandchildren, a great-grandson; brother, Bob Sheets and wife Bonnie; sister, Jean Fink and husband, Mike and brothers-in-law, Joe Middleton and David Bartlett.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Oliver D. Sheets,Jr; sisters, Frances Hull and husband, Bob, Patsy Bartlett, Shirley Middleton, and Sudie Wheeler and husband, Claude.
Memorial Service--Auditorium at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. Raleigh.
Complete version published by Asheville citizen-Times on July 9, 2013.
Thomas J.(Jack) Sheets, 86, a resident of Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community in Raleigh. He was a longtime resident of Raleigh and a son of the late Oliver D. and Sue P.Sheets, of Fairview.
Jack served with the U.S.Army from late 1944 to 1946. He graduated from North Carolina State College with a Bachelor's Degree in 1951 and Master's Degree from that institution in 1954. He earned a Doctorate from the University of California (Davis) in 1959. He worked for several years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty, North Carolina State University, for 27 years before retirement in 1992. His research on Pesticide residues in plants, soil, and water was widely recognized. He served as a member of and as chair on North Carolina Pesticide Advisory Committee from its beginning in 1972 until his retirement.
Jack was a member of Benson Memorial United Methodist Church and a member of several honorary, scientific, and fraternal organizations. He was a loyal member and past president of the Raleigh l lost lions Club and participated in many of the club's charitable activities.
He is survived by Marie, his wife of 61 years; two daughters, Susan Baker and husband, Leonard, and Nancy Thomas and husband, Scott; three grandchildren, a great-grandson; brother, Bob Sheets and wife Bonnie; sister, Jean Fink and husband, Mike and brothers-in-law, Joe Middleton and David Bartlett.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Oliver D. Sheets,Jr; sisters, Frances Hull and husband, Bob, Patsy Bartlett, Shirley Middleton, and Sudie Wheeler and husband, Claude.
Memorial Service--Auditorium at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. Raleigh.
Complete version published by Asheville citizen-Times on July 9, 2013.
Jack served with the U.S.Army from late 1944 to 1946. He graduated from North Carolina State College with a Bachelor's Degree in 1951 and Master's Degree from that institution in 1954. He earned a Doctorate from the University of California (Davis) in 1959. He worked for several years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty, North Carolina State University, for 27 years before retirement in 1992. His research on Pesticide residues in plants, soil, and water was widely recognized. He served as a member of and as chair on North Carolina Pesticide Advisory Committee from its beginning in 1972 until his retirement.
Jack was a member of Benson Memorial United Methodist Church and a member of several honorary, scientific, and fraternal organizations. He was a loyal member and past president of the Raleigh l lost lions Club and participated in many of the club's charitable activities.
He is survived by Marie, his wife of 61 years; two daughters, Susan Baker and husband, Leonard, and Nancy Thomas and husband, Scott; three grandchildren, a great-grandson; brother, Bob Sheets and wife Bonnie; sister, Jean Fink and husband, Mike and brothers-in-law, Joe Middleton and David Bartlett.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Oliver D. Sheets,Jr; sisters, Frances Hull and husband, Bob, Patsy Bartlett, Shirley Middleton, and Sudie Wheeler and husband, Claude.
Memorial Service--Auditorium at Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. Raleigh.
Complete version published by Asheville citizen-Times on July 9, 2013.
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