Ms. Jean James Sullivan, 89, passed from this earth on August 29, 2024. She was born on January 5, 1935, to Leon and Ida Smith. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and known as “Nana” to everyone.

She is preceded in death by her husbands Robert Ellis James and Lynn Sullivan; parents; brothers Jimmy, June, Gerald, Pudd, and Sam Smith; daughter Sheila James O’Quinn; and granddaughter Crystal Lynn Gooch.  

Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters Teresa Moyer and Vicki Lynn Gooch; six grandchildren Christopher James (Skylar), Matt Gooch, Brittany Sills, Robert Gooch (Celia), Clint Gooch (Baleigh), and Adam Moyer; seven great grandchildren John Brayden James, Strider James, Christopher Madden James, Jackson James, Indiana James, Mila Gooch, and Lincoln Gooch. She will be dearly missed by all that loved her.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Zion Hill Baptist Church in Wesson, Ms.