The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-04-07

22O North 18th street, Wednesday,
will be conducted from St. John S
Episcopal church at 4 p. m. today.
The Right Rev. Thomas c. Darst,
Bishop of the East Carolina dio.
cese, and the Rev. E.. w. Halleck,
rector, will officiate.
Active pallbearers will be F.
Lacy King, John N. Alexius, Rob-
ert Strange, Walter P. Storm,
Thomas R. Orrell, Pomeroy Mich
ols., Julian M. Fields and Rich
ard B. Gwathmey.
Honorary pallbearers will be
George B. Elliot, F. w. Brown, R.
J. Doss, w. D. McCraig c. G.
Sibley, F. H. Fechtig, Robert Scott,
McB. Wilson, Thomas H. Wright
J. Laurence Sprunt, c. Van Leu
ven and Frank E. Mosl.
sThe Atlantic Coast Line has
lost one of it's most efficient ane
beloved officers; one whose &C
ouaintance among railroad PEG
pie, particularly the passenger
traffic fraternity of the railroads
was nationwide, and one who prob
ably had as many friends and ad
mirers as any passeger traffic Of
ficer on any railroad in the coun
try" c. Med. Davis, president Of
the railroad company, said yester-
day in expressing his senti-
ments concerning the death OF Mr.
James.
MIR. Davis recalled that, a few
years ago, the American Associa
ton of Passenger Traffic Officers
paid Mr.. James its highest tribute
by electing him it's president. The
wonderful work he did for that as
ISOLATION endeared Mr.. James tt
the railroad people of this country
Mr.. Davis added.
Gas man." he continued, 50.
have known no other endowed with
more courage and fortitude thar
Mr.. James, particularly noticeable
in his last Illness
During the long illness of Mr.
James, Mr.. Davis, when he was
in the city, was daily visitor tc
the bedside and the bravery with
which Mr.. James was facing the
imminent end, with full knowledge
of what was approaching, afford
ed him unusual opportunity for OBJ
serving and admiring the courage
displayed by Mr.. James.
''Mr. James was true Christian
whose life had been such as tc
cause no fear of meeting his Max
err" Mr.. Davis said. He added
that there may have lived in
George James day finer men, but
that he had not had opportunity to
know them if such there were.
It was with considerable feeling
and with an obvious sense of very
real loss that Mr.. Davis stated that
he would miss Mr.. James in every
possible way-as a friend, as well
as an associate and officer of the
company.
He pointed out that he and Mr..
James had been unusually close
friends from beyond, their con-
tinuous friendship having started
two or three years before either
had reached their teens.
A member of a prominent Viii.
mington family, Mr.. James was
the son of the late John Christie
pher and Sarah Cowan James. He
made Wilmington his home during
his early life and in 1905 he was
transferred by the ACL to Wash
ington, D. c. to reorganize the
Passenger Traffic office at that
city.
After IS years service in Wash.
ington, M. James returned to
Wilmington as the head Of the
Passenger Traffic department. His
entire career was spent in the
service of the ACL and he hac
completed more than 81 years ir
its employ.
He was a member of st. John s
Episcopal church, a member of the
Masonic lodge and an honorary
member of the Temple Noyes
Lodge No. 80 in Washington, and
also was affiliated with several
social, fraternal and business or.
ganizations in this City. He was
an hereditary member of the North
Carolina Society of the Cincinnati
and a member of the Wilmington
Light Infantry reserve having been
an officer and a past president
of that unit.
Mr.. James was a descendant of
some of the oldest families. in
Wilmington and the Lower Cape
Fear region, many of whom were
prominently connected with the
social, civic and religious lives of
their period. In addition to his
parents, his grandparents also
were born here.
Mr.. James was born September
%, 1878. He married the former
Jeanne Peck November IA, 1906.
He is survived by his widow and
one brother, Robert Cowan James
of Americas, Ga.
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