James Reeves Chilton, Jr., died on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at Cloverdale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Scottsboro, Alabama, after an extended illness. Visitation for Cloverdale staff will be at Scottsboro Funeral Home, 1502 County Park Road, on Wednesday, May 26, from 4 to 7 p.m.
An online memorial service will be held on Monday, June 7, at 10 a.m. Central Time, via Zoom. Information on attending by internet or any phone will be emailed to family and friends. Officiating will be the Reverend Joseph H. Reams, retired, Kingswood United Methodist Church, Mobile, Alabama.
James’s lifelong heroic courage and perseverance were an inspiration to all who loved him. Born with cerebral palsy, James faced many challenges with amazing spirit and strength of character. He never gave up.
James was born in 1952, the third of three children, to Bernice D. and James Reeves Chilton, Sr., in western Kentucky. James’s family and friends loved him for his concern for everyone he cared about. We also cherished James’s cheerfulness and his dry sense of humor.
He is survived by his sister Mary Jane Chilton Curry and husband Stephen Curry, Haywood County, North Carolina; and cousins Kathy Williams of Dallas, Texas; Anita P. and John Ranelli of Hoover, Alabama; and Bill and Connie Stewart of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Also surviving James is his beloved “second mother” and family friend Pat Muse of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Arrangements Entrusted to Scottsboro Funeral Home.
