A. Jack Prophater, Jr.
The memorial service for Arthur Jack Prophater, Jr., 69, is at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. The Reverends Chuck Bennett and Joe Knight will officiate. Mr. Prophater died September 25, 2005. Born April 13, 1936, in Harriman, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Jack and Dorothy Whitehurst Prophater. A graduate of Harriman High School, he earned a degree in animal husbandry from Tennessee Tech. An Episcopalian, he began his career in sales with Central Soya before joining Thomasville?s Sunnyland Foods as director of livestock procurement in 1966. In 1985, he relocated to the Florida Panhandle, where he earned his master captain?s license from the US Coast Guard and operated a charter fishing business in Carrabelle. Entering the real estate business with Prudential Resort Realty of St. George Island, he earned his Florida realtor?s license in 1992 and later completed requirements for his broker?s license. In 2004, he returned to Thomas County, affiliating with Town and Country Realty as associate broker, and founding Oakhurst Farm in Coolidge, Georgia, where he bred champion Tennessee Walking Horse colts.
Mr. Prophater is survived by his wife of 31 years, Helen Amisson Prophater; daughters and sons-in-law, Sherry and Kevin Dillon of Coolidge, Bunki and Ron Arline of Thomasville, and Rita Amisson of New Orleans, Louisiana; son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Alice Prophater of New London, North Carolina; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sheila and Chip Coffin and Martha and Charles Reneau, all of Thomasville; grandmother, Ruth Wood, Thomasville; aunt Scotty Prophater, Harriman, Tennessee; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia, c/o Archbold Foundation, 910 S. Broad Street, Thomasville, Georgia 31792 or to the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 1291, Albany, Georgia 31702.
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The memorial service for Arthur Jack Prophater, Jr., 69, is at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. The Reverends Chuck Bennett and Joe Knight will officiate. Mr. Prophater died September 25, 2005. Born April 13, 1936, in Harriman, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Jack and Dorothy Whitehurst Prophater. A graduate of Harriman High School, he earned a degree in animal husbandry from Tennessee Tech. An Episcopalian, he began his career in sales with Central Soya before joining Thomasville?s Sunnyland Foods as director of livestock procurement in 1966. In 1985, he relocated to the Florida Panhandle, where he earned his master captain?s license from the US Coast Guard and operated a charter fishing business in Carrabelle. Entering the real estate business with Prudential Resort Realty of St. George Island, he earned his Florida realtor?s license in 1992 and later completed requirements for his broker?s license. In 2004, he returned to Thomas County, affiliating with Town and Country Realty as associate broker, and founding Oakhurst Farm in Coolidge, Georgia, where he bred champion Tennessee Walking Horse colts.
Mr. Prophater is survived by his wife of 31 years, Helen Amisson Prophater; daughters and sons-in-law, Sherry and Kevin Dillon of Coolidge, Bunki and Ron Arline of Thomasville, and Rita Amisson of New Orleans, Louisiana; son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Alice Prophater of New London, North Carolina; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sheila and Chip Coffin and Martha and Charles Reneau, all of Thomasville; grandmother, Ruth Wood, Thomasville; aunt Scotty Prophater, Harriman, Tennessee; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia, c/o Archbold Foundation, 910 S. Broad Street, Thomasville, Georgia 31792 or to the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 1291, Albany, Georgia 31702.
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