Obit: Floyd B. James, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor,
111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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The News-Star - Thursday, July 5, 1990

MR. FLOYD B. JAMES

RUSTON, LA - Services for Mr. Floyd B. James, 83, of Ruston will be at
10 a.m. Thursday, July 5, 1990 at Trinity United Methodist Church in
Ruston with Rev. Rolly Walker officiating, assisted by Rev. Douglas
McGuire. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Ruston under the
direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home.

Mr. James died Tuesday, July 3, 1990 at his residence after a brief
illness.

Mr. James was born January 24, 1907 in Gibsland, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. L. James. He graduated from Ruston High School and the University of
Tennessee.

Mr. James was employed by T. L. James & Company Inc. from the time he
graduated from College. He headed the companies Oil & Gas Department and
was a member of the Board of Directors having served as Secretary,
President and Chairman of the Board. Mr. James was active in the company
until his death.

Mr. James was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, the
Ruston Kiwanis Club, and active with the Boy Scouts of America. He was a
life member of the Board of Directors at the Methodist Childrens Home,
the Ruston Hospital Inc. Board of Directors. He served on the Board of
Trustees of Centenary College and Southern Methodist University. He also
served on the Board of Central Louisiana Electric Company. In the past
he had been active in the P.A.R. & C.A.B.L. in the interest of the
state.

Survivors include his wife: Mrs. Florence Neeley James of Ruston; one
daughter: Mrs. Renna Burkhalter of Ruston; two sons: Floyd Benjamin
James, Jr. and John Thomas James, both of Ruston; one brother: G. W.
"Bill" James of Ruston; three sisters: Helen Love, Mary Burkhalter and
Frances Folk, all of Ruston; nine grand-children and eleven great
grandchildren.

The grandsons will serve as pallbearers.