Rev. Bruce Russell Sack, 49, of Hazlehurst, formerly of Tifton, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Select Specialty Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. A memorial service will be held for Rev. Sack at 11:00 a.m., April 11, 2015, at Tifton’s First United Methodist Church with Rev. Gary Minton and Rev. Stephen Webb officiating. Rev. Sack will be laid to rest at a later date.
Rev. Sack was born December 3, 1965 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Doris Fauldrath Sack of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania and the late Edwin Sack. He was a 1983 graduate of Susquehannock High School in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. He was an honor graduate from Hillsborough Community College and the University of South Florida, both in Tampa, Florida. In 2009, he received his Masters of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. In 2011, he became an ordained elder in the South Georgia United Methodist Conference. He was the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Hazlehurst and the former associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Tifton. He served on mission trips to Russia, Peru and Cuba and Tennessee, North Carolina and Louisiana. He was a volunteer with the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, the Society of Saint Andrew, the Boy Scouts, Kairos Prison Ministry and the Emmaus Community.
In addition to his mother, Rev. Sack is survived by his wife, Janet Ann Watts Sack of Hazlehurst; one son, David Sack of Valdosta; two daughters, Emily Sack of Valdosta and Elizabeth Sack of Hazlehurst; one brother, Stewart Sack of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania; three sisters, Ellen Barnes of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, Elaine Gardner of New Freedom, Pennsylvania and Barbara Malinich of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania; and nine nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made The Altar Fund at Tifton's First United Methodist Church, 107 12th Street, West, Tifton, GA 31794; or Olivia's House, 830 South George Street, York, PA 17403.