John C. “Jack” Wayman was born August 6, 1937, in Galesburg, Illinois to Harry P. Wayman, Jr. and Jeanne Wayman, 18 months after his sister Cynthia. When he was a small child, “Jackie” and his family moved to Houston where he spent his boyhood. During Jack’s high school years, the family spent summers at Eagle Rock Ranch in Wimberley, Texas, where he worked as ranch hand and a trail guide. He graduated from Lamar High School in 1955, and he attended the University of Texas where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He married Patricia Johnston in 1959 and had two children, Jennifer and John. After a divorce, he married Nancy in 1971 and became stepfather to Rick, whom he treated as his own. The three moved to the Bay Area in California where Jack worked in the art supply industry for Western Art Supply, Grumbacher then Strathmore. Jack’s gregarious personality was well suited to sales, and he once earned Salesman of the Year for Strathmore. Most important to him, however, was the fact that his customers loved him. He took time to get to know them personally and always went to bat for them. After his retirement in 1990, Jack and Nancy moved back to the Houston area to be closer to family including Rick, his wife Carrie, and their children Hayden and Allie, as well as his sister Cynthia, her husband Terry, and their children and grandchildren. Shortly after arriving in Sugar Land, Jack went to work as a volunteer for Child Advocates of Fort Bend, where he dependably served every Tuesday until his death. Jack loved children, animals, nature, college football and his country. But most of all, he loved his family. He is survived by his sister Cynthia; wife Nancy; daughter Jennifer Reeve, her husband Tom and daughter Savannah; son John and his wife, Konnie; stepson Rick Tindal, his wife Carrie, their children Hayden and Allie and grandson Jonah. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations in memory of Jack be made to Child Advocates of Fort Bend, www.cafb.org or 5403 Avenue N, Rosenberg, TX 77471.
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