Joseph "Jody" L. Karlovic, Jr.

Joseph “Jody” L. Karlovic, Jr., age 70, passed away suddenly on April 25, 2019. He was born November 25, 1948 in Nashville, TN. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Lorraine R. Karlovic; children, Kristine M. Carlton (Scot) and Joseph L. Karlovic, III; grandchildren, Blake Carlton, Ryan Carlton, Erin Perez (Jon), Kayla Karlovic (Michael McCutchen), Dylan Karlovic, Joseph Carlton, Camryn Carlton, and Kaitlyn Carlton; great-grandchildren, Jonathan Perez, Jaxon Perez, and Leo Carlton; sisters, Mary Ann Baskin (James, deceased), Judy Griggs, and Kathy Keith (Lawson); and numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph L. Karlovic, Sr. and Mary R. Karlovic.

Jody attended Christ the King School for 8 years, was an avid Boy Scout and then Eagle Scout, and graduated from Father Ryan High School in 1966. During high school he began working at WSM, later known as Opryland Productions and then The Nashville Network (TNN), where he worked until his “retirement” in 2001. Never one to be idle, he began working at The Home Depot shortly after leaving TNN where he remained for the next 16 years.

Jody was a proud Lifetime Member of the Directors Guild of America, National Wild Turkey Federation, Safari Club International, and the National Rifle Association. He was also a passionate supporter of St. Jude Children’s Hospital and Boy Scouts of America. He was known to all for his intelligence, generous heart, quick wit, love of the outdoors, wicked sense of humor, and abundance of entertaining stories. Most of all, he was known for his love of family. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than his roles as husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

Services will be held on May 1, 2019 at St. Henry Catholic Church in Nashville. Visitation is at 11am with Mass to begin at noon; burial immediately following at Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Charitable Constructors at St. Henry, the Saint Vincent de Paul Society at St. Henry, or the American Diabetes Association.