James Kendall Spry, 99, of Edgewood Summit, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at CAMC – Memorial Hospital.
Jim was born in 1910, in Dunlow, Wayne County, WV, son of the late A. Q. and Isabelle Collins Spry. After graduating from Logan High School in 1928, he went to Marshall College and received a B. S. degree in 1933. He began his career teaching for seven years in Junior and Senior high school in Logan County.
Jim came to Charleston and was hired by Union Carbide in April 1943. He worked at the Institute Plant during the war and was transferred to the South Charleston Plant and then to the Technical Center. He retired from the Research and Development Department in 1975 after thirty-two and a half years of service.
Jim was a former member of the former Humphreys Memorial United Methodist Church in Dunbar for over 50 years, where he loved to sing in the choir. He also was a member of the Carbide Chorus. He had also been an active member of the Dunbar Masonic Lodge for over 50 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Garnet B. Spry in 1991 and Mary Lou Hall Spry in 2008 and by his sisters, Carrie Spry Browning, Crettia Spry Everett, Lucinda Spry Isaccs and Maude Spry Jenkins White and by his brother, Jesse A. Spry.
Surviving are his son, James K. Spry, II of Dunbar; daughter, Barbara Jean Spry Lawrence and her husband, James of Dunbar; stepdaughters, Suzanne Whitaker Leonard, and her husband Jerry of South Charleston, Teresa Beth Brown, and her husband George of Meridian, MS, Mary Cynthia Hall of Charleston; grandchildren, Douglas B. Spry and his wife, Janet of Scott Depot, Michelle Prokop and her husband, Brandon of Elizabeth, CO, Michael Kendall Lawrence of Denver, CO and Melinda Paige Doupe of Elizabeth, CO. Jim is also survived by ten great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 22, at the Dunbar United Methodist Church, Humphreys Sanctuary, with the Rev. Dr. Okey B. Harless and the Rev. Monte Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
Jim was born in 1910, in Dunlow, Wayne County, WV, son of the late A. Q. and Isabelle Collins Spry. After graduating from Logan High School in 1928, he went to Marshall College and received a B. S. degree in 1933. He began his career teaching for seven years in Junior and Senior high school in Logan County.
Jim came to Charleston and was hired by Union Carbide in April 1943. He worked at the Institute Plant during the war and was transferred to the South Charleston Plant and then to the Technical Center. He retired from the Research and Development Department in 1975 after thirty-two and a half years of service.
Jim was a former member of the former Humphreys Memorial United Methodist Church in Dunbar for over 50 years, where he loved to sing in the choir. He also was a member of the Carbide Chorus. He had also been an active member of the Dunbar Masonic Lodge for over 50 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Garnet B. Spry in 1991 and Mary Lou Hall Spry in 2008 and by his sisters, Carrie Spry Browning, Crettia Spry Everett, Lucinda Spry Isaccs and Maude Spry Jenkins White and by his brother, Jesse A. Spry.
Surviving are his son, James K. Spry, II of Dunbar; daughter, Barbara Jean Spry Lawrence and her husband, James of Dunbar; stepdaughters, Suzanne Whitaker Leonard, and her husband Jerry of South Charleston, Teresa Beth Brown, and her husband George of Meridian, MS, Mary Cynthia Hall of Charleston; grandchildren, Douglas B. Spry and his wife, Janet of Scott Depot, Michelle Prokop and her husband, Brandon of Elizabeth, CO, Michael Kendall Lawrence of Denver, CO and Melinda Paige Doupe of Elizabeth, CO. Jim is also survived by ten great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 22, at the Dunbar United Methodist Church, Humphreys Sanctuary, with the Rev. Dr. Okey B. Harless and the Rev. Monte Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
James Kendall Spry, 99, of Edgewood Summit, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at CAMC – Memorial Hospital.
Jim was born in 1910, in Dunlow, Wayne County, WV, son of the late A. Q. and Isabelle Collins Spry. After graduating from Logan High School in 1928, he went to Marshall College and received a B. S. degree in 1933. He began his career teaching for seven years in Junior and Senior high school in Logan County.
Jim came to Charleston and was hired by Union Carbide in April 1943. He worked at the Institute Plant during the war and was transferred to the South Charleston Plant and then to the Technical Center. He retired from the Research and Development Department in 1975 after thirty-two and a half years of service.
Jim was a former member of the former Humphreys Memorial United Methodist Church in Dunbar for over 50 years, where he loved to sing in the choir. He also was a member of the Carbide Chorus. He had also been an active member of the Dunbar Masonic Lodge for over 50 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Garnet B. Spry in 1991 and Mary Lou Hall Spry in 2008 and by his sisters, Carrie Spry Browning, Crettia Spry Everett, Lucinda Spry Isaccs and Maude Spry Jenkins White and by his brother, Jesse A. Spry.
Surviving are his son, James K. Spry, II of Dunbar; daughter, Barbara Jean Spry Lawrence and her husband, James of Dunbar; stepdaughters, Suzanne Whitaker Leonard, and her husband Jerry of South Charleston, Teresa Beth Brown, and her husband George of Meridian, MS, Mary Cynthia Hall of Charleston; grandchildren, Douglas B. Spry and his wife, Janet of Scott Depot, Michelle Prokop and her husband, Brandon of Elizabeth, CO, Michael Kendall Lawrence of Denver, CO and Melinda Paige Doupe of Elizabeth, CO. Jim is also survived by ten great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 22, at the Dunbar United Methodist Church, Humphreys Sanctuary, with the Rev. Dr. Okey B. Harless and the Rev. Monte Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
Jim was born in 1910, in Dunlow, Wayne County, WV, son of the late A. Q. and Isabelle Collins Spry. After graduating from Logan High School in 1928, he went to Marshall College and received a B. S. degree in 1933. He began his career teaching for seven years in Junior and Senior high school in Logan County.
Jim came to Charleston and was hired by Union Carbide in April 1943. He worked at the Institute Plant during the war and was transferred to the South Charleston Plant and then to the Technical Center. He retired from the Research and Development Department in 1975 after thirty-two and a half years of service.
Jim was a former member of the former Humphreys Memorial United Methodist Church in Dunbar for over 50 years, where he loved to sing in the choir. He also was a member of the Carbide Chorus. He had also been an active member of the Dunbar Masonic Lodge for over 50 years.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wives, Garnet B. Spry in 1991 and Mary Lou Hall Spry in 2008 and by his sisters, Carrie Spry Browning, Crettia Spry Everett, Lucinda Spry Isaccs and Maude Spry Jenkins White and by his brother, Jesse A. Spry.
Surviving are his son, James K. Spry, II of Dunbar; daughter, Barbara Jean Spry Lawrence and her husband, James of Dunbar; stepdaughters, Suzanne Whitaker Leonard, and her husband Jerry of South Charleston, Teresa Beth Brown, and her husband George of Meridian, MS, Mary Cynthia Hall of Charleston; grandchildren, Douglas B. Spry and his wife, Janet of Scott Depot, Michelle Prokop and her husband, Brandon of Elizabeth, CO, Michael Kendall Lawrence of Denver, CO and Melinda Paige Doupe of Elizabeth, CO. Jim is also survived by ten great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 22, at the Dunbar United Methodist Church, Humphreys Sanctuary, with the Rev. Dr. Okey B. Harless and the Rev. Monte Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Memorial Park.
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