Jim was born in West Point, New York, on May 17, 1953, to Dorothy Irene (Raynham) Fullilove and William Charles Fullilove, both native Mississippians. He grew up in various locations including Virginia, Hawaii, Alabama, Ohio, and California. He graduated from Foothill High School in Sacramento, California, and attended American River College before moving to Austin, Texas, where Jim met his wife-to-be in 1976. Jim resettled in Gulfport in 1977 and was married in 1978. Over the years Jim attended Lighthouse Fellowship, New Beginnings Family Church, and Gulf Coast Community Church. Jim was an artist, who made his living as a professional sign painter and muralist. His work is visible up and down the Gulf Coast and elsewhere. As an amateur genealogist of the Fullilove family, Jim made friends throughout the country and "across the Pond."
Family and friends visitation will be held at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home at 15452 O'Neal Road, Gulfport, MS 39503, Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. A graveside service and interment will follow at Coalville Cemetery in Woolmarket.
Jim was born in West Point, New York, on May 17, 1953, to Dorothy Irene (Raynham) Fullilove and William Charles Fullilove, both native Mississippians. He grew up in various locations including Virginia, Hawaii, Alabama, Ohio, and California. He graduated from Foothill High School in Sacramento, California, and attended American River College before moving to Austin, Texas, where Jim met his wife-to-be in 1976. Jim resettled in Gulfport in 1977 and was married in 1978. Over the years Jim attended Lighthouse Fellowship, New Beginnings Family Church, and Gulf Coast Community Church. Jim was an artist, who made his living as a professional sign painter and muralist. His work is visible up and down the Gulf Coast and elsewhere. As an amateur genealogist of the Fullilove family, Jim made friends throughout the country and "across the Pond."
Family and friends visitation will be held at Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home at 15452 O'Neal Road, Gulfport, MS 39503, Friday from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. A graveside service and interment will follow at Coalville Cemetery in Woolmarket.