Kevin Lee James, Dighton
1983 - 2007
DIGHTON
Former Emporia resident Kevin Lee James of Dighton died Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident in Lane County. He was 24.
Mr. James worked in Emporia for Affordable Room Group and Wallace Stitching Post. He also owned and operated an appliance repair business.
In May, he moved to Scott City and began a cattle starter and grower lot with his brother, the K and K Kattle Company.
The son of Alan E. and Marilyn L. Heath James, he was born Jan. 28, 1983, at Jetmore. He grew up in Lane County and graduated from Dighton High School in 2001 and from Garden City Community College, where he was on the Broncbuster football team for two years.
He moved to Emporia and graduated from Flint Hills Technical College in 2005 after receiving training in industrial maintenance.
He married Laramee Renea James on Nov. 25, 2006, at Garden City. She survives.
Mr. James also is survived by one daughter, Raelee Jade James of the home; his parents of Dighton; one brother, Kerry James of Dighton; and two sisters, René Roberts and Amy Felker, both of Dighton. His grandfathers, Francis Heath and Elden James, died earlier.
The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated today at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Dighton. Burial was in Dighton Memorial Cemetery.
Contributions to the Raelee James Education Fund can be sent to Boomhower Funeral Home, P.O. Box 891, Dighton, KS 67839. Messages to the family may be left at garnandfh@sbcglobal.net.