Sympathy Saturday is where I share the obituaries and my condolences for members of my family tree who passed recently. When you get to be a certain age, you begin to read the obituaries every day. As the days go by, you read about more and more of your friends and family members who have died. You compare their age to your own and get a jolt. "That could have been me."
For genealogists, checking obituaries and visiting cemeteries is as normal as breathing. I learn so much from an obituary, i.e., maiden names, parents' names; children's' and grandchildren's' names, funeral and burial locations, sometimes even a cause of death. I want to learn these things not for any purpose but to put it on the family tree for future generations to see and learn about the family that went before them. I admit, most of these relatives I have never met, but I think it is important to share that they were here on this Earth, and they were important.
So I am signed up with at least three funerals homes from Swainsboro, Vidalia, and Wrightsville to get daily notices of obituaries sent to my email. Every day, I peruse them and with the help of the family tree, figure out who is related to me and add any new information to the tree. Some weeks there are several, and some weeks there are none. So when I share one, it might be from a week or two ago.
Official Obituary of
James Thomas Claxton
April 30, 1936 ~ April 12, 2025 (age 88) Mr. James Thomas Claxton, age 88, of Tarrytown, died peacefully April 12, 2025, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia
surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 30, 1936, to Dock and Annie Brantley Claxton in Uvalda, Georgia. He was a
charter member of Cornerstone Baptist Church where he had served as a deacon. He graduated from Toombs Central High School
in 1954. He was a proud Army veteran and a master machinist. He was co-owner of Sikes Machine Shop in Metter for many years
and was known for his expertise in the field. James loved Jesus and lived a life that exemplified his faith. He was a devoted husband
and father and especially enjoyed his role as “Pa Pa” to his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He played guitar and enjoyed
playing and singing gospel music. He passed on his love and knowledge of the guitar to his sons and grandsons. He is preceded in
death by a son, Joel Claxton; a grandson, Wil Ramsey; two brothers, Horace Claxton and Edwin Claxton; and a sister Sandra Clark.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Kay Memory Claxton; two sons, Greg Claxton and wife Karen, and Marty Morris and wife Mary; one daughter, Ginger McRae and husband Philip; five grandsons, Les Ramsey, Kevin Morris, Charlie Morris, Corey Claxton, and Troy Claxton; one granddaughter, Hannah Autry; ten great grandchildren; sisters Hortense Barnes, Velma Bryan, and Dorothy Day; brother-in-law JH Memory, and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be Wednesday afternoon, April 16, 2025, at 3:00 in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Pastor Gaynor Ridgdill and nephew, Johnny Bryan officiating. Burial will follow in the Williamson Family Cemetery in Montgomery County.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday afternoon from 1:00 until just prior to the service.
Pallbearers will be Les Ramsey, Kevin Morris, Charlie Morris, Corey Claxton, Troy Claxton, Cade Ramsey, Wynn Ramsey, and Ashley Lewis
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Cornerstone Baptist Church, 3429 GA Hwy 29, Vidalia, GA 30474.
The family would like to thank the staff of Meadows Hospital and Community Hospice for their loving care of James.
Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home of Vidalia is in charge of arrangements. - Obituary courtesy of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home.
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Zachariah William Claxton and Lincelia 'Lincely' Bush Claxton.
Please join me in offering condolences to James's family and holding them in the light.
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