William Patrick Jabaley

Mr. William graduated from Copperhill High School in 1936 and served in the US Army Medical Corps during WW II. He was a devoted member of St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church in Copperhill who was instrumental in the building of the church in 1950. He received the Benemerenti Award (Well Done) from the Pope Benedict XVI for his many years of service to the parish and the diocese. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, and helped bring industry into the area, such as the Levi Strauss Company.

He was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth (Bessie) Isaac Jabaley.

Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Norma and Jim Pittman of Jasper,GA, and Margaret and Doug Van Buren of Snellville, TN, sons and daughter-in-law, John and Doris Jabaley of Sevierville,TN, Pat and Koni Jabaley of Powder Springs, GA, Paul and Maura Jabaley of Augusta, GA, and son, Howard Jabaley of McCaysville, GA; sisters, Frances Solomon and Anna Mae Isaac, brother Howard Jabaley; eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 14 at 1: 00 PM from St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church in Copperhill, TN with Father Paul Hostetler and Father Tom Moser officating. Interment will follow in the Epworth First Baptist Church Cemetery. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Michael Pittman, Matthew Pittman, Christopher Van Buren, Tommy Issac, George El-Khouri and Morgan Arp. Honorary pallbearers include, Fred Jabaley and James Howard Jabaley.

The family will receive friends at the Finch Cochran Funeral Home Monday evening 6 to 9 PM with a Rosery service at 7:00 PM.

The family request that in lieu of flowers that memorials may be made to St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church for Divine Mercy for the poor, P.O. Box 568 Copperhill, Tenn. 37317.
Arrangements entrusted to the Finch Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville.