Jack Fellure
Lowell Jackson Fellure (October 3, 1931 – July 31, 2022) was an American perennial political candidate and engineer. He was the presidential nominee of the Prohibition Party for the 2012 presidential election.
Jack Fellure
July 31, 2022 (aged 90)
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Republican
(before 2011, 2012–2022) Prohibition
(2011–2012)
Jean
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Perennial candidate
Retired engineer
Prohibition Party presidential nominee, 2012
Early life and career[edit]
Fellure was born in Midkiff, West Virginia, in 1931, to Ellis Elwin and Bessie Jean Fellure.[1][2] He attended grade school in nearby Salt Rock, graduating from Barboursville High School in 1949. Fellure then enrolled at Marshall College (now Marshall University), and upon graduation became a teacher.[3]
In his professional life, Fellure worked a variety of jobs, culminating in a position as a field engineer for General Electric, from which he retired in 1991. He served as a minister to a wide range of churches.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Fellure resided in Hurricane, West Virginia, with his wife Jean, and was the father of seven children.[2] They attended an Independent Fundamental Baptist church in Hurricane.[1] Fellure was also a Kentucky Colonel.[20]
On July 31, 2022, Fellure died at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia, at the age of 90.[21]