H.G. Frost

H.G. "JACK" FROST JR., age 80, of Little Rock, passed away Friday, May 11, 2012. He was born June 4, 1931 in Little Rock to the late H.G. "Jack" Frost and Nell Davis Frost. He attended Little Rock public schools; attended Hendrix College for one year; graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1952; attended Harvard Business School in Boston and London; attended and lectured at The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and passed the CPA exam at the age of 21. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, PIE fraternity, a life-long Methodist and a member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church. After serving two years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, he joined the staff of Russell Brown and Company. Mr. Brown made Jack a partner in the firm, laughingly telling everyone that he would leave and start his own firm if he didn't make him a partner. In 1974 Jack formed Jack Frost and Company and was a managing partner until 1980. During that time he was active in "So for the Future," served as president of the Arkansas Art Center and was elected to the Board of Trustees at Hendrix College where he served on the Financial and Endowment Committees. In 1981 a group of good friends asked Jack to join with them in acquiring American Fuel Cell and Coated Fabrics Company in Magnolia, which he and his business associates managed for several years. He loved his family, duck hunting and entertaining friends with Betsy. Jack is survived by two daughters, Becky Good and husband, Steve and Tricia Chaffin and husband, Stephen; five grandchildren, Christopher Good, Beverly Oliver, and Patrick, Alex and Matthew Chaffin and his fiancée, Elizabeth "Betsy" Gray. A visitation will be held at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 W. Markham St. on Monday, May 14, 2012 from 4 to 6 p.m. A memorial service will be held at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 2 p.m. followed by a reception. A private burial will be held at Roselawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to: Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn Ave, Little Rock, Ark. 72205, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway, Ark. 72032 or the Arkansas Art Center, 501 East 9th St., Little Rock, Ark. 72202. Arrangements by Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.