Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  James H. 'Jim' Wooten

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P.O. Box 38, Hominy, Okla 74035
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::Park Cemetery--Carthage MO
The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 33, No. 41
Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Page 5

James H. 'Jim' Wooten

James Howard 'Jim' Wooten, 70, went to be with our Lord on Fri., Oct. 5, 
2001 after a courageous and determined battle with heart disease and 
related illness.

Jim was born Dec. 30, 1930 in Buffalo, MO to Hervey and Mable (Smith) 
Wooten.  Raised and educated in Carthage, MO, he entered the Marine Corps 
at an early age, spent three years in the U.S. Air Force and was three 
years in the U.S. Navy.  Upon discharge from the Navy, he was then a member 
of the Naval Reserve, being called to active duty during the Korean War.  
Jim also served one tour of duty in Vietnam as a civilian helicopter 
mechanic training South Vietnamese soldiers in sheet metal work.

On Aug. 13, 1955 he married Billy Jo Swindle in Lamar, MO.  To this union 
two children were born, a daughter, Julie Ann in March 1960 and Jeffrey 
Howard in April 1962.  He and Billy were brought back together and were 
remarried in 1994.

Jim spent many years in law enforcement with the Carthage Police Department, 
he served as Chief of Police in Hominy, and was employed by the Jasper 
County Sheriff's Department until retiring in 1990.

He was former owner of Jim's Key Lock and Alarm in Carthage, MO and sold 
the business in 1994 to retire to Grand Lake in Grove.  He was past 
Commander and life member of the VFW Post 2590 in Carthage, a member of 
the American Legion #1078, Grove, and the Loyal Order of Moose #862 in 
Tulsa.

He was also active on the late model stock car racing circuit for many 
years and remained a race fan, and avid fisherman.  He was a member of the 
First Baptist Church in Hominy where he was saved and baptized in 1975.

He is survived by his wife Billy of the home, daughter Julie and husband 
Jim Martin, Wynona; son Jeff and wife Michele of Palo, IA; three 
grandchildren, Ryan Wooten, Hominy; Chase and Chandler Bolton, Palo, IA.

Also surviving are his mother Mable Ford, sisters June and Edwin 'Bud' 
Cooper, Virginia and Kenneth Spencer all of Carthage, MO; one brother, 
Carrol Ford and Linda of Louisburg, MO; two half sisters, Loretta Wooderson 
and Max of Prairie Village, KS and Elaine Clark and Cecil of Springfield, 
MO and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father and a brother Dale.
 
Poppa, we will miss you.  Give Earnhardt a big pat on the back for us!  
Love…your family and your favorite daschund, Samantha.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Tues., Oct. 9 at the Ulmer Funeral Home Chapel 
in Carthage, MO.  Rev. Don McGonigal officiated.  VFW Post 2590 will serve 
as pallbearers.  Visitation was from 6-7 p.m. Mon., Oct. 8 at Ulmer Funeral 
Home.  Burial was in the Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO.  Contributions may be 
made to the American Heart Association.  Arrangements were by the Ulmer 
Funeral Home.
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