Mr. Jack Overby Trimble died April 20, 2023.He was born at home in Riverdale, GA on August 18, 1943. Mr. Trimble graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1961 and spent the next three years in the United States Army as a trumpet player in the Third Army Band at Fort McPherson, Georgia. During this time he played TAPS at many military funerals, marched in numerous parades and played concerts throughout the Southeastern states. On November 18, 1963 the band played "Hail To The Chief" on the tarmac at MacDill Air Base in Tampa, Florida for President John F. Kennedy as he boarded Air Force One. Four days later, President Kennedy was killed.
After college at Mercer University in Atlanta he worked most of his life in the funeral home/cemetery profession and he was a music director for several churches in the area. For over twenty years he played trumpet with the orchestra of The First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, Georgia.
Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Julius Bigelow Trimble, Sr. and Sarah Overby Trimble, sister: Ruth Trimble Camp, two brothers: Julius (Buddy) Bigelow Trimble, Jr. and John Ross Trimble.
He is survived by his daughter: Jodi Trimble (Ron) Edwards and her mother: Joan Trimble, two brothers: James Edward (Barbara) Trimble, Sr. and Joe Tommy (Jeri) Trimble, sister-in-law: Abba Jane Trimble, granddaughter, Rae Edwards, grandson, Elijah Stone Edwards, two great-grandsons: Brantley Faust and Sawyer Faust, along with many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at the Chapel of Ford-Stewart Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Davis officiating. Interment Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Newnan. The family will receive friends 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or those that desire may make donations to: Samaritan's Purse, P. O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607, phone 828-262-1980 or www.samaritanspurse.org/donate , in Memory of Jack O. Trimble.