William Warren Mock

Funeral for William Warren "Jim" Mock, 88, of Decatur will be Friday, February 24, 2012, at 7 p.m. at Roselawn Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Tony Willis officiating. Graveside service will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mr. Mock, who died Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Huntsville Hospital, was born January 18, 1924, in Dover, Ga., to Willie Samuel Mock and Mary Anna Doyle Mock. Jim served as a radio mechanic in the Army Air Force during World War II, where among his other duties, he played "whatever instrument they needed him to" in the Air Force Band. He received the American Theatre Ribbon World War II Victory Medal. After the war, he opened Radio and TV Supply Co. on Bank Street in Decatur which later became Mock Distributing Co. He also owned Radio and TV Supply in Sheffield and Mock Electronics, Inc. in Huntsville, which is still operating as the oldest electronics store in North Alabama.

He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de Camp in the Alabama State Militia in 1966.

He had a lifelong love of flying and taught flight school for several years. He had his instrument license, airline pilot's license, and qualified as a jet pilot in his seventies. He loved boating, traveling, playing the piano, and repairing anything that was broken. He never lost his temper and had the patience and knowledge to fix anything from clocks to airplane engines. He will be greatly missed by his wife, family and friends. Jim was a member of Calvary Assembly. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Jeff Mock and Carroll Mock and his first wife, Vivian Timberlake Mock.

He is survived by his wife of 11 years, Gemma Mock; two daughters, Gloria (Bill) Oliver and Barbara (Tommy) Compton; one brother, Bobby Mock; two sisters, Doris Hendricks and Bernice Yarbrough; and six grandchildren, Bo (Christy) Oliver, Dee (Brad) Meyer, Meg (Josh) Hamilton, Kelly Compton, Andy Compton and Jessica (Jeff) Keith.

Pallbearers will be Gwen Hardin, Andy Compton, Bill Oliver, Bo Oliver, Josh Hamilton and Brad Meyer.

Honorary pallbearers will be Norman Epstein, Lee Webster, Bobby Mock, Marcus Johnson, Sammy Pruett, Thomas Perry, Carl Matson and Tommy Compton.