REV. WILLIAM JACKSON “JACK” SHEFFIELD, age 79, of Eastman, GA, died Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at Serenity Hospice in Dublin. Graveside services will be held at 3:00PM Friday, May 17, at Vilula Baptist Church Cemetery, with Dr. Donnie Sutton and Rev. Royce McClelland officiating. Rev. Sheffield was born in Cochran, a member and pastor of Poplar Springs Baptist Church, a graduate of Rhine High School, Middle Georgia College and Luther Rice Seminary College, a former member of the Georgia National Guard, and was a retired insurance agent for Farm Bureau for over 18 years and ABC Insurance Agency for over 20 years. He was a longtime Baptist minister serving at Oakdale Baptist Church, Vilula Baptist Church, Central Baptist Church and Poplar Springs Baptist Church and was a former youth and music minister at Central Baptist for many years. Jack was a dedicated husband, father and grandfather, an avid rose gardener, and a former auto mechanic at Jones Chevrolet in Eastman. He was son of the late Lizzie Mae Budd Sheffield and Hardy Wilkins Sheffield and was preceded in death by a Brother, G.W. Sheffield. Survivors: Wife of 57 years; Daughter; Granddaughter; 4 Sisters; 2 Brothers; Numerous Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins.