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Giles Witt James

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Giles Witt James

Birth
Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Apr 2008 (aged 99)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Pleasureville, Henry County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Henry County Local
New Castle, Kentucky
April 30, 2008

Giles Witt James, 99, of Shelbyville, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at his home. He was born in Henry County, the son of the late Fount and Anna James, and was a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church. He was also a farmer.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law: Betsy and Fred Allen, Shelbyville; three nieces: Dorothy Watkins, Pleasureville, and Frances Downey and Elizabeth Hinton, both of Louisville; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of seventy-seven years, Mary Blache Nolin James; two son: Reuben and Donald James, Sr.; one brother: Willie James and two sisters: Ollie Aynes and Emma Martin.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 29th at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. Kenneth Shouse, Pastor the New Liberty Christian Church in Anderson County and Rev. Kenny Talbott, Chaplain at the Women’s Correctional Institute in Pewee Valley, officiated. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

Transcribed by W Heightchew
Henry County Local
New Castle, Kentucky
April 30, 2008

Giles Witt James, 99, of Shelbyville, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at his home. He was born in Henry County, the son of the late Fount and Anna James, and was a member of the Bethlehem United Methodist Church. He was also a farmer.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law: Betsy and Fred Allen, Shelbyville; three nieces: Dorothy Watkins, Pleasureville, and Frances Downey and Elizabeth Hinton, both of Louisville; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of seventy-seven years, Mary Blache Nolin James; two son: Reuben and Donald James, Sr.; one brother: Willie James and two sisters: Ollie Aynes and Emma Martin.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 29th at Sholar Funeral Home, Pleasureville. Rev. Kenneth Shouse, Pastor the New Liberty Christian Church in Anderson County and Rev. Kenny Talbott, Chaplain at the Women’s Correctional Institute in Pewee Valley, officiated. Interment was in the Pleasureville Cemetery.

Transcribed by W Heightchew


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