Jack Douglas Dempsey

Jack Douglas Dempsey Beaufort, S.C. Jack Douglas Dempsey, 76, of Beaufort, died Monday February 16, 2009 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Born in Beaufort, S.C., a son of the late Julius Wilder Dempsey and Rosenell Stone Dempsey. He served his country in the United States Navy and later was employed in Civil Service where he retired in 1989. Jack was a farmer in Beaufort County until 2000. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to fish, hunt, shrimp and also loved to dance. He was a member of The Baptist Church of Beaufort. He is predeceased by his wife, Emily Ann Nickles Dempsey and three brothers. Survivors include one son, Stephen Douglas Dempsey and his wife Margaret of Beaufort, South Carolina; two daughters, Cindy Dempsey Webb and her husband Leith of Beaufort, S.C.; Penny Dempsey Kostylo and her husband Frank of Hilton Head, S.C.; one brother, Davis L. Dempsey of St. Helena Island, S.C.; one sister, Frances Stern of Los Angeles, California; six grandchildren, Paul and Emily Webb, Jordan and Hunter Kostylo and Maryann and Rachel Dempsey. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 1:00 P.M. in The Baptist Church of Beaufort. Burial will follow in Beaufort Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to The Baptist Church of Beaufort, P.O. Box 879, Beaufort, S.C. 29901 or Summit Place, 1119 Pickpocket Plantation Road, Beaufort, S.C. 29902. Copeland Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.