Jack L. McConnell died peacefully on March 26, 2022, at the age of 86 after a brief illness. 

     Jack was the only child of John Leroy McConnell and Emmie Moree McConnell.  He was born on May 4, 1935, in Georgetown, South Carolina.  He told wonderful tales of his younger days, working at International Paper Company and as a lifeguard at Retreat Beach, duck hunting and fishing in Winyah Bay, and dancing at the Pawley’s Island Pavillon.

     After graduating from Winyah High School in 1953, Jack attended the University of South Carolina where he majored in mechanical engineering, played trombone in the USC Band, won numerous ping pong tournaments and was a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve.  While attending USC, Jack met Ann Marie Monteith, on a blind date.  Ann was in the nurse’s training program at Baptist Hospital.  They were married in 1958 and made their first home in Georgetown where Jack worked at South Carolina National Bank. 

     In 1959, Jack was offered the opportunity to open a new office for a finance company in Kingstree and he spent the rest of his life enjoying the community that he loved.  Jack was a past president of the Rotary Club, a Shriner, a member of the Moose Lodge, a past master of the Masonic Lodge, and a member of the First Baptist Church. 

     He was happiest when he was fishing at the lake, playing cards on Tuesday nights at the Red Dog Club, shagging at a Kingstree Dance Club dance, cooking his wonderful barbecue chicken, enjoying his own home and yard, or playing golf at the Swamp Fox Golf Club.  Jack was an avid golfer, recording four holes-in-one over the years and shooting his age on more than one occasion.  He shot a 72 when he was 74 years old and said it got easier as he got older.

     While other members of his family loved to travel, Jack truly could not understand why anyone would ever want to leave Kingstree.

     He was very proud of his children and grandchildren and lived to see the birth of his first great-grandchild on March 23.

     Jack is survived by his wife, Ann Monteith McConnell, of Kingstree, his children, Jack L. McConnell, Jr. of Rockville, SC, and Julianne M. Sojourner (David) of Columbia, SC,  his grandchildren, John Walker Sojourner (Alex) of Columbia, SC and Ellis M. Sojourner of Houston, TX, and his great-granddaughter, Miller Lane Sojourner.

     The funeral service will be held at 1 PM, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at  the First Baptist Church in Kingstree, SC.   The family will receive friends before the service in the church’s Family Life Center beginning at 12 Noon. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com.