Jeffery F James

January 16, 1957 - December 14, 2015

DON’T GRIEVE FOR ME, FOR NOW I’M FREE. I’M FOLLOWING THE PATH GOD LAID FOR ME. I TOOK HIS HAND WHEN I HEARD HIM CALL. I TURNED MY BACK AND LEFT IT ALL. I COULD NOT STAY ANOTHER DAY TO LAUGH, TO LOVE, TO WORK OR PLAY. I FOUND THAT PLACE AT THE CLOSE OF DAY. JEFFREY JAMES, FATHER OF JAMAL JAMES, CELENA JAMES, SADE JAMES, WAS BORN ON JANUARY 16, 1957 IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HE RECEIVED HIS EARLY EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LATER MOVED TO COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA . EARLY IN HIS CAREER HE WORKED AT RED CROSS IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE MOVING TO TAMPA, FLORIDA WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY UNTIL HIS SICKNESS AND DEPARTURE. ON DECEMBER 14, 2015, AFTER A DEVASTATING ILLNESS, GOD CALLED JEFFREY FROM HIS BED AT SUN CITY CENTER HOSPICE HOUSE IN RUSKIN, FLORIDA TO HIS HEAVENLY HOME. OUR GOD IS PERFECT IN ALL THINGS AND TOO JUST TO MAKE A MISTAKE. JEFFREY JAMES, SON OF AGNES WASHINGTON JAMES AND THE LATE GEORGE HENRY JAMES WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. JEFFREY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER… GEORGE H. JAMES, HIS SISTER, MARTHA FELDER SOWELL, BROTHER EDWARD JR. FELDER, NIECE, MONIQUE MARIE (NIKKI) LIVINGSTON . HE LEAVES TO CHERISH AND EMBRACE HIS MEMORY, HIS MOTHER MRS AGNES W. JAMES, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, HIS DEVOTED PARTNER, FELICIA HAWKINS OF TAMPA FLORIDA, HIS SON JAMAL JAMES (NYCCI) JACKSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA , DAUGHTERS CELENA JAMES, COLUMBIA , SOUTH CAROLINA, SADE JAMES, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, BROTHER, PEDRO FELDER (LAVERNE) BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, BROTHER DONALD FELDER (DENISE) SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. ALSO, FIVE LOVING GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES AND NEPHEWS, PLUS MANY ADORING COUSINS, AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR.