James Stephen Lamprow Sr.

James was born on January 21, 1943 and passed away on Monday, September 26, 2011.

James was a resident of Pearl River, Louisiana.

James Stephen "Jim" Lamprow, Sr. served in the US Navy with duty stations including; NAS Pensacola, flight line, Sherman Field; aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42, 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Blockade and 1962-63 Med cruise; aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea CVA-43 (CV-43), 1966-67, WestPac cruise, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam war.

While stationed at NAS Pensacola, Jim met Pat, they were married and this union was blessed with two children; a son, James Stephen Lamprow, Jr. and a daughter, Daphne Darnel Lamprow. This marriage ended in divorce.

James Jr. "Steve" has three daughters, Rebecca, Stephanie, and Brittany.

Rebecca has three children, Jacob, Gabriel, and Claire.

Stephanie and has one son, Oliver and one daughter, Molly Rose. Brittany has one son, Noah Luke.

Daphne has one daughter, Tasha and one son, Andrew.

Jim began working for Sears in 1969 in lawnmower machanics and worked his way up into management where he remained until he retired in 2006.

Jim remarried, Deborah, and adopted her daughter, Tiffany. He passed away at their home in Pearl River, LA. Jim is also survived by two brothers, Ken Lloyd and Jeffery Shannon, one sister Linda "Lynn" Murray. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Mary Schaefer Shannon and his father, Nicholas Stephen Lamprou (Lamprow).

The following was posted by Jim to the "Old Bridge" raceway memories site:

Jim Lamprow 7/13/07

I was born in Newark in 1943 and by the time I turned ten my uncle started taking me to the Old Bridge races every friday night. Oh! how I loved to go! It was better then mom's apple pie.

My uncle was one of the drivers and he would put me in the trunk of the tow car to sneek me into the pits, it was really funny that as a kid I wasn't allowed in the pits, but once I was in nobody ever said anything to me, even when I sat on the fence between the pit and the track. I can still smell the alcohol and picture the blue flames coming out of the gutted muffler shells that were mounted to the running boards as the drivers backed off in turns 3 & 4.

I remember one year my uncle and a friend built two Ford coach's that were blue and white, the numbers were 07 & 70. The first race of the season they raced they both were in an accident in the first turn of the first lap of the first race. That was the end of the #70 car, but the 07 returned again and again. The driver was Ed Schaefer who passed away in February 2006 at the age of 72.

There's a few cars I remember, like the XL & XL1, I remember one of the first slant six engines that came to the track and ran away with the winnings, can't remember the number though. There was also a green coupe #13 and I think the driver's name was Lenny Gould, can't be sure.

All I can say now is, Thanks for the Memories "OLD Bridge" & My uncle Ed.

Jim Lamprow
Pearl River, La.
7/13/07

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