Obit of Roe, James W - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Gene Phillips  <okarchives@comcast.net>    17 Feb 2008
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::Burleson Memorial Park--Burleson TX

Roe, James W.

James W. Roe, 83, a loving and dedicated husband, father, grandfather 
and brother, passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2006, in Fort Worth.

Funeral: 11 a.m. Thursday at Retta Baptist Church. Officiant will be 
Bill Roe. Burial: Burleson Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. 
Wednesday at Crosier-Pearson-Mayfield Funeral Home in Burleson/Fort 
Worth.

Memorials: Diamond J Youth Ranch, 111 Walnut Ave., Mansfield, Texas 
76063.

James was born Jan. 3, 1923, in Oklahoma City. He retired from Bell 
Helicopter where he worked on the tilt-rotor projects. James served 
his country proudly in the Army in an anti-aircraft battalion in 
World War II in Europe. Before moving to Rendon in 1975, he served as 
a deacon at South Fort Worth Baptist Church and later as a greeter at 
Retta Baptist Church. Besides serving the Lord, he attended air 
shows, family reunions and loved playing with his grandkids.

James was preceded in death by his parents, James A. and Nettie F. 
Jones Roe of Wichita Falls.

Survivors: Wife of 56 years, Jean Jeter Roe; sons, James "Jim" P. Roe 
of Arlington and Terry W. Roe and wife, Donna, of Burleson; daughter, 
Barbara J. Walls and husband, Marshall, of Burleson; granddaughters, 
Jennifer Rutherford and husband, John, Stacey Caffey and husband, 
Kevin, Kelley and Haley Walls, all of Burleson, and Laura Hermes and 
husband, Michael, and Ashley Roe, all of Arlington; great-grandsons, 
Titus and Abraham Rutherford of Burleson; brothers, Wayne Roe and 
wife, Leda, of Clay County, Bill Roe and wife, Nina, of Cleburne and 
Charles Roe of Ash Flat, Ark.; brother-in-law, Irvin A. Jeter of 
Wichita Falls; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Published in the Star-Telegram on 6/21/2006.
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