Funeral services for William James will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2014, at Triumph Church with the Rev. John H. Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Ashland Cemetery under the direction of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

Visitation will be Friday from 6 to 7 p. m. at the funeral home.

Mr. James died Monday, July 14, 2014. He was 55 and a member of Standfield New Life Christian Church.

He was preceded in death by his father, Paul Williams Jr.; mother, Alberta James; maternal grandparents, D. C. and Carrie James; and paternal grandparents Paul and Mammie Williams.

Survivors include his wife, Ellen Jean James of Vicksburg, four sons, Jerry Moore, Shelwin Tillman, ShaQuan James and  Kevon Smith, all of Vicksburg; four daughters, Melissa James, April Green, Shannon Tilman and She’Ambre James, all of Vicksburg; two brothers, James D. Smith and DeFrances W. Harvey, both of Vicksburg;  five sisters, Georgia Morrow,  Gloria Smith, Mamie C. Doyle and Alice Pearl Dampeer, all of Vicksburg, and Louise James Howard of Southfield, Mich.; grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends, including members of the Wells, Holmes, Harris, George, James Linzy, Coleman, Hall, Thomas, Strong, Doss, Green, Richard, Farrish, Smith and Jones families of Vicksburg.