Jim Temple


We are sad to report that Jim Temple, the originator and webmaster of the NLAS website, passed away recently following an
illness.  If you attended a National Lum and Abner Society Convention from 1990 to 2005, chances are you met Jim, a
pleasant gentleman who always had a ready smile and laugh.  Perhaps you met his wife Suzette or their children or
granddaughter.  Jim was one of our most enthusiastic members, and always pitched in to help in the hectic set-up process
at the meeting room in Mena, Arkansas, and never failed to be there when it was time to take everything down.  He even
volunteered to store various large items for us at his home, dutifully loading it up and transporting whatever it was back to
Mena year after year.   Below is the official obituary for Jim.  Please keep his family in your prayers and thoughts as they deal
with this loss.

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  Funeral services for Jim L. Temple, 60, of Redland, will be held Sunday, February 14, 2010, at 2 p.m.in the Redtown
Missionary Baptist Church in Pollok with Brother Ross Black and Donald Tullos officiating. Interment will follow at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday in the Ace Community Cemetery in southern Polk County. Mr. Temple was born May 28, 1949, in Lufkin, Texas, and he
died Friday, February 12, 2010 in a Lufkin hospital under the care of Hospice in the Pines. Mr. Temple was employed as a
computer technician for Internet Unlimited, and had lived in Redland all his life. He was an avid University of Texas fan. He
was a member of National Lum and Abner Society. Mr. Temple was a member of the Milam Masonic Lodge #2, A.F. & A.M., and
a member of the Redtown Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Donna Suzette Temple of Redland; father
and mother, John L. and Helen Temple of Redland; children and their spouses, Elaine Williams and Jason Sowell of
Galveston, Lewis and Chrissy Temple of Redland, Lindsay and Peter Burks of Corrigan, and Kenna Johnson of Redland;
grandchildren, Kathryn Williams of Galveston, Katlan Sowell of Center, Ember Burks of Corrigan, Daniel Johnson of Redland,
AvaLynne Burks of Corrigan, and Peter K. Burks of Corrigan; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ann and Daniel Grdinich of
Conroe; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family. Mr. Temple was preceded in death by one
sister. Pallbearers will be Donald Tullos, Dennis Sutton, Peter Burks, Jason Sowell, Michael Lester and Terry Thornhill, Jr. In
lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Jim Temple Memorial Fund in care of Huntington State Bank. The family will
welcome friends and loved ones from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday evening at the funeral home. Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin,
directors.
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Tim Hollis, Sam Brown, Kay Linaker (Kate
Phillips), Jim Temple and Donnie
Pitchford during the 2005 NLAS
Convention.  Jim was presented a
plaque commemorating his 15 years of
attendance as well as his decade as the
NLAS webmaster.
As ready with a smile as he was a
helping hand, Jim assists in the
behind-the-scenes work of the
NLAS.  In this 2005 photo, he is
removing part of a huge Lum and
Abner movie poster from the
meeting room wall.