James was born in the Ragland Clinic Hospital 3:15 PM on July 21, 1943 in Gilmer, Texas and died of pancreatic cancer in the Windsor Place nursing home in Daingerfield, Texas. He survived eight months after being diagnosed. He grew up on a farm in Diana, Texas. He attended Diana High School and was involved as a student in the school's ag program. He left school after the 11th grade. He worked from the time he was ten years old. He worked for a time at Red River Army Depot. He was a truck driver for over 35 years and a deacon of a missionary baptist church. He worked as truck driver for various companies over the years including Air Products, Haskins, Presley Oil, and Metropolitan. He always smoked cigars, wore a cowboy hat and boots. He is buried in Veal Swith Cemetery located behind Veal Switch Baptist Church where he was a member and had served as a deacon in Hughes Springs, Texas.
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