James was preceded in death by his parents, Sammie Lee Ingram and Cerell Riddle; Wife, Ruth Mae Ingram; children; Susian May King, Thomas Dean Hardy and Terry Goss; Siblings, Lessie B. Ingram and Robert Yates.
James is survived by; children, Virginia Goss, Evelyn Mays, Emma Coburn, Terrance Jefferson and David Goss; a special niece, Jennifer Ingram Brown; a host of grandchildren; nieces, nephews and other relatives and family.