James L. Bartlett

James L. Bartlett, 68, of Bolivar, died Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at

Bolivar General Hospital.



The husband of Betty Rose Jackson Bartlett, who survives, he

owned Middleton Sale Co., a livestock dealer and was a former

Vice-Principal of Chalybeate High School in Mississippi. Mr.

Bartlett was born April 29, 1936 in Pocahontas, son of the late

Oscar and Mertie Voyles Bartlett, grew up in Tippah County and

has lived here since his marriage. He was a former Little League

coach, an All-Star basketball player and was a member of Hebron

Baptist Church in Middleton.



Services were 3 PM Thursday, March 3, 2005 at Shackelford's

chapel in Bolivar with Jack Carver and Bertie Moore officiating.

Burial was in Hebron Cemetery.



In addition to his wife, whom he married December 8, 1957,

survivors include one daughter, Jamie Bartlett Watkins and her

husband, Jimmy of Bolivar; one son and his wife, Wendell and

Carla Bartlett of Bolivar; two sisters, Hazel Montgomery of

Walnut, Miss. and Lila Furtick of Ripley, Miss.; four

grandchildren, Jeremy and Jenna Watkins, Stephen and Blake

Bartlett and one great grandchild, Gavin Watkins. He was

preceded in death by two brothers, G. C. and William Ray Bartlett

and two sisters, Hermie Nails and Lela Hudson.