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Charlie James Obituary
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Arlington. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Arlington Funeral Home.
Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 313 N. Center St., Arlington, Texas 76011.
Charlie was born March 12, 1921, in Morris, Okla., to Hazel Rebecca and Charles Arthur James. The family moved to Texas in 1923 and settled in the community of Clara. He graduated from Clara High School in 1938, attended Hardin Junior College and later received his BS degree in business administration from East Texas State Teachers College. Charlie was a veteran of World War II, serving as an officer aboard the USS Dauphin, APA97, in the Pacific Fleet. Following his discharge, he married Hazel Cypert and worked 40 years for Gifford Hill American Inc., retiring in 1986 as vice president, secretary-treasurer.
He was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church and Kiwanis Club of Arlington. Charlie loved to play golf as a member of Rolling Hills Country Club, Mid-Cities Senior Golf Association and Arlington Men's Senior Golf Association, as well as hunting and fishing.
He was preceded in death by both parents and his brother, Billie B. James.
Survivors: Wife of 58 years, Hazel; sisters, Bonnie Lee Garrett and Rose Marie Carr; daughter, Sharon Lee Stewart; son, Larry Allen James and wife, Gwen; granddaughters, Jenny Stewart and Charlene "Charli" Stewart; grandsons, Michael Godfrey and wife, Julie, and Andy Clark and wife, Pam; great-grandsons, Cody and Kyle; and great-granddaughters, Maci Lynn and Kyndal Lee.
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Bill & Bertha Cunningham
December 14, 2005
Many times I enjoyed Chairlie not only in business, but also socially.
Bill
Paula Busby - Fisher
December 13, 2005
I am so thankful that I had the pleasure of knowing Charlie. He was a wonderful and dear man. He will forever be missed in the neighborhood. To Hazel and the rest of the James family, my heart goes out to you. May God bless your family and help you through this sad time. (Another Angel Got His Wings)....Paula Busby-Fisher
Tammy Hall
December 13, 2005
We would like to express our deepest smpathy to the James family over the loss of Charlie. We will miss his smiling face and all his golf stories he told us each time he came into the office. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Dr. Purgason's staff
sharon stapper
December 13, 2005
Dear Hazel and family:Please accept my sympathy in your loss of Charlie. I can only imagine how much others in his life are missing him. I was very fortunate to know Charlie for so many years as a friend and neighbor. He was very reliable and a lot of fun. I will really miss his wonderful smile.
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