John Francis (Jack) Aylward III, age 62, died December 28, 2013. He was born in Ocala, Florida, and moved to St. Simons Island in 1986. Jack attended the University of Florida and served in the U.S. Air Force. His paternal grandmother, Ilene Davidson Aylward, was born in Ware County, Georgia, and moved to Ocala in the early 1900s. His maternal grandmother, Alice Evans Miller, was a pioneer in medicine and the first woman medical specialist in Florida, where she practiced for many years in West Palm Beach. Jack is survived by his son, William Francis Aylward (St. Simons), his sister Alice Aylward Blair (Ocala), his sister Josephine (Jo) Aylward Foster and her husband EL Foster (Ocala), and his brother Robert (Bobby) Aylward (Tampa and St. Simons), and many nieces and nephews and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Bill and Laura Aylward, his sister, Judy Aylward Curry, and his brother, Billy Aylward.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Donor Services P.O. Box 4072Pittsfield, MA 01202.
Arrangements are under the direction of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, www.edomillerandsons.com
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