John Walter Levy

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on 1 March 2019 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church with the Reverend John Reese of St. Andrew’s officiating. A reception will follow at the St. Andrews Episcopal Church Parish Hall. Arrangements are by Blunt & Curry Funeral Home, Carrollwood Chapel.

Jack was born in 1930 in Savannah, Georgia the youngest of two children to Alphonso and Annie (Lovett) Levy. He was a proud alum of the Alfred E. Beach High School in Savannah. A dedicated academic, he received his bachelor’s degree from Savannah State College, Master’s degree from New York University and then a Doctorate from the University of Georgia in 1970. Dr. Levy spent his entire professional career enriching the lives of students as a teacher and a professor at the University of South Florida until his retirement in 1996. He continued his impact on the community through his work as an active member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. At St. Andrew’s he shared his love for learning through the Kairos Prison Ministry where he celebrated the transforming love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ with incarcerated men and their families, striving to become loving and productive citizens of their communities.

Jack had a passion for golf. He was known for his quick wit, his infectious smile, and his kind and compassionate spirit. His proudest moment was recording a hole-in-one at the Babe Zaharias golf course. It was also on the golf course where he met and fell in love with Carla Coonce and in 2008, they were married in Lake City, Florida. Together they united in a love that exemplified the words of John (4:7) “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God”.

Jack is preceded in death by Mildred (Wife), Anlaurie (Wife) and Alphonso (Brother) and is survived by Carla Levy and her sons James and Norman Black; John W. Levy II (Anlaurie) his wife Jennifer and their three children Tyrone, his wife Barbara and the two children Hailey and Raquel; Chanel, her husband Kevin and daughter Harlow; Blake and his wife Rukshani and their two children Kaili and Aiyla; His daughter Andrea Riddick and her two children, Perseus and Morgan; His stepson Leroy Milledge (Mildred) and nephew Wayne Levy (Alphonso).

The family of Jack Levy requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to the St. Andrew’s Foundation. The family also wishes to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Henry Gallo, Dr. Phillip Atigra, LifePath Hospice, the Blunt & Curry Funeral Home and the clergy, vestry and members of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.