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Portrait of James (Jim) Russell Davis
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James (Jim) Russell Davis

June 27, 1957 – August 29, 1995
Lived 38 years
Mason City Cemetery · Mason City, Illinois
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Life story

Jim Davis died at the young age of 38 on August 29th 1995. He had 3 beautiful daughters Jennifer, Laura and Natalie.

Jim was in the military and part of operation desert storm in 1993.

Jim loved to draw and often drew Goofy, rogger rabbit, yogi bear, and Garfield. His love of drawing extend to drawings/paintings he did on his pale green ford truck.

Jim was a shy and reserved but funny man. He would do the goofy holler when we went down waterslides at dragonland in pekin, Illinois with his daughters. He also liked to go up to strangers at stores and ask them "have you seen my flippin kangaroo" and then walk away. He loved coney dogs from cranwells in pekin, Illinois. He loved his mother Lucille's chocolate pies and would eat an entire pie by himself at every holiday. He hated camels after being spit on by them while station in the middle east during desert storm.

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1957
Born June 27
1963
James was 6 when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
1969
James was 12 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1975
James was 18 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1982
James was 25 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1983
James was 26 when the final episode of M*A*S*H aired
1995
Passed away August 29, age 38
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30 years today

30 years today 8/29/2025

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30 years today

It has been 30 years today 8/29/2025. I still miss you all the time dad.

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