John Pierce Ingle III

John Pierce (Rusty) Ingle, III, 81, a proud fourth generation Floridian and retired lawyer, died peacefully of natural causes in Tallahassee, FL, on July 21, 2023. He had an interesting and meaningful life. John was born on September 20, 1941 in Jacksonville, FL, to John Pierce Ingle, Jr. and Elizabeth Fleming Hamilton Ingle, both of whom predeceased him. His father commanded a U.S. Navy destroyer escort in World War II and was an engineer at Eastern Air Lines under the direct supervision of famed World War I pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, and his mother was the granddaughter of Florida Governor Francis Philip Fleming (1889-93). He graduated from the St. Johns Country Day School and from the University of the South at Sewanee, TN. He served in naval intelligence in the U.S. Navy rising to the rank of Lt.JG before graduating from the University of Florida Law School in 1969. He was admitted to The Florida Bar and to practice law before all Florida courts, the U.S. 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. After law school, he clerked for the late Warren Jones, Judge of the U.S. 5th (now 11th) Circuit Court of Appeals. He was a Cabinet Affairs Aide at the Florida Department of Legal Affairs under Attorney General Robert Shevin. He worked for the law firm of Kent, Sears, Durden & Kent in Jacksonville representing legendary Floridian Ed Ball, the Florida East Coast Railway, Florida National Banks and St. Joe Paper Company. He worked for the Spielvogel Law Firm in Merritt Island and Orlando, FL, before returning to Tallahassee to work in enforcement at the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and in child support enforcement at the Florida Department of Children and Families. He is survived by his wife of 34 years Alice Webb Ingle of Tallahassee and her sister Mary Webb Green and husband Lance of New Orleans, LA; brother Frank Hamilton Ingle and brother-in-law John Webb both of Jacksonville; many nieces and nephews; devoted friends and neighbors Julie Forrester, Ashley Jordan, Margie Marcil and Kent Zaiser all of Tallahassee; and beloved dog Foxy and cat Will. He and his family are grateful for his excellent care at St. Augustine Plantation Assisted Living and Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare during his final illness. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 2023, at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Tallahassee and later in Jacksonville. His family suggests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to St. Johns Country Day School and the University of the South (Sewanee, TN); or to your preferred charity. The family is being assisted by Jackie Fulford and Skip Young of Young Fulford Funeral Home and Crematory, Tallahassee, Florida. 850.610.4444

John Pierce Ingle III

September 20, 1941 - July 21, 2023