W. Jack Burch

W. Jack Burch, 91, of Moulton, Alabama passed away Saturday, March 28, 2026, at Decatur Morgan Hospital. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at Moulton Church of Christ. The funeral service will be at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at Moulton Church of Christ with O.D. Bowling and Brad McNutt officiating and Lawrence Funeral Home directing. Burial will be at Moulton Memory Gardens.

Born on August 26, 1934, to Walter and Sallie Smith Burch. Jack was raised on the family farm in Moulton. He graduated from Columbia Military Academy and then continued his education at Auburn University where he earned his degree in 1956. Jack then served his country in the Navy until 1961. He served on a submarine, on ships, and spent his final two years of service as a professor passing on his knowledge of navigation to students at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He returned to Moulton in 1961 to work the dairy farm and later worked as a rural mail carrier for the United States Postal Service from which he retired in 1999. Jack was a lifelong member of the Moulton Church of Christ where he served as an elder for 50 years and taught adult bible classes. He enjoyed reading, studying history, card games, crossword puzzles, sporting events, gardening, and was a master of stained glass.

Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Gayle Pettus Burch; children, Jackie (Belinda) Burch, Meg (Tom) Payne, Bobby (Tonya) Burch; grandchildren, Forrest (Hayden) Burch, Sallie Beth Burch, Nathan (Kala) Payne, Emily (Bobby) Williams, Coleman Burch, and Brylee Burch; great-grandchildren, Galloway Burch, Thompson Burch, and Landon Wright; sister, Mary Alice Wynn; nieces and nephews, Bonnie Kazepis, Gloria Davis, Robert Burch, Beth DeFour, Becky Wilkenson, and Barbara Munson.

Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Sallie Burch; and brother, Walt G. Burch.

Pallbearers will be Keith Balch, Robert Burch, Randy Bowerman, Mitchell Compton, Scotty Evans, Clinton Hardin, Stanley Johnson, and Loyd Rutherford.

Honorary pallbearers are his grandsons, Forrest Burch, Nathan Payne, and Coleman Burch.