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Submitted: 8/9/15 • Approved: 8/12/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R86268-G0-S3
LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE US Navy
World War II
September 22, 1920-March 31, 2010
S/O
Oscar Melvin Jeter (1878 - 1945)
Myra Melissa Stephens Jeter (1882 - 1972)
H/O
Marguerite Laverne Donnelly Jeter (1923 - 2000)
F/O
John Thomas Jeter (1946 - 2011)
Memorial services for John T. Jeter, 89, of Longview were held April 3, 2010, at First Baptist Church of Kilgore. Dr. Rick Webb of Buckner Westminster Place officiated. Mr. Jeter passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 31. Burial followed in the Kilgore City Cemetery immediately following the service. John T. was buried with full military honors complete with a U.S. Navy honor guard, a twenty-one gun salute and a moving overhead salute by a Navy Stearman aircraft that closed the graveside service.
John T. was born September 22, 1920, in Kilgore, Texas to O.M. and Myra (Stephens) Jeter. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 55 years, Marguerite, his sisters Louise Jeter and Martha Jeter Rogers, and his brothers Jack, Carl, Wayne and Melvin Jeter, and half-brother Zirkle Jeter. John T. was a U.S. Navy test pilot and flight instructor in Pensacola, Fla. during WWII. In 1953, he graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in mechanical engineering. Over the course of his long career, he was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Corporation, General Dynamics and retired from the Veteran's Administration.
Survivors include his children, J.T. Jeter, III of Gilmer, Jim Jeter and wife Karen of Jackson, Miss., Theresa Jeter Carroll and husband Jim of College Station, Bob Jeter and wife Deborah of East Mountain, Don Jeter and wife Laura of Union Grove, Jack Jeter and wife Karen of Hallsville, and Jayne Jeter Green and husband Tony of Austin; 19 grandchildren including, Laura Brittain and husband Brian of College Station, Amy Carroll of College Station, and Colton McCulloch of Bryan and 18 great-grandchildren including, Ethan, Aaron and Nathan Brittain, and Katharine Carroll, all of College Station. Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle from April 11 to April 12, 2010
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