The Angelic Host came for Mr. James Luster Ransom on March 21, 2024, in the Freestone Medical Center Fairfield, Texas among loving family members and devoted friends.
Mr. Ransom was born on Thursday, December 7, 1933, in Freestone County, TX to Leester and Bettie High Ransom. He was the grandson of Will and Mattie Tatum High and Walter and Elizabeth Smith Ransom.
Mr. Ransom graduated Dogan High School – Class of 1953.
His employment history includes TV Repairman for Frederick Hill, Freestone County Country Club, but mostly he was self-employed as a TV repairman and antenna installer. He later became employed by the Texas Utilities Fuel Company and retired on September 1, 1987, after 11 years of loyal and faithful service.
Mr. Ransom was united with Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church, where he served faithfully. He loved the church and served in the position of Finance Treasurer at one time. He later became a Trustee and eventually an ordained Deacon.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Lillian Pearl Jesse and Eula Mae Hatcher, and the mother of his children, Mertha Scott Ransom.
Left to cherish his life and legacy are his three daughters: Bettie Joyce Bennett (Aubrey); Joan Patrice Barnes (Donald); Janice Marie Daniels (Larry); one son, James Marcus Ransom (Thelma); 12 grandchildren: Harold Eugene Bennett, Sr., Aubrey Gerrod Bennett (Kenetria), Carmesha Strawther, Justin Ryan Bennett (Erika), Courtnee Strawther, Chasitee Strawther, Terrance James Bennett (Tasha), Amanda McDonald (Ricky), Korey Marquis Ransom, Chelsea Latrice Strawther, Aliyah Markesha Bell (Walt), Jordan Lee Barnes; 23 great grandchildren: Harold, Jr., Kaylyn, Cameron, Jaylon, Vonte, Shamari, Keydren, Kahron, Kenyon, Aiden, Imani, Jeremiah, Autumn, Brooklynn, Lundyn, Aubree, Kyrie, Emery, Hendrix, Cailynn, Alijah, Maleah, Jaxson; 5 great-great grandchildren: Ivy, Maliyah, Paisley, Princeton, Nylah; goddaughter: Tracy Askey; three sisters-in law: Maye Carroll, Yvonne Gillespie, Debra Housley (Kenneth); three brothers-in-law: Reuben Scott (Gloria), Henry Wayne Scott (Margaret), Tony Scott; three step-sisters: Modine Betts, Willie Jean Crawford, Joyce Ann Stradford; two step-brothers: Randolph Stratford, Boyd C. Stratford.
Services were held on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church and were arranged by Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home of Teague, Texas
Mr. Ransom was interred at Fairfield Baptist Cemetery.
