James 'Jimmy' Richard Lattimer Obituary, Benton County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Freda Willingham - wife Date: Febraury 19,2005 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** James 'Jimmy' Richard Lattimer June 1986 Gravette Obituary of JAMES RICHARD LATTIMER James Richard Lattimer, 38, of Decatur, died Saturday, June 21, 1986 at the Gravette Medical Center Hospital. He was born October 7, 1947 in Pecos, Tex., to George and Olive Upson Lattimer. He was a policeman for the City of Decatur having graduated from the Police Academy at Camden. He was a member of the Decatur Assembly of God Church. Survivors include his wife, Freda; four step sons, Charles, Johnny, Cody, and Shawn Buffer of the home; his mother, Mrs. Olive Hacker of Decatur; one sister Linda Gregory of Decatur; one half brother, Robert Zimmerman of Ohio; one half sister, Carol Sherman of Tulsa and one step brother, Larry Hacker of Kentucky. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Decatur Assembly of God Church with Rev. James Berry officiating. Burial was at Georgia Flats Cemetery under the direction of Callison-Lough. Memorial contributions may be made in the name of James Richard Lattimerto the Decatur State Bank. Pallbearers were Bruce Rutherford, Jose Chacon, Bill Burnett. Mike Prather, Danny Voyles and Richard Duncan, Alternate: Jerry Norman and Jane McAdos. ****************************************** Notes on Pallbears: Bruce Rutherford - Benton County Sheriff Deputy Joe Chacon -Arkansas State Police Bill Burnett - Springdale Police Department Mike Prather - Benton County Sheriff Deputy Danny Voyles - Decatur Police Department Jerry Norman - Benton County Sheriff Deputy Richard Duncan - Chief of Police; Decatur Jane McAdos - Decatur Police Department *********************************** Police Departments Represented: Springdale Rogers University of Arkansas Decatur Gentry Sulphur Springs Benton County Lowell Arkansas Highway Police Arkansas State Police Bentonville Gravette 39 Officers Attended in uniform. ********************************* Notes from Freda: Jimmy had been real sick for about 3 years. His friends in the police departments were great about coming to the house and picking him up and letting him just ride around with them. This helped Jimmy a lot to get out of the house. They also helped out a lot on the funeral. I remember, the Chief of Police at that time, Richard Duncan called me and asked if they could do some stuff at the funeral and I let them do what they wanted and I can say they showed a lot of class and gave Jimmy a very nice funeral.