Obit of Ackley, James Buford Sr - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Rob A Walker 03 Jun 2021 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Red Hill Cemetery--Hammon OK Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 18, 2007 James Buford Ackley Sr., 72, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. Georgia St., with Brian Mashburn officiating. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Friday in Red Hill Cemetery in Hammon, Okla., with Leon Tomberlin officiating. James was born July 17, 1935, in Hammon to Boots and Jean Ackley. He grew up in Hammon and graduated from Hammon High School. When he graduated, he went to work for Santa Fe Railway. He later married Dorothy Jane Devin. He enjoyed all the travel and the many wonderful people he met along the way working for Santa Fe. After enjoying working for Santa Fe, he had his own welding and oilfield business. He returned back to Santa Fe Railway and retired from there. He moved to Amarillo to be close to his children. He went to work for Plains Transportation until health problems would no longer allow him to work. James enjoyed watching PBR on television and buying and selling used farm equipment. He loved being "Pap" to all the grandkids and great-grandkids. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Carroll Wayne Miller. Survivors include a daughter, Sharla Jane Trimble and husband Archie of Amarillo; a son, James Buford Ackley Jr. and wife Melynda of Amarillo; a special daughter, Jennifer Kerstetter and husband Doug of Protection, Kan.; four granddaughters, Jaime Stoll and Leigha Trimble, both of Amarillo, Jamie Brogden of Briscoe and Kyleigh Bartlett of Canadian; five grandsons, Shawn Ackley of Corinth, J.R. Ackley, Adam Ramos and Aaron Ramos, all of Amarillo, and T.J. Trimble of Sayre, Okla.; and many great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be High Plains Children's Home, P.O. Box 7448, Amarillo, TX 79114-7448; or the Red Hill Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 332, Hammon, OK 73650. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html