Maj. Gen. Arthur Jacques "Jake" Poillon (USMC Ret.)

“Jake” Poillon (USMC Ret.), 86, of Fairhope, died on Friday, Dec.

2, 2011 after a life well-lived. He died in St Vincent’s Hospital

by his wife, Virginia (Mouchett) Poillon of Fairhope; daughter

Jeanette Poillon and daughter-in-law Bonnie Brescia of Sherborn,

Mass.; stepchildren, Kyle Garrett of Atlanta, Ga., Rush Garrett and

daughter-in-law, Evelyn Garrett, of Fairhope and Hollie Lacanski

and son-in-law, Nick Lacanski, of Birmingham; his grandchildren,

Rushton Garrett, Will Bos and his wife, Hope, Caroline Garrett,

Taylor Bos, Grace Poillon Brescia and Sophia Poillon Brescia; his

many nieces and nephews; and friends who shared his life in the

Marine Corps, Maine, Florida and

his brother, Curtis Poillon (1945), son John Williams Poillon

(1965), and first wife, Natalie

Gen. Poillon will be held at St. James Episcopal Church in Fairhope

on Friday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. Visitors reception from 1-1:45

later date at Arlington National Cemetery in

Jake Poillon can be made to St. James Church in Fairhope or the

Wounded Warriors Project (

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