Jack Wiley Westall ’42

Jack Wiley Westall ’42 of Asheville, died on February 10, 2006. The owner and manager of J. M. Westall Company, he attended Asheville city schools and Davidson College. His fifty years in Rotary included a term as president. The Boy Scouts of America honored him with the Silver Beaver award in 1993 for his years as outstanding volunteer and board member for the Daniel Boone Council. Mr. Westall was also a former member of the Rhododendron Brigade of Guards, Zeb Vance Debating Society and a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jane Westall Fox, a brother, James M. Westall ’27 and a sister, Anne Westall Paine.  Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Ann Huntington Westall; son, Jack Wiley Westall Jr. and wife, Mary Jane, of Asheville; sister, Mary Mitchell Westall Large of Augusta, Ga., granddaughters, Emily Fox Williams and husband, Alan, of Elko, Minn., Courtenay Westall Gabriel and husband, Christopher, of Atlanta and Mary Camille Westall of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; grandson, Jack Wiley Westall III of Washington, D.C.; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.