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James Hancock Obituary
BOSSIER CITY, LA - Funeral services for Jim Hancock, 86, will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Hill Crest Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Bobby Dye, pastor of Central Baptist Church of Bossier City and Rev. Mike Greene officiating. Interment will follow in Hill Crest Memorial Park.Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Nonember 12, 2009 at the Hill Crest Funeral Home.
Mr. Hancock passed away November 9, 2009 in Shreveport. He was a member of the Central Baptist Church since 1985. He was a member of the Simpson Sunday School Class where he was the class secretary.
Jim was a native of Meridian, MS; and attended High School there where he met his wife of fourty-eight years, Jean Buntyn. In 1969, while employed by C.I. T. Financial Corp., he was transferred to Shreveport, LA; where he managed one of the local offices. In 1988 Mr. Hancock retired from Foremost Mortgage Corp., after fifteen years as Senior Vice President.
After Pearl Harbor Mr. Hancock entered the U.S. Air Force, where he was stationed on the Island of Guam, in the pacific Ocean. There he was assigned to the 9th. Photo Tech Squadron. He was also a Lifetime member of the Disabled Veterans Chapted # 30 of Shreveport-Bossier City.
He was preceded in death by his wife Jean Buntyn Hancock, on October 20, 1991; daughter, Suzanne Hancock; grandson, James C. "Cliff" Hancock,III; brothers, Tommy Hancock, Bill Hancock, and sister-in-law, Pallie Hancock;parents, William Henry Hancock, Sr. and Essie Keene Hancock.
Survivors include his son, James C. "Jim" Hancock, Jr. and wife Dr. Heather Kleiner-Hancock of Marshall,TX; brother-in-law, Dr. Frank Cadenhead and wife Billie of Haskell,TX; grandchildren, Charlie Wayne Wiltshire,Jr, and wife Mendy Melissa Simons Wiltshire of Baskin,LA; Chad Steven Hancock of Bossier City, LA; Courtney Kleiner, Michael Kleiner, and Austin Kleiner, all of Marshall,TX; one great- grandson, Charlie Wayne "Trip" Wiltshire,III of Baskin, LA.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis,TN; 38105.
You may share your memories with the family by visiting www.hillcrestmemorialfh.com Hill Crest Memorial
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For the Commander, Carroll R. Michaud
November 12, 2009
The Final Salute
“Brothers in Arms”, Military men and women down through the centuries, have traditionally exchanged “Hand Salutes” as a sign of recognition and as a way to render courtesy and respect one to another.
This “Hand Salute” is the last that we shall render to James C. Hancock our “Brother-in-Arms”. To his family it symbolizes the love and respect that we have for Jim. And to Jim it is rendered as a symbol of honor and gratitude to thank him for the devoted and selfless service he rendered to his country during WW-II while serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Jim, we bid you a sad farewell. You will be dearly missed from among our ranks. Be at Ease. Rest in Peace.
On behalf of the 1,341 members of Lowe-McFarlane Post 14 of the American Legion, I extend our sympathies and our condolences to Jim’s family and loved ones.
Dennis Engdahl, Commander, American Legion Post 14
5315 S. Lakeshore Drive, Shreveport, LA 71109
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