William James
WILLIAM LLOYD JAMES - The funeral of the late William Lloyd James was held from the Morrow Funeral Home, Perth, on Friday, March 14th, to St. George's Anglican Church, Clayton, where service was conducted by Rev. J. Boyles and assisted by Rev. H. Horsey. Interment was made at St. George's Cemetery. Mr. James, who resided at R.R. 7, Perth, passed away in the Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, on March 12th, 1969, after a brief illness. He was 79 years of age. Born at Union Hall on February 13th, 1890, he was a son of the late Thomas James and Elizabeth Woods. Mr. James had farmed most of his life on the original James' settlement homestead until 1965. He was married at Trinity Anglican Church, Ottawa, on February l8th, 1925, to Irene Edith Chambers, who survives 'along with two sons, Ronald and Carl of R.R. 7, Perth, and daughter Wilma (Mrs. Keith Cassidy, of Toronto and grandchildren, Kevin, Sharon and Blake Cassidy and Brett James. He is also survived by one sister, Pearl (Mrs. Wm. Munro), Almonte and predeceased by one brother, Herbert, and sisters Maud (Mrs. Hugh Munro) and Eva (Mrs. John Jackson). Mr. James was a faithful member of St. George's Anglican Church, Clayton, and latterly St John's Anglican Church, Balderson. He was a member of the Holstein Friesian Association of Canada for 46 years. Pallbearers at the funeral we Archie Ferguson and Dave Foster, Perth, Harold James, Alfred James, Frank James, Union Hall, and Edwin Halpenny, Almonte.