James Cary

James William Cary, 80, of Martin died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at Tennova Healthcare Volunteer Hospital.
Funeral services were to be 1 p.m. today at Martin Church of Christ, with Lonnie Grady, Eddie Hutchens, Danny Cash and Ron Ayers speaking. Burial was to follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was to be from 10 a.m. until time of services at the church today.
The family requests memorials be made to the Pat Head Summitt Foundation.
Pallbearers were to be Richard Kelly, Johnny Vincent, Charles Latta, Bob Pritchett, Wayne Barber and Rex Pate. Honorary pallbearers were to be Larry Kelly, Jimmy Kelly, Rick Hepler, Phillip Vallee, Lynn Kelly, Raphael Walker and Jamie Kemp.
He was a member of Martin Church of Christ. He was an X-ray technician and a retired insurance agent with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. He was also the former owner of Cary Insurance Services. He was a graduate of Northside High School in Jackson.
He is survived by his wife, Davie Kay Whitfield Cary of Martin; his two sons, Alan (Kim) Cary of Martin and John (Amy) Cary of Columbia; five grandchildren, Anderson David Cary, Addison Grace Cary, Jackson William Cary, Hunter Doyle Cary and Carson Woods Cary; and two brothers, Homer Alton Cary of McDonough, Ga., and Lloyd Cary of San Clemente, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Rayburn and Magnolia Cary.
Published 2.19.18