Mr. Wesley "Buddy" James Obituary (1937

Wesley Lee Edgar “Buddy’ James, 77, died Saturday, February 14, 2015, at Riverplace Nursing Center in Amory. He was born September 24, 1937, in Prentiss County to Lee Roy and Vera Blanche Brown James. He had worked in custodial maintenance for Gibson Container. He was raised in a share-cropper family. At an early age, he married and started his family, raising family of five children during hard times and providing them with the best he could. He loved to tell stories from his childhood, but the best he gave them was his common-sense wisdom of experiences he had learned in life. Even in hard times he would tell his children “If you think we are having it hard, just look around and be thankful for what we have, because there is always somebody worse off than we are.” We loved our Dad and the simplest things in life is what he gave us, wisdom, advice, and most of all his love, and no one can take that away. He enjoyed working in flower beds and watching TV, especially soap operas. Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, February 16, at the Booneville Funeral Home with Bro. John Cagle officiating. Burial will be at Liberty Memorial Gardens. He is survived by three sons, Gary L. James of Amory, Kelvin Wesley James (Vicky) of Fayette, Ala., and Preston James (Fiance’-Velda) of Smithville; two daughters, Chekeeta Brown (Ricky) of Wren and Sharri Pace (Mark) of Amory; 27 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents Leroy and Vera James and a brother Thomas James.