ROBERT ANDRE JAMES, OF AVON PARK PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 8, 2021. HE WAS 62 YEARS OLD. ROBERT WAS BORN ON APRIL 2, 1958 IN WASHINGTON, DC. MR. JAMES WAS ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN BORN TO THE PARENTS, JESSE AND CARRIELEE JAMES.
ROBERT WAS EDUCATED IN THE DC PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, IN WASHINGTON, DC. AFTER GRADUATION, HE ATTENDED PHELPS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. HIS TRADE WAS BRICKLAYING. HE RETIRED WITH 35 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM CVS DRUG STORE, AS A STORE CLERK.
HIS FAMILY REMARKED ON HIS LOVE FOR CHILDREN. ALTHOUGH, HE NEVER HAD CHILDREN OF HIS OWN, HE WOULD OFTENTIMES, WITH THE PARENTS PERMISSION, GIVE MODEL TOY CARS TO THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY. ROBERT ALSO HAD A LOVE FOR EATING EXOTIC FOODS.
ROBERT WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, JESSE AND CARRIELEE JAMES; AND, HIS SIBLINGS, RUBY JEAN WILLIAMS, DAVID RUSSELL JAMES. JESSE JAMES II, AND LORETTA BATES.
ROBERT IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTERS, THELMA T. ALLEN AND ALICE C. WILLIAMS; AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, LOUIS BATES; AND A HOST OF SORROWING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
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