PUBLISHED IN DESERET NEWS September 26, 1949
ROCK SPRINGS WYO—Funeral services were pending Monday for Mrs. Thomas A. James, 78 who died Friday afternoon at her home.
She was the mother of Edwin F. James, mayor of Rock Springs. She was active in the Rock Springs First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She taught in the Relief Society for 33 years and was president of the society for 14 years.
She was born March 4, 1871 in Maywood, Scotland. In 1881 she came to the United States with her mother to join her father James B. Syme who was working in the mines at Almy, Wyoming. Shortly after the family moved to Rock Springs.
In 1890 she was married to Thomas A. James and they moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, and Salt Lake City for a short time before returning to Rock Springs to make their home.
Survivors include her husband, three sons, Irvin, Edwin and Cecil, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Leah Phelps and Mrs. Viola Reese both of Rock Springs; a brother Robert Syme, Rock Springs; a sister Mrs. Jane Rollins Lyman; 16 grandchildren
ROCK SPRINGS WYO—Funeral services were pending Monday for Mrs. Thomas A. James, 78 who died Friday afternoon at her home.
She was the mother of Edwin F. James, mayor of Rock Springs. She was active in the Rock Springs First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She taught in the Relief Society for 33 years and was president of the society for 14 years.
She was born March 4, 1871 in Maywood, Scotland. In 1881 she came to the United States with her mother to join her father James B. Syme who was working in the mines at Almy, Wyoming. Shortly after the family moved to Rock Springs.
In 1890 she was married to Thomas A. James and they moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, and Salt Lake City for a short time before returning to Rock Springs to make their home.
Survivors include her husband, three sons, Irvin, Edwin and Cecil, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Leah Phelps and Mrs. Viola Reese both of Rock Springs; a brother Robert Syme, Rock Springs; a sister Mrs. Jane Rollins Lyman; 16 grandchildren
PUBLISHED IN DESERET NEWS September 26, 1949
ROCK SPRINGS WYO—Funeral services were pending Monday for Mrs. Thomas A. James, 78 who died Friday afternoon at her home.
She was the mother of Edwin F. James, mayor of Rock Springs. She was active in the Rock Springs First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She taught in the Relief Society for 33 years and was president of the society for 14 years.
She was born March 4, 1871 in Maywood, Scotland. In 1881 she came to the United States with her mother to join her father James B. Syme who was working in the mines at Almy, Wyoming. Shortly after the family moved to Rock Springs.
In 1890 she was married to Thomas A. James and they moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, and Salt Lake City for a short time before returning to Rock Springs to make their home.
Survivors include her husband, three sons, Irvin, Edwin and Cecil, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Leah Phelps and Mrs. Viola Reese both of Rock Springs; a brother Robert Syme, Rock Springs; a sister Mrs. Jane Rollins Lyman; 16 grandchildren
ROCK SPRINGS WYO—Funeral services were pending Monday for Mrs. Thomas A. James, 78 who died Friday afternoon at her home.
She was the mother of Edwin F. James, mayor of Rock Springs. She was active in the Rock Springs First Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She taught in the Relief Society for 33 years and was president of the society for 14 years.
She was born March 4, 1871 in Maywood, Scotland. In 1881 she came to the United States with her mother to join her father James B. Syme who was working in the mines at Almy, Wyoming. Shortly after the family moved to Rock Springs.
In 1890 she was married to Thomas A. James and they moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, and Salt Lake City for a short time before returning to Rock Springs to make their home.
Survivors include her husband, three sons, Irvin, Edwin and Cecil, all of Rock Springs; two daughters, Mrs. Leah Phelps and Mrs. Viola Reese both of Rock Springs; a brother Robert Syme, Rock Springs; a sister Mrs. Jane Rollins Lyman; 16 grandchildren
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