Stephen "Steve" James
June 12, 1935 - March 31, 2020

Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home 943 Highway 425 North Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Private Family Graveside Service Oakland Cemetery 800 N. Hyatt Monticello ,  AR 71655 4/1/2020 at 2:00 p.m. Map & Directions   Oakland Cemetery 800 North Hyatt St. Monticello, AR 71655 Map & Directions Immanuel Baptist Church Food Pantry PO Box 1281 Monticello, AR 71657   American Cancer Society 2222 Cottondale Ln. Little Rock, AR 72202

Stephen “Steve” James, age 84, of Monticello, passed away Tuesday, March, 31, 2020 at Drew Memorial Hospital in Monticello, AR. He was born June 12, 1935, in Silsbee, Texas to the late Carl and Anna Lou James. He was retired from Potlatch-Clearwater Paper where he worked as a pulp mill superintendent. He was a devoted member of Immanuel Baptist Church.

Steve was a story teller. He loved with all of his heart. He had a personality bigger than life, and was a natural born leader. Most important of all he was a loving, devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother. He is proceeded in death by his wife of 62 years, Dora “Penny” James, his parents, and one brother, Paul James.

Survivors include his two daughters, Tammy Sullivan and husband Steve and Rhonda Findley all of Monticello; four sisters, Diane Creekmore, Bonnie Cone, Portland Griffith, and Debra Rollins, all of Texas, one brother, Joe James, seven grandchildren, Jason Barnes and wife Paige, Jeremy Montgomery and wife Katie, Michael Findley, Toni McFerrin and husband Collin, Stephen Findley, Jenni Taylor and husband Aaron, and Ashley Taylor and husband Jesse; eleven great-grandchildren, Alora, Brook, Jalyn, Avery, Kade, Jake, Jon Allen, Morgan, Liam, Chason, and Jon Collin an expected one due in July, Jackson Danger.

A private graveside service will be Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in Oakland Cemetery in Monticello. Online guestbook www.stephensondearman.com.

Memorials may be made to: Immanuel Baptist Church Food Pantry, P O Box 1281, Monticello, AR 71655 or American Cancer Society, 2222 Cottondale Ln, Little Rock, AR 72202. Please sign the online guestbook at www.stephensondearman.com.