He was born in Hornsby, Tennessee on October 5, 1947. Jim graduated from Central High School in St Louis, Missouri. He was married to Barbara on May 29, 1971. Jim worked at PISD As aMaintenance Supervisor of the Electronic Department. Jim was an avid Gun collector. He made knives for friends and family, and his passion was Music, especially the Blues. He is survived by his wife Barbara and their son Bill, Bill’s wife Carolyn and their 3 Children Allie, Bailey and Colin, his sister Shirley Oleski and her husband Joe, Jim also has numerous Nieces, Nephews and Cousins. Funeral arrangements will be held at 10:00 am Saturday October 14, 2017Grandview Funeral Home located at 8501 Spencer Highway Pasadena, TX 77505.
Jim loved guns and he went hunting a lot throughout his life. He also made knives and built Computers. He loved music and reading. Jim was known to be a teller of tales, some of our fondest memories are of him in the midst of family gatherings telling stories about his family and his life and the lives of people he met along the way. Jim had a way of telling a story that could make you cry one minute and bust a gut laughing the next. Jim was generous to a fault. He always preferred to give gifts than to receive them, but when someone gave him something he always cherished it. He loved to spoil, aggravate, tease and pick at his nieces and nephews. Jim loved and cherished his family.
When Jim and Barb got married and had Bill, their lives changed forever. Barb had asked him once why he didn’t want to have more children and he said “ I could never love another as much as I love Bill and I will not do that to a child.” When their first Grandchildren were born, twins Allie and Bailey, he loved them with all of his heart and they loved him just as much too. As soon as the girls were able to walk, he used to take them into fields looking for “leprechaun money”. He’d throw money out in the grass for them to find and the girls always loved those walks.
Not long after Colin was born, Jim’s health began to decline, but he always seemed to muster the strength to hold his special grandson. He picked at Colin and Colin loved it. Jim so wanted to share his love of guns and knives with his grandchildren that he gave Colin his first gun before he could even walk, and gifted the girls their very own custom bench rifles. Jim often gave gifts to symbolize his love.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Jimmie McMahan, brothers Billy, Jackie, Bobby, sisters Nannie Sue, Grace, and Johnnie, nephews David and Robert King. He is survived by his wife Barbara, son and daughter-in-law Bill and Carolyn, grandchildren Allie, Bailey and Colin, his sister Shirley Oleski and her husband Joe. Jim also has numerous Nieces, Nephews and Cousins.
Funeral arrangements will be held at 10:00 am Saturday October 14, 2017Grandview Funeral Home located at 8501 Spencer Highway Pasadena, TX 77505.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Officer Down Memorial Fund.
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