James Orville Foxx, age 79, of Clovis, California entered the gates of heaven on Saturday, August 15, 2020. James was born April 3, 1941 in Sayre, Pennsylvania to Vina Belle Beeman and Edward Albert Foxx.
James accepted Christ as his Savior when he was in high school and served the Lord faithfully throughout his life. He served at Valley Christian Center and later attended Peoples Church. He always put Christ as the head of his family and prayed that God would use him in his career to show Christ’s love with the kids that came into his program.
In 1965, James married his wife, Julia, and started his choral directing career in Stuggart, Arkansas. After several years in Stuggart, James and his family moved to El Dorado, Arkansas where he was the choral director at El Dorado High School for almost 20 years. He also directed the choir and handbells at Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church. James always said that he would end up in California, and that’s exactly where he went in 1986. During the last 18 years of his career he directed many choirs at Clovis High School, Clovis Adult School, acted as a guest director at numerous other educational sites, and directed handbells. He is known for his superior ratings and honors as a choral director. He was also the President of the ACDA Southwestern and Western Divisions. Mr. Foxx touched thousands of lives through the church and in his career. To know James was to love him, and know he loved you.
James is survived by his beautiful spouse, Julia Elaine Foxx, daughter Elizabeth Adams, daughter Debbie Sanchez (Lewis), daughter Melanie Hemaidan (Omar), son David Foxx (Bethany) and brother Rodney Foxx (Barbara). He is also survived by 9 grandchildren (Max Jr, Betty, Chris, Kamryn, Dylan, Jayden, Mason, Tyler, and Luke) and 7 great grandchildren.
A private family graveside services will be held at Clovis Cemetery District, 305 N. Villa Ave, Clovis, California 93612.
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