Butch Jacobs
1950 - 2019
Gastonia – James "Butch" Harold Jacobs, 68, passed away April 29, 2019 at Stanley Total Living.
He was born November 18, 1950 to the late Andrew and Magdeline Dye Jacobs.
Butch was a 1969 graduate of Hunter Huss High School. He was a member of the North Carolina National Guard.
Butch worked at Lipton Tea for many years. He was a food broker for Lipton and also a Rep for local machine shops. Then he started his own company Mainline Distributors, LLC-making plastic molds.
He was a member of Sandy Plains Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Susan Wallace Jacobs; his children, Daniel (Brittany) Jacobs of Gastonia, Jennifer (Bryan) Shoe of Concord, Shannon Jacobs of Greenville, SC; grandchildren, Rylee Jacobs, Logan Jacobs and Lydia Shoe; brothers Larry (Jan) Jacobs of Gastonia, Gary Jacobs of Grover, Kenny (Cheryl) Jacobs of Georgia; sister, Diane Blow of Gastonia.
The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon Friday, May 3, 2019 at Sandy Plains Baptist Church with a Celebration of Life Service to follow at 12:00 Noon with Reverends David Keuss and Walt Griggs officiating.
Interment will be in the church cemetery with Military honors.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte, 1420 East Seventh Street, Charlotte, NC 28204.
Online condolences may be made at: www.withersandwhisenantfuneral.com
Withers and Whisenant Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 2916 Union Road, Gastonia, NC (704) 864-5144 is serving the family.