Saturday, October 3, 2020
I ALWAYS ENJOYED MY VISITS WITH JAMES O. WE TALKED SHOEMAKING AND GHS FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL,
JAMES WAS A GOOD FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYER DURING HIS YEARS AT GHS. HE WAS AN AVID FAN UNTIL HIS MID -LATE 80'S.HE HAD SEASON TICKETS AND RARELY MISSED A GAME. JAMES WAS ALSO A GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER WHEN IT WAS QUITE THE SPORT IN TENNESSEE, PRIOR CELL PHONES AND TV.
HE WAS DEVOTED TO THE LIONS CLUB AND IT'S SIGHTSEEEING WORK.
HE WAS GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME IN NUMEROUS CIVIC ACTIVITIES IN GALLATIN, PRIME EXAMPLES ARE CHRISTIAN TOWERS AND THE METHODIST APARTMENTS ON HARTSVILLE PIKE AND THE AMERICAN LEGION.
HE WAS INDEED A MEMBER OF OUR GREATEST GENERATION.
