Memorial services for James Lamar Nowell, 67, of Greenville will be at 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 14, 2014 at Benoit Union Church. He died Monday, March 10, 2014 at Delta Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are under the direction of Boone Funeral Home, Greenville.
Mr. Nowell graduated from Greenville High School and from Mississippi State University where he played football. He was employed with Shell Oil Company in Houston, TX and then returned to Greenville in 1971. After his return to Greenville he owned and operated Ramsey Transportation Towboat Company. His towboats moved barges with fuel to Gerald Andrus Power Plant under System Fuel Inc., Wilkerson Barge Line, General Marine Towing and MMM Transportation. He was a member of Benoit Union Presbyterian Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Elry Lamar and Estelle Moore Nowell. He is survived by his wife, Princella W. Nowell of Greenville; 2 daughters, Caroline N. Schattner of Plano, TX and Kristen Nowell of Huntsville, AL; and 2 granddaughters, Mary Ann Schattner and Ashley Elizabeth Schattner of Plano, TX.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to services at the church. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to American Cancer Society or American Heart Association.