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James Marvin Jennings
1948 - 2020
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Belinda (Balloons) posted a condolence
Thursday, August 5, 2021
I’m so sorry to hear this. Y’all have been on my mind for a few days , so I started researching how to contact y’all.
Reading the other memories brought back fond memories for me. Jim was funny and very witty. So many pleasant memories. Camping, skiing, beach, windsurfing ( trying to anyway). Take care..♥️
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Debbie L Jennings Posted Aug 18, 2021 at 9:16 AM
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Monica Wellner uploaded photo(s)
Friday, January 29, 2021
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I met Jim at the 2019 Haircuts 4 Kids/Focus on Kids Golf Tournament. What a fun, kind, generous man! I am sorry for your loss!
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Roger Johnson posted a condolence
Monday, January 25, 2021
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I knew Jim and Debby in the early 70s and fondly remember going to Leavenworth in his red Toyota Land Rover to camp and rock climb. He was a fun companion and good friend. Good memories.
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Elisabeth Young posted a symbolic gesture
Thursday, January 21, 2021
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As we navigate this world we are granted the privilege of meeting many people. Some interactions are brief and provide a smile as we remember but others like Jim leave a permanent imprint on your soul. I am forever changed for having known this wonderful human spirit. May each of you be fortunate enough to experience these kindnesses. My day often started with a drive by greeting as I walked my dog and he headed to work at the golf course. Never did he miss a chance to say a few words to me and always asking where my puppy was before he departed. His comments about my hair cut or color was an immense 'plus' because he was such a professional in that arena and I knew his comment was sincere...even if he was not a fan of a change. I went through a significant surgery years ago that left me with ambulation via a walker and then a cane. Jim would take my trash bins out to the street often without my knowledge and if he saw me, would ask if I needed anything and ask how I was doing. I am humbled by his kindness, his heart and genuine caring. As a single adult, I saw the love Jim had for Debbie displayed daily. His world revolved around her and it was obvious even on his last day that this did not waiver. We should all be that fortunate. I miss him but I know in my heart that his spirit continues. Good bye sweet man.
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Tinsley lit a candle
Monday, January 18, 2021
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Debbie L Jennings uploaded photo(s)
Sunday, January 17, 2021
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my mind still talks to you.
my heart still looks for you.
my soul knows you are at peace.
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Paul "Pablo" McKendry posted a condolence
Thursday, January 14, 2021
I just went back and tried to pull a photo of Jim he posted on Facebook a few years ago that I thought was really a great shot of him sitting outside a small coffee shop in Paris. I found it but couldn't post it here. Nice memory of him looking robust and full of life.
Like Mark "Rosie" Daspit, I can't recall the exact moment we met, but assume it was in our mid-teens in Lakewood where we both grew up. It may have been connected to Jim's and my life long friend Leslie Foss in some way.
Thanks to her, we started a long friendship that included his wonderful mom, Edna and dad, Harry. They were awesome people that imparted that bubbly, happy demeanor Jim always seemed to have. I played golf a couple times with Edna out at Fort Lewis and can't think of a better golf companion. What a sweet heart she was!
With Jim and Deb living in Seattle over the years we didn't get to see each other quite as much until they moved back to their great home in University Place. What a beautiful spot. He and Deb kept it in "park like" condition all the time.
I moved to Bend, Oregon 20 years ago when I married my sweet, long time love and pal Carla Will. With our family connection's in Tacoma we have travelled up a lot over the years. I made sure I visited Jim on almost every trip since he moved back to Tacoma.
We had a lot of fun together over the years. One night, in our early 20's, while sipping suds at the Schooner Tavern in Lakewood, we decided to go to Baja, Mexico. Quite the adventure in my '74 VW van. We left that night with a couple hundred bucks between us! But, my best memories are of him and Deb from the last couple of years. I got to play the Fort Lewis course with him a little over a year ago in the rain and loved every minute of it. We sat together under their gazebo at his home and had long talks together over the summer. Like Billy in his memory post here, I was always amazed at Jim's dignity and upbeat attitude under circumstances that most of us would not have dealt with as well. So, thanks Jim for being there to show us all how it's done as life nears it's close. Thanks for being my pal. Pablo
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Mark Daspit Posted Jan 14, 2021 at 5:00 PM
Nice, Pablo...
I remember that trip to Baja, and others Jim and I had together,
Drinking cheap Mezcal (long before it was hip) on the cliffs
watching the sunsets over the Pacific. Im down in Baja at this moment and those times cross my mind every day. Jim’s skinny legs sticking out of his surf trunks. In fact, that’s where I first started calling him “Birdman!”
I loved that guy.
I’d give anything to do it again, just one more time...
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Ken Johnson uploaded photo(s)
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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Les came across this photo of Jim with our daughter Emma circa 1995 or 96. Emma looks pretty happy to have had her hair professionally coifed at Jamesline Hair Design.
Jim possessed an inner light and a joie de vivre that was truly his own and you can kind of get a sense of it from the photo. I don’t remember ever hearing him say anything negative about another human being and he was always ready to give of himself. Whether it was organizing charity auctions and events for Children’s Hospital or just sending an occasional text to old friends to check in, Jim was there. I have to say that he was the champion at embellishing a text with goofy emojis and always brought me a smile.
It’s the time that we make for others that makes our own lives better. It’s what gives life purpose and meaning and Jim understood that as well as anyone that I have ever known. For that reason it makes me sad that he isn’t around anymore. But we can all feel blessed to have known him and maybe you and I can carry some of his light in our hearts to pass on to others.
Happy trails, amigo.
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Bill McGovern posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
It was an honor to witness Jim face the transfer to the other side.
He displayed dignity, a calm integrity and courage beyond my understanding.
Oh Jimmer, you've left us too soon.......Billy
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Leslie Foss posted a condolence
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
It’s said that death has 3 stages, one when the person dies, one when the body is buried or cremated and one when that person is no longer remembered. Before I knew of these stages, I would tell people who had loved ones die, to fill the space they left with memories….well, for a skinny guy, he left a very big hole.
Throughout the last 65 years of friendship, I’ve been with Jim through numerous surgeries, several ups and several downs but I think the most precious time spent was the last 8 or 9 months when he had to come to grips with this ultimate end. We visited almost weekly and I got to see the frustration, anger, unacceptance and acceptance of this final path. It was very special being there with him, embracing all phases with the same frustration, anger, unacceptance and acceptance as he. Friends!!
When he came home from the hospital the last time, he was his old feisty, funny self with only one desire, to have a joint. The oxygen tank and set up posed a problem and Debbie told him he had to wait until I got there. I took the hose across the room and he lit up…..we all just shook our heads. He was happy….I think he was ready….we weren’t!!!
Je t’aimerai toujours mon ami
Graeme Welsh uploaded photo(s)
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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I love these photos of our times together over the years , and there were so many, but these portray the essence of Jim’s personality and the deep friendships he gathered in all areas of his wonderful life.
I selfishly wish for one more round and the exaggeration of our performances thereafter.
Thank you JJ for making Seattle an experience I could never have dreamed of.
Love you Debbie.
Ledah and I send our condolences and best wishes.
Graeme.
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Debbie L Jennings uploaded photo(s)
Monday, January 11, 2021
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Ann Mayers posted a condolence
Monday, January 11, 2021
I think it was around 1990 when we met. It started out with hair - he was a magician with hair - cut, color - whatever - he was so so good. So, that’s how it started and during those appointments we would talk. Over the years, those talks turned into such a wonderful friendship. I have so many wonderful memories and he leaves a legacy of so many people that cared for him - I will miss him always.
Forever in my heart. Ann Mayers
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Gene Krawchuk uploaded photo(s)
Monday, January 11, 2021
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Jim was a dear friend of mine for 37 years and my Barber.
Too many memories to recount. Which is a tribute within itself.
You’ll be missed buddy.
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Mark Daspit posted a condolence
Sunday, January 10, 2021
I can’t remember how we met.
I’ve been trying to remember, but I can’t.
I guess it just kind of occurred.
A friend of a friend or something like that.
It just occurred.
I can’t remember if we ever had an argument. I don’t think we did.
I don’t think we ever had a real disagreement. We were just kind of simpatico.
It took no real effort to be compatible.
I think we were very much alike in many ways. Not in every way, but alike in the ways that are important.
We became friends during an age when friendships developed easily. Many of those kinds of friendships don’t seem to last. But ours did. Ours did even through years of not being close. We never made demands on each other. Years of no real contact. The years that it takes to develop into men... find loves, build lives, learn the world.
I believe those are solitary things. Things men must do on their own. Kind of like a ritual of leaving the tribe.
The friendships of young men change, like a kind of evolution. A natural evolution that you don’t learn, it’s more primal, more innate. You don’t read how to do it, nobody really tells you how to do it. You just let it happen. I never knew how to measure a friendship. I never thought about it.
I think I know more about it now.
I think the measure of a real friendship is not how much time you spend together, but it’s how much time you can spend apart. How much change you can experience and in the end...when it’s all over...you end up with deep grooves. Deep grooves that you cut together, that even after decades out of the tribe, they still stand.
Thank you, Birdman, from the bottom of my heart, for cutting grooves with me.
-Daspit
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The family of James Marvin Jennings uploaded a photo
Friday, January 8, 2021
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