James Edward Jimmerson

James E. Jimmerson

CHARLOTTE - James Edward Jimmerson, age 85, passed away Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, at Presbyterian Hospital.

He was born May 23, 1924, in Salisbury to the late Alma Jimmerson and Edward McCluney, Sr. He was educated in the public schools of Rowan County. Mr. Jimmerson retired from Norfolk Southern Railway.

He was a member of First Calvary Baptist Church and a member of Eureka Masonic Lodge 45. He was previously married to Mabel Cunningham to which two children, Shirley Smith and Nathaniel Jimmerson, were born.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Julia Mae Phillips Jimmerson; a son, Pete Jimmerson; brother Arthur Jimmerson, Sr.; sisters Johnnie Mae Zimmerman and Kathleen Taylor; and stepdaughter Mae Garner.

Survivors are son Nathaniel Jimmerson (Mary), Salisbury; daughter Shirley Smith (Jerry), Charlotte; stepmother Odell McCluney, Norfolk, Va.; stepsons Willie Phillips and Norris Ellis, both of Salisbury, James Phillips, Alexandria, Va., Jackie Phillips, Frederick, Md., and Calvin Phillips, Murray; stepdaughters Kattie Hill and Rena Phillips, both of Salisbury; brothers Cleveland Jimmerson, Salisbury, Edward McCluney, Jr., Washington, D.C., Charles McCluney and John McCluney, both of Norfolk, Va.; sisters Judy Copeland, Charlotte, Mattie Baynard, Scarlet Parson, Constance Berry, Margarie Allen all of Norfolk, Va., Rose Dykeman, Virginia Beach, Va., and Paulette McCluney, Petersburg, Va.; a grandson, Jackie Yancy, who was reared in the home; 24 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Service and Visitation: Funeral services will be 1 p.m. and visitation at 12:30 p.m. Friday at First Calvary Baptist Church with the pastor, Rev. Leamon Brown, officiating. Burial to follow in Oakwood Cemetery.

The family will be at the home of a brother, Mr. Cleveland Jimmerson of 111 E. Cemetery St., Salisbury.

Hairston Funeral Home, Inc. is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.Hairstonfh.com