James T. Draper

Published 6:16 pm Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Mr. James Terry “Jim” Draper, age 74, a resident of 89 Shiloh Church Road, Pinetown, NC, died Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital of Washington.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, 2017, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 80 Cedar Circle, Washington, conducted by Brother Mac Wilson. Burial will follow in the Respass Family Cemetery at the home. David Jackson, Doug Woodward, Ron Miller, Alphonso Williams, Danny Mason and Fred Tetterton will serve as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers will be Brendan Draper, Dylan Jackson and Matthew Mason.

The family received friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington and other times at the home.

Mr. Draper was born in Washington, D.C. on September 10, 1942, son of the late Glen Hilding Draper and the late Josephine Marie Hammer Draper. He was a 1960 graduate of Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA and earned his bachelor’s degree in physical sciences from ECU. He was working toward his master’s degree from ECU also. On April 30, 1962, he married the former Eleanor Elaine Jackson who survives. Mr. Draper worked with the U.S. Government in the Department of Housing & Urban Development. He formed his own consulting company, Jed-Tek Inc., and worked for many government agencies. Mr. Draper was very involved in his community as a member of Pinetown Ruritan Club and Pinetown Volunteer Fire, Rescue & EMS, where he served as treasurer.

Surviving along with his wife Eleanor of the home, are two sons: Terry William Draper (Natalie) of Pinetown and Michael Lewis Draper (Nicole) of Phoenix, AZ; nine grandchildren: Shannon Thibodeau, Robin Johnson, Audrey Macoroco, Londa Barker, Caitlin, Emma, Brendan, Nick and Nate Draper and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Draper was predeceased, along with his parents, by a sister: Audrey O’Neil.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to Pinetown Fire, Rescue & EMS, 7262 North Boyd Road, Pinetown, NC 27865.

Online condolences may be offered to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.

Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Draper family.