Dorothy Mae Brittingham James

Dorothy Mae Brittingham James, age 77, of Little Rock, died Saturday, June 16, 2012. She was born in Fisk, Missouri to the late George and Lois Sickles Brittingham. She married Curtis Ray James living in St. Louis later moving to Little Rock in 1972. She loved the outdoors where she camped and fished. She was also a great cook frequently cooking meals for the whole family. Dorothy is predeceased by her husband, Curtis Ray James; a son, Michael Larry James; two brothers, Ike and Bill Brittingham; one sister, Lucille Brittingham, and is survived by one son, Jimmy Ray James; two daughters, Debbie Lucille Henley and husband Bill, Vivian Lucinda Mudge and husband, Kevin; four brothers, Don, Jerry, Bo, and Jim Brittingham; eight grandchildren, Brian Madden, Kevin James, Leslie James, Kendall Beck, Madeline Mudge, Julia Hales, Jennifer Garrett, Brigette Burr and three great-grandchildren, Payton James and Byron and Bennett Hales. There will be a funeral service Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Ruebel Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Pastor Rodney Shanner. A graveside service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Ash Hill Cemetery near Fisk, Missouri. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.