James Edison Sellers, Sr

Mr. James Edison Sellers, Sr., 82, died Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Ambassador Health and Rehab in Wadesboro. Funeral services will be 11:00am Saturday, January 21, 2012 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Goudelock officiating. Interment will follow in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Friday at the funeral home. James was born August 14, 1929 in Scotland County, NC a son of the late James William Pearly Sellers and the late Bula Cooper Sellers Gainey.He was a retired truck driver and a faithful member of the Wadesboro Church of God. Surviving are his wife Dora Hildreth Sellers of the home; his children, James (Margaret) Sellers, Jr., Donald (Betty Jean) Sellers, David (Debra) Sellers, Bobby (Linda) Sellers and Dora Kay (Alvin) Privette all of Wadesboro, Bill (Jan) Sellers of Waxhaw and Shaler (Mary) Sellers of Lilesville; his brothers and sisters, Jasper (Cora) Sellers of Lake City, FL, Jimmy (Anna) Cannon of Denver,NC, Margaret Ockenhouse of Wadesboro and Martha Leviner of Rockingham; 19 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren and 1 step-great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to Wadesboro Church of God, 809 N. Greene St., Wadesboro, NC 28170. The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadesboro.com