James C. DeLaughter
February 24, 1938 - May 17, 2004

James DeLaughter COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa #45;- James C. DeLaughter, 66, Columbus Junction, died Monday, May 17, 2004, at his home. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction. A memorial has been established at the funeral home. Mr. DeLaughter was born Feb. 24, 1938, in Texarkana, Texas, the son of Vivian Clifford and Desdemona Aiken DeLaughter. He married Evelyn Mae Williams June 17, 1984, in Kennewick, Wash. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and later in the Navy Reserve. He had worked as a maintenance mechanic at Tyson Foods in Columbus Junction. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing and attending auctions and flea markets. Survivors his wife; a son, Ranald Clay Jones of Priest River, Idaho; a daughter, Rhonda Cynthia Thaut of Washington; two grandsons, Michael Allen Jones and Randy Clayton Jones, both of Columbus Junction; four brothers, Keith DeLaughter and wife, Leitha, of Texas, David DeLaughter and wife, Janet, of Arkansas, Stanley DeLaughter of Texas, William DeLaughter and wife, Ann, of Pennsylvania; a sister, Vivian DeSoto of Texas; and special grandchildren, Dilan and Justin Collier, Michaela Meyer, Jamie Sue Turner, Bethany and Jeremy Utteridge and Brandi McFadden. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Samuel.

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