- ATHENS --Services for James "Jim" Horace Stafford, 67, Athens, are scheduled for 5 p.m. Thursday in Athens First Baptist Church with the Revs. James Bond and Herbert Usry officiating.
Burial will be in Stafford-Tucker Cemetery in Anderson County under direction of Foster & Brown Funeral Home of Athens.
Mr. Stafford died Tuesday in a Dallas hospital, following a long illness.
He was born Jan. 25, 1921, in Anderson County. He was a graduate of Athens High School, attended Sam Houston State University in Huntsville where he received bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture. He was a veteran of World War II, serving as a member of 452 bomb group. He is a former agriculture school teacher.
Mr. Stafford was involved in agriculture commodity trading and cattle ranching. He was the owner of Rockbrook Ranch, located 18 miles south of Athens in Anderson County.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mamie Stafford, Athens; one daughter, Sondra Jones, Cedar Hill; daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Jim Hair, Richardson; one brother, Charles Stafford. Athens; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Carl Conrad, Dwayne Conrad, Tim Conrad, James Grisham, Kelly Grisham and Ed Pope.
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