The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, March 4, 1995                TAG: 9503040382
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

J. SEMMIE JAMES

J. Semmie James, 86, of the 700 block of Semmie Drive, died Thursday in a Virginia Beach nursing home.

Mr. James was born in Bethel, N.C., and was the son of the late John Henry James and Elizabeth Bullock James. He was the widower of Louise Grimes James. Mr. James was the retired manager of the Pungo Bridge Beach Marina. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include one son, H. Steven James of Virginia Beach; two sisters, Hazel Rogerson of Speeds, N.C., and Annaliza Quigley of Rocky Mount, N.C.; one brother, Delbert James of Norfolk; one granddaughter, Lisa Gollihur and one grandson, Rusty James, both of Virginia Beach.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of Oman Funeral Home, Great Bridge, by the Rev. Joe Brewer. Interment will be at 3 p.m. in Robersonville Cemetery, Robersonville, N.C. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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