Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Tatum, James Thomas December 21, 1997
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Wednesday, December 24, 1997 
The Rev. James Thomas Tatum, 69, passed gently away to his eternal home on
Sunday, Dec. 21, 1997, in Lynn Shores Manor.

The Rev. Tatum was a native of Greenville, N.C., the son of William and Mary
Thigpen Tatum. He was a retired employee of the International Longshoremen's
Association, Local 1248. He was an active, dedicated member of the Antioch
Missionary Baptist Church in the Berkley section of Norfolk for more than 40
years, where he served on the Deacon's Board for more than 30 years and became
an ordained minister. He was the founder and organizer of the Widows and
Widowers Club and past director of the NAACP membership drive at Antioch.

Left to cherish his memory are his lovely wife of 43 years, Lillie F. Tatum; six
children, Jessie Battle, Thomas Tatum, Samuel Tatum, Troy Tatum, Christal Burris
and Dorothy Stith; two sisters, Verna Langley and Jean Moore; a brother, Leroy
Tatum; seven grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Antioch Missionary Baptist
Church by Dr. I. Joseph Williams, pastor. The burial will follow at Calvary
Cemetery , Norfolk. Earthly remains may be viewed from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday
at Metropolitan Funeral Service, Norfolk. Family and friends will assemble at
8028 Glen Road, Norfolk, at 10 a.m. Saturday for the procession to the church. 

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