At the age of 88, James Ewald Head passed away on Monday morning Feb. 25, 2008 at Community Hospice of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville.
Born in Hortense, Ga., he grew up in Waycross, Ga., and had been a resident of Fernandina Beach, FL since moving from Waycross in 1967. Mr. Head had retired in 1979 after 37 years as a locomotive engineer. He began working in Waycross for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which eventually merged with the Seaboard Coast Line, opening up his transfer to Fernandina Beach where he remained until retiring. He was a U.S. Army, World War II veteran, a member of the Fernandina Beach Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Fernandina Fishing Club.
Preceding him in death are one son, James Ronald Head, who passed away in 1996, and one grandson, Jim Head, who passed away in 2000.
He leaves behind a son, and his wife, 3 stepsons, a sister, five great grandchildren,
Funeral services were held at the graveside in Bosque Bello Cemetery at the Head Family Plot.
Born in Hortense, Ga., he grew up in Waycross, Ga., and had been a resident of Fernandina Beach, FL since moving from Waycross in 1967. Mr. Head had retired in 1979 after 37 years as a locomotive engineer. He began working in Waycross for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which eventually merged with the Seaboard Coast Line, opening up his transfer to Fernandina Beach where he remained until retiring. He was a U.S. Army, World War II veteran, a member of the Fernandina Beach Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Fernandina Fishing Club.
Preceding him in death are one son, James Ronald Head, who passed away in 1996, and one grandson, Jim Head, who passed away in 2000.
He leaves behind a son, and his wife, 3 stepsons, a sister, five great grandchildren,
Funeral services were held at the graveside in Bosque Bello Cemetery at the Head Family Plot.
At the age of 88, James Ewald Head passed away on Monday morning Feb. 25, 2008 at Community Hospice of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville.
Born in Hortense, Ga., he grew up in Waycross, Ga., and had been a resident of Fernandina Beach, FL since moving from Waycross in 1967. Mr. Head had retired in 1979 after 37 years as a locomotive engineer. He began working in Waycross for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which eventually merged with the Seaboard Coast Line, opening up his transfer to Fernandina Beach where he remained until retiring. He was a U.S. Army, World War II veteran, a member of the Fernandina Beach Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Fernandina Fishing Club.
Preceding him in death are one son, James Ronald Head, who passed away in 1996, and one grandson, Jim Head, who passed away in 2000.
He leaves behind a son, and his wife, 3 stepsons, a sister, five great grandchildren,
Funeral services were held at the graveside in Bosque Bello Cemetery at the Head Family Plot.
Born in Hortense, Ga., he grew up in Waycross, Ga., and had been a resident of Fernandina Beach, FL since moving from Waycross in 1967. Mr. Head had retired in 1979 after 37 years as a locomotive engineer. He began working in Waycross for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which eventually merged with the Seaboard Coast Line, opening up his transfer to Fernandina Beach where he remained until retiring. He was a U.S. Army, World War II veteran, a member of the Fernandina Beach Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Fernandina Fishing Club.
Preceding him in death are one son, James Ronald Head, who passed away in 1996, and one grandson, Jim Head, who passed away in 2000.
He leaves behind a son, and his wife, 3 stepsons, a sister, five great grandchildren,
Funeral services were held at the graveside in Bosque Bello Cemetery at the Head Family Plot.
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