James Ewing Jr.

EWING, James Earl Jr., 82, of Emporia, Virginia, died Monday, December 6, 2010, at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center. Jim was born October 24, 1928, to the late James Earl and Anna Virginia Golladay Ewing of Stephens City, Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1946, serving in Occupied Tokyo and Sapporo, Japan. Following his discharge in 1949, he attended Roanoke College in Salem, Va., and re-entered U.S. Government Service as a civilian with the Central Intelligence Agency, until his retirement in 1975. During his career, he served in U.S. Embassies in Greece, Iran, Austria, and Italy. Following retirement, Jim and his family moved to Emporia, Va., where he served as Commander of VFW Post 5371 and was a member of American Legion Post 46. He served as Secretary of the Greensville Electoral Board, the Board of Supervisors 1988-1997, Chairman of Department of Social Services, Secretary of the IDC, Planning Commission member, and Chairman of Crater Planning District Commission. He was a Lions Club District Governor and Chairman of Virginia Council of Governors. He was a Church Council president and an active member of St. John Lutheran Church. Jim married Evelyn Jones in 1956, in Emporia. Surviving with his wife are children James "Jay" E. Ewing III, and wife, Connie, Beverly Ewing Dugger, all of Emporia, and Jeffrey D. Ewing of Leesburg; beloved grandchildren, Victoria Ewing, Palmer Dugger, Stephanie Dugger and Jonathan Ewing; brothers, John M. Ewing of Lakeland, Fla., Lewis M. Ewing of Winchester and Billy M. Ewing of Stephens City; sisters, Catherine C. Lovett of Winchester and Nance E. Weller or Raleigh, N.C. A sister, Clara C. Cook, predeceased him. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at St. John Lutheran Church, Emporia, with the Reverend Stephen F. Bocklage officiating. Burial will be in Greensville Memorial Cemetery. Echols Funeral Home, of Emporia, is in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be at the funeral home chapel Wednesday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, Emporia, Va.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.