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Jack James Scoggin Jr., 60, passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, in Mesa surrounded by family.
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Jack was born Oct. 29, 1958, in Ontario, Ore., to Barbara Jean (Potts) and Jack James Scoggin Sr. He was the oldest of six children and the oldest grandchild of Eva Afton (Pate) and Samuel Edward Potts, and Mary Bell (Helten) and J.V. Scoggin.
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Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Woodruff. A viewing will be held at 9 a.m. Interment will follow at the Woodruff Cemetery.
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Jack was raised in Idaho and Arizona. After graduating eighth grade, he began his career in the trades. He worked as a roofer around the West and Southwest for the majority of his work life. He spent his latter years working for Navajo County, then the Arizona Department of Transportation, where he worked at the time of his death.
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Jack was an avid outdoorsman with a love of fishing, camping and scuba diving. He cherished his family and friends, and derived great joy from spending time with his cousins, grandchildren, dozens of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. He introduced a great number of them to fishing and camping, instilling a lifetime love of these activities in them.
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Jack met Lou Ann Waggoner in Holbrook in 2005; they married in 2007. Jack is survived by Lou Ann; his mother, Barbara Scoggin; his siblings, David (Sherry) Scoggin, Tawnya Lindsey, John (Kathy) Scoggin, Michelle Handler, and Shannon (Galen) Knight; step-daughter, Claire (George) Miller; grandchildren, Sheyanne and Drake Miller; and a large extended family.
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He was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents, and his father.
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Silver Creek Mortuary of Taylor handled the arrangements.
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