William James

WILLIAM MICHAEL JAMES (MIKE) 50 OF LANCING PASSED AWAY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2014 FOLLOWING A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. MICHAEL WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER NATHAN ANTHONY JAMES FORMERLY OF COALFIELD AND SISTER DONNA LYNN JAMES FORMERLY OF LANCING. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS WILLIAM AND JANE JAMES OF LANCING, SON WILLIAM BRENT JAMES OF OAK RIGE, BROTHERS DAVID RICHARDSON OF WINCHESTER VA, CARL JAMES RICHARDSON OF OAK RIDGE, TOMMY JAMES OF LANCING, SISTERS DEANNA PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF MOSSY GROVE, RECECCA TORBETT AND HUSBAND BARON OF ATHENS, CATHY MCCLENDON AND HUSBAND DAVID OF KINGSTON AND A HOST OF ADORING NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, AND COUSINS. MIKE WAS A GRADUATE OF OLIVER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1982. AFTERWARDS HE FOLLOWED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HIS FATHER AND WAS A DEVOED MEMBER OF THE LOCAL #5 SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. MICHEAL WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY HARD WORKER AND VALUED EMPLOYEE. HE HAS SERVED AS A MENTOR TO MANY UP AND COMING SHEET METAL APPRINTIST OVER HIS 25 YEAR RUN. MIKE WAS A LOYAL MEMBER OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE EAGLES IN OAK RIDGE TN. MICHAEL LOVED TO SING AND FARM BUT ABOVE ALL MICHEAL LOVED JEHOVAH GOD. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN CARING FOR HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND WAS ALWAYS THERE IN TIMES OF NEED. MIKE WAS LOVED BY ALL THAT KNEW HIM. HIS BRIGHT EYES, WARM SMILE AND GENTLE NATURE WILL FOREVER LIVE ON IN OUR HEARTS.