Obituary

Patsy J. James, 74, of Plainview, passed away at 6:01 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at Covenant Hospital Plainview. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006, in 11th and Amarillo Church of Christ with Dee Teel and J. Henderson officiating. Interment will follow in Plainview Memorial Park by Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Mrs. James was born on June 15, 1931, in Anton to Jeff and Elva Brazil. She married J.D. James on Sept. 24, 1949, in Anton. She gave birth to four sons. She worked at home, raised her family and helped on the family farm. Patsy was a devoted person. Her glory in life was to love, not to be loved; to give, not to get; to serve, not to be served. Patsy always showed concern for others, always with a friendly hello and a helping hand. She was a lover of hospitality and good deeds. She gave so many wedding showers and baby showers in her home for the young brides and mothers-to-be. She also went out of her way in her own special way to make a dish of food (a chocolate cake) and took it to so many different ones throughout the years. Her pleasures shared were doubled. She loved life and touched the hearts of all who knew her. She will be missed by all her family and friends. Survivors include her husband; four sons and their wives, Troy and Carolyn James of Fort Worth, Mark and Brenda James of Plainview, Jimmy and Mary James of Plainview and Ross and Tonya James of Tulia; a grandson she help raise, Jason James; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Janet Motl of Albuquerque. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Don Brazil. Visitation will be from 6-7:30 tonight at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel. Memorials may be made to National Headache Foundation, 820 N. Orleans, Suite 217, Chicago, IL 60610-3132 or 11th and Amarillo Church of Christ Building Fund, 2800 W. 11th, Plainview, TX 79072.