James joined the Army Guard in 1958, with George McElroy and Jack Kelly. They took basic training immediately after graduation.
He went to Livingston College to play football, as Doug Graham did. However, they put him on defense, and he �wanted to be the man what carries the ball�. One year was enough.
He was called into active service during the Berlin Crisis, then after that, tried football in North Carolina, then back to Foley. James worked for REA for awhile, then started his own plumbing business.
James moved to Dallas in 1965 for several years, working in the plumbling business, then back to Foley.
He got a divorce about 1982, and moved back to Dallas. There, he met Sandra (orginally from New Mexico) and was married in 1985. He returned to Foley again, then back to Dallas around 1995. From there, they went to Melrose, NM, then Bremerton, WA, then California and finally back to Melrose, NM. He would like to retire to the Foley area.
James presently does estimating for a contractor, and Sandra has a business on the internet.
While in Foley, James studied blacksmithing, and makes knives, door knockers, etc., as a hobby. Sandra sells those plus antiques on the internet.
They both enjoy hunting and fishing, but never seems to have the time.
James has two children by his first marriage. A daughter, Lesley (Gilley) has two children. The other daughter, Michelle (Missy) has two children.
Lesley and Missy live in the Foley area.
Sandra has two boys by the previous marriage, Rick and Scott. Rick lives in Hobbs, NM and Scott lives in Phoenix, AZ.