Charles Edward James was a Grandson to John Napolian James & Frances "Fannie" Anna Via. Charles Edward James, 56, a lifelong resident of the Grottoes, Crimora, and New Hope communities, and an employee of the State Highway Department, died Saturday morning at his home. Mr. James had been in ill health for the past several months but had continued his usual activities. A son of the late Eugene Thomas James and Christine Becks James, he was born April 1, 1906, at Grottoes. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren and had been employed by the State Highway Department for the past 14 years. On June 22, 1925, he married Miss Halsey Alice Curry who survives him. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. H. Brown, of Waynesboro and Mrs. John Lee Thornton, of Crimora, Rt. 1; three sons, Paul S. James, of Waynesboro, Calvin C. James, of Crimora, Rt. 1, and Eugene T. James, of Fairfield; and 15 grandchildren. He also leaves four sisters, Mrs. M. M. Lovelace, of Rt. 1, Crimora, Mrs. R. F. Craig, of Staunton, Rt. 3, Mrs. J. A. Dunn, of Ft. Defiance, Rt.,1, and Mrs. T. P. Craig, of Harrisonburg; and two brothers, Frank James, of Rt. 1, Weyers Cave, and John James, of Rt. 3, Staunton. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Mt. Horb Presbyterian Church with the Rev. H. Ruffner Lowman Jr. in charge of the services. Burial will be in Edgewood Cemetery. The body now is at the Koontz and Lindsey Funeral Chapel at Weyers Cave, where it will remain until 12:15 Tuesday, when it will be taken to the Church to remain until the hour of the services. The relatives will meet at his late home at 1:30 Tuesday for a brief service prior to leaving for the church. Active pallbearers will be nephews and flower bearers will be nieces. Death was attributed to a self inflicted gunshot wound.

I am sorry, I forgot to put the death date down, Charles Edward James died 10 Nov. 1962 Grottoes, Rockingham, Virginia =^..^= > Charles Edward James was a Grandson to John Napolian James & Frances "Fannie" Anna Via. > > Charles Edward James, 56, a lifelong resident of the Grottoes, Crimora, and New Hope communities, and an employee of the State Highway Department, died Saturday morning at his home. Mr. James had been in ill health for the past several months but had continued his usual activities. > > A son of the late Eugene Thomas James and Christine Becks James, he was born April 1, 1906, at Grottoes. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren and had been employed by the State Highway Department for the past 14 years. > > On June 22, 1925, he married Miss Halsey Alice Curry who survives him. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. H. Brown, of Waynesboro and Mrs. John Lee Thornton, of Crimora, Rt. 1; three sons, Paul S. James, of Waynesboro, Calvin C. James, of Crimora, Rt. 1, and Eugene T. James, of Fairfield; and 15 grandchildren. He also leaves four sisters, Mrs. M. M. Lovelace, of Rt. 1, Crimora, Mrs. R. F. Craig, of Staunton, Rt. 3, Mrs. J. A. Dunn, of Ft. Defiance, Rt.,1, and Mrs. T. P. Craig, of Harrisonburg; and two brothers, Frank James, of Rt. 1, Weyers Cave, and John James, of Rt. 3, Staunton. > > Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Mt. Horb Presbyterian Church with the Rev. H. Ruffner Lowman Jr. in charge of the services. Burial will be in Edgewood Cemetery. > > The body now is at the Koontz and Lindsey Funeral Chapel at Weyers Cave, where it will remain until 12:15 Tuesday, when it will be taken to the Church to remain until the hour of the services. The relatives will meet at his late home at 1:30 Tuesday for a brief service prior to leaving for the church. > > Active pallbearers will be nephews and flower bearers will be nieces. > > Death was attributed to a self inflicted gunshot wound. > > > > > > > >