Jack Chester Sammons Jr.
Jack Chester Sammons Jr.
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Jack was a caring, intelligent and thoughtful gentleman, but an even more devoted husband and loving father. He is survived by his beautiful wife Joanie, and their three daughters, Jody, Jenny and Jacque. Jack will also be dearly missed by his two Beaufort, South Carolina brothers, Bill and Jimmy and their loving wives Kathy and Lynn. In addition, Jack was a father-in-law to Chris Crawford and Ken Lower and loving grandfather of four grandchildren, Jack, Autumn, Rylee and Jules. A family filled with affection branching from the constant love and thoughtfulness in Jack's heart.
Jack grew up in Beaufort with his two younger brothers and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering. He moved to South Florida for work and married Joanie... a lasting marriage of over 60 years. Jack worked for Pratt Whitney as an engineer for over 30 years and was instrumental in designing the compressor section of what would later become the SR 71 " Blackbird" Spy plane. He was also involved with the development of the F15, F16, and ultimately the F22 and F36 fighter jets. Jack also spent many years enjoying racing Hobie Cats with Joanie and his three daughters. During those years he wrote one of the most definitive books on Hobie Cat racing, selling over 48,000 copies. His professional career and sailing adventures took him and Joanie all over the world from the South Pacific to Japan, Europe and the Middle East. He had a particular love for Hawaii where he spent part of his early childhood. With a beautiful home he designed and built in the true Florida wild, Jack became an expert at growing many tropical plants, including orchids, frangipani and Hawaiian Ti Leaves influenced by all his travels.
During retirement Jack enjoyed spending time paddling surf skis, sailing, cultivating plants and living a true tropical life in Palm Beach County.
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Rick Abell
October 4, 2024
I had the very great pleasure of working with Jack as part of the USAF F-15 Program Office. He was both a very competent engineer and a fine gentleman. He was one of the good guys at PWA and certainly helped bring the F-15 to its full capability. Our paths crossed in later programs and I could always count on his honest assessments of the situation be it good or bad.
My condolences to his family and mak he rest in peace.
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Paul Hartman
October 2, 2024
I had the pleasure of working for Jack early in my career at Pratt & Whitney.He certainly was one of the most intelligent engineers in the company. He quickly analyzed data to solve complex problems. His presentations were legendary. He was such a fine gentleman. My life is enriched having known him.
Wendy Edmonds
September 13, 2024
I am the daughter of one of Jack's work colleagues and fellow sailors, Steve Edmonds. Of all the people that I met during those years of traveling to Hobie Cat races as a child, Jack holds a special place in my memory. There was something about the way he spoke to me that made me feel that he saw ME as a person, even though I was only one of the kids running around. He is the only person to this day, that ever gave me a nickname. He always called me Wembly whenever I saw him. He had a way of making me feel special. I always suspected that he made everyone feel that way. He will always be in my memories, just as he is pictured above. I send my love to Joanie, Jody, Jenny, Jacque and the rest of the family.
You are in my thoughts, Wendy Edmonds
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