James Earl Glanton

Grubbs Family Mortuary sadly announces the passing of Mr. James Earl Glanton 74, of Abbeville Alabama. Services are entrusted to. #GrubbsFamilyMortuary. A Name You Can Trust And Stand On! When Only The Best Will Do. We ask that you please keep the Glanton family in your prayers as they travel through this difficult journey.After 74 years, God saw that our beloved father, brother, uncle, cousin and friend was tired, had gotten weak. God called and he answered him. He let go of this world and took God’s hand on March 10, 2021. James will be missed by all that knew him.
James was born in Clopton, AL (Henry County) on October 15, 1946 to the late T. B. and Idell Williams Glanton. He attended the Oakey Grove Promise Land Church until his health failed.
He was preceded in death by both parents, two sisters, Annie Glanton Staley and Emma N. Jackson and two brothers, Willie C. Glanton and Charlie R. Glanton.
He leaves to cherish his memories, one son, Dwight (Stephanie) Glanton,
Irvington, NJ; four daughters, Ruth Glover, Portsmouth, VA, Naomi Glover, East Orange, NJ, Pam Cole, Newark, NJ and Denicee
McPhearson, Elizabeth, NJ; one sister, Tomie Glanton Hughes,
Edwin, AL; two brothers, John L. Glanton, South Plainfield, NJ and Thomas (Della) Glanton, Clio, AL; one sister-in-law, Nannie M.
Glanton, Edwin, AL; six grandchildren, five great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Thanks to his loving cousin, Sharon Glanton and all his dedicated neighbors.
I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun; Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.
Order of Service
Processional ............................................................................ Soft Music
Selection ................................................................................... Appointee
Prayer ..................................................................... Pastor Harold Kincey
Old Testament ........................................................ Pastor Harold Kincey
New Testament ................................................. Minister Bonita Coleman
Selection............................................................ Minister Bonita Coleman
Reflections .......................................... Open to Public (3 minutes, please)
Selection.................................................... Zay Cobbs & Shadrick Kincey
Eulogy ......................................................... Minister Anthony Kingsley
Committal
If we could bring you back again, For one more hour or day, We’d express all our unspoken love; We’d have countless things to say. If we could bring you back again, We’d say we treasured you, And that your presence in our lives Meant more than we ever knew. If we could bring you back again, To tell you what we should, You’d know how much we miss you now, And if we could, we would. By Joanna Fuchs

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