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James B. Pace, 83, of Houston, TX, formerly of McGehee, passed away Friday, July 6, 2012 at Houston Hospice in Houston, TX. He was born September 14, 1928 in Desha County.
He retired in 1968 as a Tech Sgt. with the U. S. Air Force, serving 20 years, during WW II, Korea and Vietnam. He worked with the Boy Scouts of America and for the State of Arkansas, working as an investigator for the Employment Security Division, retiring again after 13 years. He was a Baptist and the son of the late Lohaden B. Pace and Beatrice Averett Pace Minchew and was preceded in death by one son, James Michael Pace.
Survivors include his wife, Erma J. Piper Pace of Houston, TX; one son, Mark A. Pace of Dallas, TX; two daughters, Deborah Pace Trimue of Houston, TX and Teresa Pace Hicks and husband, John of Houston, TX; one half brother, Ricky Minchew and wife, Margie of Bigelow, AR; one sister, Imogene Allen and husband, Billy of Houston, TX; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He retired in 1968 as a Tech Sgt. with the U. S. Air Force, serving 20 years, during WW II, Korea and Vietnam. He worked with the Boy Scouts of America and for the State of Arkansas, working as an investigator for the Employment Security Division, retiring again after 13 years. He was a Baptist and the son of the late Lohaden B. Pace and Beatrice Averett Pace Minchew and was preceded in death by one son, James Michael Pace.
Survivors include his wife, Erma J. Piper Pace of Houston, TX; one son, Mark A. Pace of Dallas, TX; two daughters, Deborah Pace Trimue of Houston, TX and Teresa Pace Hicks and husband, John of Houston, TX; one half brother, Ricky Minchew and wife, Margie of Bigelow, AR; one sister, Imogene Allen and husband, Billy of Houston, TX; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.