Jack Walter Tuten, Jr.

Guyton - Jack Walter Tuten, Jr passed away October 27, 2018

at Landmark Hospital after injuries sustained in a vehicle

accident on October 2, 2018. He was 70 years old.

Born in Guyton, Georgia, he was a member of Guyton Christian

Church and a 1965 graduate of Effingham County High

School. He was retired from CSX railroad after 35 years.

He was a member of the Guyton Masonic Lodge #428 F. & A.M. and the

American Legion Post 209.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Eunice Dickey

Tuten.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Joyce Ann

Shearouse Tuten and their two daughters, Amy & Slade

Helmly and Vicki T. Renfroe; his father, J. Walter Tuten,

Sr.; his two sisters, Wanda T. Lee and Janice & Joe

Oliver; grandchildren, Annabeth & Saralyn Helmly, Josi &

Ryan Renfroe and Carter Renfroe.

Visitation will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Guyton Christian Church. Mr. Tuten will lie in state from 10 a.m.

Interment will follow in Guyton Cemetery with a Masonic service.

Remembrances may be given to Guyton Christian Church-Depot Project, P.O. Box 5, Guyton, GA 31312.

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. 754-6421