IN LOVING MEMORY OF
John
Elliott
March 26, 1927 – May 24, 2024
Obituary
TRYON --
John ("Jack") H. Elliott died peacefully in his sleep on May 24, 2024, at the age of 97.
Jack was born on March 26, 1927, in Haverhill, MA. His parents were Glendon M. Elliott and Margaret Horne Elliott. Jack grew up in Providence, RI with his parents and his sister, Gretchen Viall.
Jack attended high school at the Taft School in Connecticut and graduated in 1945.
After high school, he joined the Navy and served in WWII for 18 months in Panama. At the end of the war, he returned to the U.S. and attended Dartmouth College, graduating in the Class of 1950. Dartmouth played an important role in Jack's life as he maintained close ties with the college and had ongoing friendships with many of his classmates. His father also attended Dartmouth, as did three of Jack's children, and two of his grandchildren. While at Dartmouth, Jack was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity, he was on the track team where he ran the 2 mile and cross-country events, and he was on the ski team.
Jack married Ann Moulton in 1950 in Pasadena, California where she grew up, and they moved to Barrington RI where they raised their four children. Jack loved to sail, and he was a member of the Barrington Yacht Club and the New Bedford Yacht Club. He enjoyed sailing around the Elizabeth Islands and cruising up the coast of Maine. When he wasn't sailing out in Buzzards Bay on his boat, the Otter, he loved to spend hours at the mooring watching the harbor activity and the beautiful sunsets.
Jack came from a textile manufacturing family. His father was the founder of Rhode Island Textile Company, a manufacturer of narrow fabrics and a company deeply rooted in the history of old New England textiles. After college Jack went to work for his father at the company. Over the years the company expanded to include new factories in South Carolina and Mexico City, with customers across the country and around the world, including some of the largest retailers and clothing manufacturers in the U.S. Jack became president of RI Textile in 1982 upon the death of his father. He moved to Tryon in 1997 to devote more time to the southern operations of the company, South Carolina Elastic, which was central to the company. He married Rosamund Logan and continued to live in Tryon, and work at South Carolina Elastic until his retirement at the age of 91. He was devoted to his work and his employees.
Jack loved to ski more than any other activity. When he was at Dartmouth he began to compete in skiing. He also loved the adventure of hiking up Tuckerman's Ravine and skiing the steep, challenging terrain. His enthusiasm for skiing drew him into the orbit of many of skiing's notable pioneers who were shaping the future of the sport at that time. He skied at Cannon Mountain in NH for most of his life and raised his children to love the sport as well. He was known to get the first chair up the mountain in the morning and take the last chair up at night. He raced with his good friends, the "Comey's Comets" in the US Masters Series until he was in his 70s.
Jack is survived by his four children: Sarah, John, and his wife Karen, Glendon and his wife Carrie, and Susan and her husband Eric Christensen. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, Lowell, Ben, Kyle, Sarah, Margaret, Caroline, and Frances, two great-grandchildren, James and Henry, and his nephew, William Viall.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon NC.
Burial attended by family will be held at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence RI.
Jack was born on March 26, 1927, in Haverhill, MA. His parents were Glendon M. Elliott and Margaret Horne Elliott. Jack grew up in Providence, RI with his parents and his sister, Gretchen Viall.
Jack attended high school at the Taft School in Connecticut and graduated in 1945.
After high school, he joined the Navy and served in WWII for 18 months in Panama. At the end of the war, he returned to the U.S. and attended Dartmouth College, graduating in the Class of 1950. Dartmouth played an important role in Jack's life as he maintained close ties with the college and had ongoing friendships with many of his classmates. His father also attended Dartmouth, as did three of Jack's children, and two of his grandchildren. While at Dartmouth, Jack was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity, he was on the track team where he ran the 2 mile and cross-country events, and he was on the ski team.
Jack married Ann Moulton in 1950 in Pasadena, California where she grew up, and they moved to Barrington RI where they raised their four children. Jack loved to sail, and he was a member of the Barrington Yacht Club and the New Bedford Yacht Club. He enjoyed sailing around the Elizabeth Islands and cruising up the coast of Maine. When he wasn't sailing out in Buzzards Bay on his boat, the Otter, he loved to spend hours at the mooring watching the harbor activity and the beautiful sunsets.
Jack came from a textile manufacturing family. His father was the founder of Rhode Island Textile Company, a manufacturer of narrow fabrics and a company deeply rooted in the history of old New England textiles. After college Jack went to work for his father at the company. Over the years the company expanded to include new factories in South Carolina and Mexico City, with customers across the country and around the world, including some of the largest retailers and clothing manufacturers in the U.S. Jack became president of RI Textile in 1982 upon the death of his father. He moved to Tryon in 1997 to devote more time to the southern operations of the company, South Carolina Elastic, which was central to the company. He married Rosamund Logan and continued to live in Tryon, and work at South Carolina Elastic until his retirement at the age of 91. He was devoted to his work and his employees.
Jack loved to ski more than any other activity. When he was at Dartmouth he began to compete in skiing. He also loved the adventure of hiking up Tuckerman's Ravine and skiing the steep, challenging terrain. His enthusiasm for skiing drew him into the orbit of many of skiing's notable pioneers who were shaping the future of the sport at that time. He skied at Cannon Mountain in NH for most of his life and raised his children to love the sport as well. He was known to get the first chair up the mountain in the morning and take the last chair up at night. He raced with his good friends, the "Comey's Comets" in the US Masters Series until he was in his 70s.
Jack is survived by his four children: Sarah, John, and his wife Karen, Glendon and his wife Carrie, and Susan and her husband Eric Christensen. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, Lowell, Ben, Kyle, Sarah, Margaret, Caroline, and Frances, two great-grandchildren, James and Henry, and his nephew, William Viall.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon NC.
Burial attended by family will be held at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence RI.
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