Ethel Ree

James

Mrs. Ethel Ree Burrell James, age 82, a native and resident of the Choctaw Bluff Community of Jackson, AL, was born April 3, 1934 to the parentage of the late Doc Burrell and the late Annie Mae Rocker Burrell. She departed this life December 4, 2016 at Grove Hill Medical Center, Grove Hill, AL.

Mrs. James, a homemaker, was a member of New Canaan Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Pastor's Aide Board. She was a gardener of both vegetables and flowers.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Lee James; two daughters, Eddie Ruth Robinson and Dorothy Mae Perine; and two sisters and two brothers.

She will forever be cherished in the hearts of her devoted family; six daughters, Minnie (Noland) Perine, Annie James, and Katie (Wesley) James, all of Jackson, AL; Dorothy James of Detroit, MI; Dorothea (John) Darrington of Austin, TX, and Linda (Frederick) VanDiver of Montgomery, AL; 16 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, 17 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Nettie Mae James of Jackson, AL, and Louisiana Burrell of Mobile, AL; a host of other relatives and friends.

The family requests that the only viewing will be Friday, December 9, 2016, 1-8pm at Andrews Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday, December 10, 2016, 11am at New Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Choctaw Bluff Community of Jackson, AL; Rev. Hurley James, pastor and eulogist. Following burial in the church cemetery, the family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church.

Services with sympathetic care and legendary professionalism entrusted to Andrews Funeral Home, 800 Depot Road, Jackson, AL. Condolences to the family at www.andrewsfuneralhomejackson. com and on Andrews Funeral Home Facebook page.