Everett James
1909 - 1987 (77 years)Person ID: I2174 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 15 Nov 2021
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Name Everett James Birth 17 Nov 1909 Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA 
Gender Male Died 18 Mar 1987 Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA [1] 
Everett James obituary - Topeka Capital-journal
Everett Eugene "Peachy" James, 77, Carbondale, died Wednesday, March 18, at a Topeka hospital. He had been ill four months.
Mr. James was sexton of Carbondale Cemetery many years. He also drove a bus for Carbondale schools
and Santa Fe Trail High School 21 years.
He was an independent contractor and had built several buildings and laid foundations for many buildings in the Carbondale area.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in Europe. He participated in the campaigns for
the Ardennes, Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, and Rhineland and the Battle of the Bulge.
He was born Nov. 17, 1909, at Carbondale, the son of George Grant and Rachel Ella Vail James. He at-
tended Carbondale schools and spent his life in Carbondale.
Mr. James attended Grace Chapel in Carbondale. He was a member of Anderson-Raible Post No. 239 of the
American Legion at Overbrook and Edward Ted Rowe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2709 at Scranton
and was a charter member of the Carbondale Volunteer Fire Department.
He was married to Mildred Fern Carey Sept. 15, 1954, at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, William Eugene James, Carbondale; a brother, John James, Berryton; and
a granddaughter.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Grace Chapel at Carbondale. Burial will be in Ridgeway Cemetery
near Carbondale. Mr. James will lie in state from 4 until 9 p.m. today at Greenwood-Roberts Funeral Home in Overbrook and afternoon Friday at the church. Relatives and friends will meet from 6 until p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Chapel in Carbondale.Buried Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA -
Parents
Father George Grant James (ID:I2170), b. 28 Jul 1871, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA d. 6 Dec 1951, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA (Age 80 years) Mother Ella Rachel Vail (ID:I2108), b. 28 Apr 1875, Shawnee, Kansas, USA d. 7 Nov 1951, Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, USA (Age 76 years) Marriage 27 Apr 1894 Shawnee, Kansas, USA Children (Siblings) 1. unknown James (ID:I10931) + 2. John W. James (ID:I2171), b. 5 Mar 1895, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA d. 9 May 1989, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA (Age 94 years)3. Ralph James (ID:I2172), b. Dec 1895, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA d. 1904 (Age ~ 8 years) -
Family
Wife Mildred Fern Carey (ID:I2700), b. 23 Aug 1923 Marriage 15 Sep 1954 Children 1. Living (ID:I11191) -
Event Map
Birth - 17 Nov 1909 - Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA 
Died - 18 Mar 1987 - Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA Buried - - Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [S183] Obituary, Topeka Capital-Journal, Thursday, March 19, 1987, p. 28 col 2.