JAMES PRYOR

Funeral for James Pryor, 82, of Tyler, was at 10 a.m. Friday at New Harmony Baptist Church with the Rev. Grady McDonald officiating. Graveside service was at 2:30 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery. He died July 16 and was born Nov. 25, 1924, in Rusk to the late James Wilburn and Jimmie Emma Whitehead Pryor. He served in the Navy during World War II and was a theater manager in Tyler, Rusk and Jacksonville and was a member of New Harmony Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Pryor of Tyler; daughters, Sally Mathis of Hallsville and Shelia Worthen of Tyler; stepsons, Clarence Sowell of Tyler and Ronnie Sowell of Frankston; 10 grand-children; eight great-grandchildren. Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Directors, Lindale was in charge.

July 25, 2007

Information from The Cherokeean Herald