Obituaries

James Lee Hansen

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JAMES LEE HANSEN, 87 of Little Rock, Arkansas passed away May 5, 2018 at the VA hospital in Little Rock. He was born September 4, 1930 in Slaton Texas, the son of the late John and Edith Hill Hansen. He graduated high school in Slaton as Salutatorian before attending Texas Tech University. He was on the school Rifle Team and in the ROTC. He graduated with an Accounting degree and joined the Army as a 2nd Lieutenant then deployed to the Korean War as a platoon leader. He was gravely wounded in the "Battle of Triangle Hill". After his deployment he returned to Texas Tech to earn his Masters degree in accounting and joined the Army Reserves where he rose to the rank of Captain and became and served as an Army Auditor for the next 14 years. Jim met the love of his life Elizabeth (Betty) Cooke. They married in November 1957 and had their only child, Elizabeth (Lisa) in 1958. He began his accounting life outside of the Army as the Controller of Walter Trulock & Co., stock brokerage firm in Pine Bluff, Arkansas which merged with Dabbs Sullivan and Trulock Inc. in Little Rock. Jim purchased Minute Man of America from Wes Hall in 1981 and ran the Minute Man location at 4th and Broadway in Little Rock until it closed in 2002. Jim served over 40 years with the Little Rock Founders Lion Club which raises funds for the World Services for the Blind. Jim and Betty also spent more than 40 years involved with the Little Rock Duplicate Bridge Club and both became Life Masters. Jim was also Controller of the family owned Cooke Farms, Inc. of Desha County, Arkansas. He was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth (Betty) Cooke Hansen and his brother Joe Hansen of Lubbock, Texas. He is survived by his daughter Lisa Hansen House (John) of Little Rock, his grandchildren James Mark Springer, Sarah House, and John House Jr., and his great grandson Ethan House, his brothers John Hansen of Lubbock, Texas, Roy Hansen of Springfield, Missouri, and sister Jeanette Lester of Slaton, Texas. A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday May 24th, 2pm, at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church. Arrangements by Griffin Funeral Home, Dumas, Arkansas with online guest book at www.griffinfh.com.

Published May 20, 2018

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