James Norman Thames Sr., 76, born Feb. 18, 1933 in Mobile, a resident of Spanish Fort, 76, died Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009.
He was a prominent Baldwin County Real Estate appraiser, a SRA member of the Appraisal Institute and the Alabama Board of Real Estate Appraisers. An avid hunter and fisherman, he loved the woodlands and waters of the Gulf Coast.
Survivors include his loving and devoted wife of 32 years, Boots Thames; three sons, James Norman (Judy) Thames Jr., Michael (Misty) Robinson, and Windell (Jolynn) Robinson; two daughters, Allison Thames Dubose and Susan Thames Pond; 11 grandchildren, Elanor (Brandon) Swan, Christie (Matthew) Ledbetter, Caroline (Jacob) Hartley, Clara Dubose, Amy Dubose, Jason (Tasha) Kloter, David (Michelle) Kloter, Anna Robinson, Owen Robinson, Mia Robinson, Julian Dunnam; six great-grandchildren, Olivia Hartley, Drew Kloter, Zoe Kloter, Jason Kloter, Landon Kloter, Klhoe Kloter; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Daphne. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
The family requests memorial donations be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or The Cornea Transplant Center.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Daphne.
