James Handy Obit

James Handy
Jan. 19, 1983

James Handy
James Ernest Handy, 69, a resident of 206 Franklin for two years, died at 12:24 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 18, 1983) in Lakeview Medical Center emergency room. Death was attributed to natural causes. He had been ill since November of 1982.
A darkroom technician in the X-ray department at Lakeview Medical Center, he retired in 1978. He was a graduate of the Jacksonville, Ill., School For the Blind. He was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene.
He enjoyed listening to sports programs on the radio.
Born Oct. 4, 1913, in Hornersville, Mo., he was the son of Lyman Rice and Laura Bell Stevens Handy. He married Marjorie Lee Adams Jan. 6, 1956, in Danville. She survives.
Other survivors include two sons, John Lee and Randy Joe, both at home; a daughter, Sandra Dee Handy at home; a sister, Mrs. Leonard (Zelpha) Danelson of Scoby, Mont.; and three grandchildren, Angela Dawn Handy, Gerry Lee Handy and Elizabeth Handy, all at home.
Tentative arrangements call for services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Berhalter Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul White will officiate. Burial will  be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.