MARGARET LYNN JAMES

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, July 2, Cantlon Otterness Funeral Home of Buffalo. Burial in Mission Ridge Cemetery.

Bro. Donnie Jennings will officiate. Memorials may be made to Margaret James Memorial Fund and left at OakStar Bank. Online condolences can be made at cantlonotterness.com.

Escorts are Toby James, Jason Jones, Clint James, Larry James, Ronnie Jones, Donnie Jones, Ransom Jones and T.J. Jones.

Margaret James, 54, was born April 7, 1963, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Ike and Betty Jones. She died June 29, 2017, at her home in Urbana, surrounded by her family.

She moved to Urbana in second grade and later graduated from Skyline High School. She went on to college and taught in Buffalo before going to work at the Coffee Cup in Urbana for her mother.

She worked most recently at the McCarty Senior Center in Wheatland.

She met Larry James at the Eagles Club, and they were united in marriage on Feb. 14, 1994, combining their families for a total of five children.  

She enjoyed bowling, making blankets for the grandchildren as they were born, baking for the family as Christmas presents and watching her race car at the races.

Margaret was preceded in death by her father; one son, Lindsey James; and two sisters: Kim and Diane Jones.

Survivors include her husband, Larry James; her mother, Betty Jones; three sons: Jason, Clinton and Toby; one daughter, Angie; eight siblings: Ransom, T.J., Donnie, Ronnie, Charlotte, Jennifer, Brandy and Doug; 12 grandchildren: Rhianna, Hope, Ryan, Elijah, Matthew, Breanna, Sara, Riley, Micah, Piper, Talia and Clinton; and two great-grandchildren: Julian and Gabriel. She will be greatly missed by a large and loving family.