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Jame Inness Obituary
RAVENDEN SPRINGS - James Louis "Jim" Inness, 84, of Ravenden Springs passed away Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Jim was born March 25, 1939, in the Eleven Point community to Hubert and Mayme Lorell Jackson Inness.
Jim was very active in church and community activities. He served as a Paragould City Alderman for 20 years, established and operated the College Bookstore and Press for about 15 years, and served as a minister for the churches of Christ including many years with the McIlroy and Ravenden Springs churches of Christ in Randolph County.
He served as an elder at the Center Hill Church of Christ in Paragould until he retired. He was a past member of the Paragould Exchange Club and served as treasurer of Bellah Cemetery for over 40 years.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Hubert and Mayme Inness, his wife, Shelba Jean Baldridge Inness, and a son, Hubert Allen Inness.
Jim is survived by his wife, Kathy Spears Inness; son, James Mark (Paula Jane) Inness of Fort Mill, S.C.; daughter, Cynthia (David) Markum of Pocahontas; seven grandchildren, Tyler Inness, Connor Inness, Catherine Lewis, Sydney Stevens, Paige Markum, James Inness and Will Inness; three great-grandchildren, Kyleigh Boone, Bailey Stevens and Lucas Stevens; a stepdaughter, Angela Baker; three sisters, Barbara Brown, Sharon Mooney and Kay Welch; and many other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday in the chapel of McNabb Funeral Home with a funeral service beginning at 11 a.m. Art Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in Bellah Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Children's Homes Inc., 5515 Walcott Road, Paragould 72450.
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Deborah L Killion
January 4, 2024
I have known Mr. Inness since my childhood from the Ravenden Springs area and my connections there when my grandparents were alive. My family had a large farm there in Ravenden Springs and we often attended church at the Ravenden Springs Church of Christ when visiting there during the summer... this is the same church where my parents were married in 1962. Jim is the brother of Sharon, my mother's longtime best friend since childhood. We're very sorry to hear about the loss of this great man. May the family find comfort that he was a great Christian man in the hopes of seeing him again.
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