Dr. John Allen Jennette

Dr. John Allen Jennette, 60, of 514 Briarwood Drive in Eden, passed away Thursday afternoon, May 29, 2014, at his home.

A memorial service will be held at 3 PM on Saturday, May 31, at St. Joseph of the Hills Catholic Church.

Dr. Jennette was born June 3, 1953 in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of the late Christopher Roy and Mary Elizabeth Allen Jennette. He was a 1975 graduate of Hampden-Sydney University in Virginia. In 1979 he graduated from the Medical College of Virginia with his degree in Medicine. During his time in the Navy, Dr. Jennette served his Residency in Anesthesiology, completing that in 1982. Adding to his education, he completed a Cardiovascular Fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Jennette is a US Navy veteran, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Medical Corps. Serving many years in the Eden area, associated with Morehead Memorial Hospital, he retired in 2011. He was a member of St. Joseph of the Hills Catholic Church in Eden.

Surviving is his wife, Anne Kennedy Jennette, of the home; their two sons, Major Christopher Jennette, USAF, and wife, Tracy of Niceville, FL, and Captain Benjamin Jennette, M.D., US Army, and wife, Chrissie of Killeen, TX; daughter, Mary Jennette, M.D. and fiance', Ben Judd, M.D., of Chapel Hill; four grandchildren, Katherine, Libby, Tate, and Everett; two brothers-in-law, Dennis Kennedy and wife, Karen, and Charles Kennedy and wife, Carol; and sisters-in-law, Sue Gabbert and husband, Mike, and Judy Canfield and husband, Clay.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, immediately following the funeral mass, at Morehead-Fair House, 420 Boone Road in Eden.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Springs Prayers Center, 477 Grogan Road, Stoneville, NC 27048.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com