Funeral services for James Cranmer will be held at the Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, on Friday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. A scheduled family visitation will be at the funeral home Nov. 6 from 6-8 p.m. Friends may call from 12 noon until 8 p.m. Burial will be held at Laclede Cemetery, Laclede. Memorial contributions may be made to Liberty Hospital TreeHouse Fund and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, Missouri 64601.
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James Leroy Cranmer, 78, Chillicothe, died Nov. 4, 2014, at Hedrick Medical Center, Chillicothe.
James was born the son of Ralph Leroy and Stacy Mae (Gash) Cranmer on Nov. 3, 1936, in Chillicothe. He served in the Army from 1957 until 1959, at which time he earned the Sharpshooter and Good Conduct Medals.
James was united in marriage to Jacqueline L. Ross on March 22, 1953. She preceded him in death on July 12, 1973. He was then united in marriage to Ellen “Ann” Paxman on Dec. 29, 1987, in Chillicothe. She survives of the home.
James worked and retired as a truck driver for Consolidated Freightways for many years.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Sonny and Robert Cranmer; and his first wife, Jacqueline Louise Cranmer.
Other survivors include one son, James Leroy “Bo” Cranmer, Jr., of Gallatin; two daughters, Beverly Jean Webb of Gallatin, and Cathi Louise Cranmer of Chillicothe; one stepson, Doug Turner of Riverside, Calif.; four stepdaughters, Emily Massey of Whitewater, Colo., Tina Lindsay of Wichita, Kan., Doreen Paxman of Grand Junction, Colo., and Annette Lloyd of Grand Junction, Colo.; one brother, Kenneth Cranmer of Pattonsburg; two sisters, Patty Ford of Loveland, Colo., and Carolyn Fields of Chillicothe; nine grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; 13 step grandchildren; three step great grandchildren.
Online condolences may be made at www.lindleyfuneralhome.com.