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February 9, 2010 Jasper, Alabama
OBITUARIES
James William Elliott, 89, of Jasper
Sunday, Jan 25, 2009
James William Elliott, 89, of Jasper, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home with a graveside service at New Prospect Cemetery. Minister Roy Wolfe will officiate. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. prior to the service at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home Chapel. Kilgore-Green Funeral Home will direct.
James “Pop” Elliott lived a long and wonderful life serving his Lord, family and country. He was born of Claude and Lilly Elliott of Jasper. He graduated with a civil engineering degree (a member of Theta Tau fraternity) from the University of Alabama in 1942 and earned a masters degree in civil engineering in 1947. Upon graduation with his bachelors degree, Mr. Elliott enlisted in the U.S. Army and served his country honorably as a member of the elite Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the China, India, Burma Theater during WWII. He later worked for U.S. Pipe and Foundry in their Technical/Sales Division in Birmingham until the age of 69. He also had his own engineering and land surveying business and worked in the Birmingham Metro Area as a professional engineer and land surveyor until the age of 86. He was an active and devoted member of the Crossroads Methodist Church in Jasper. Pop was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend.
He was preceded in death by his loving and devoted wife, Lois Sherer Elliott.
He is survived by his sons, James William Elliott Jr. and his wife, Carol, of Pleasant Grove, Thomas R. “Rick” Elliott and his wife, Holly, of Plano, Tex., Jeffrey W. Elliott and his wife, Robbie, of Huntsville; grandchildren, Sherra Elliott Wagner and her husband, Pete, of Plano, Tex., Chris Elliott and his wife, Karen, of McCalla, Brandon Elliott of Plano, Tex., Nathan Elliott of Plano, Tex., Patrick Elliott and his wife, Rose, of Montgomery, Ryan Elliott of Huntsville, Taylor Elliott of Huntsville and Leila Elliott of Huntsville; great-grandchildren, Anna Kate Elliott of McCalla, Ethan Elliott of Montgomery; and sister, Jetty Ziff of Jasper.
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