Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Thursday, December 7, 1978

Jimmie Ray James

WEST MONROE -- Services for Jimmie Ray James were to be at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Southern, Winnfield, with the Revs. Alson Jeter and J. W. Kennedy officiating. Burial was to be in Zion Hill Cemetery, Winnfield.

James, 64, of Winnfield, died at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in Glenwood Hospital. He was a native of Winn Parish and a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church, Winnfield.

Survivors include his wife, Myrtle James of Winnfield; two daughters, JoAnn Johns of Winnfield and Noonie Hall of Jonesboro; three brothers, the Rev. Willie James, Melvin James and Roy James, all of Winnfield; two sisters, Ellen Jordan of Winnfield and Mrs. Dorcas Prothro of Keithville; one half sister, Essie Smith of Winnsboro; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.