JUDY TOMLINSON JAMES

Judy Tomlinson James, 75, widow of Willie L. James Jr., died on Saturday, July 6, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital.

Born Dec. 19, 1943, in the Shiloh community of Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Bartow Tomlinson and Etta Mahaza Mathis Tomlinson. She was a very active member of Lakewood Baptist Church. She was employed at Campbell Soup Co. for 22 years and later at Becton-Dickinson.

Survivors include two children, Julian R. Wingard (Nilca) of Parsippany, New Jersey, and Heather L. Ridgeway (Joe) of Sumter; four grandchildren, Juliana Wingard, Mariana Wingard, Gabrielle Ridgeway and Gage Ridgeway; and a sister, Janet Turner of Florence.

She was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Tim Hinson, the Rev. Sammy Thompson and the Rev. James Scarborough officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the home of her daughter.

Memorials may be made to South Carolina Oncology, 166 Stoneridge Drive, Columbia, SC 29210.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.