James Leighton Lemon

March 4, 1940 - December 31, 2022 (82 years old)

New London, Missouri

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James Leighton Lemon

March 4, 1940 - December 31, 2022 (82 years old)

New London, Missouri

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Start: 2023-01-05T21:00:00
End: 2023-01-06T01:00:00
Location: Smith Funeral Home & Chapel

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved James Leighton Lemon of New London, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 82, on December 31, 2022. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Leighton Lemon to show support.

He was predeceased by: his parents, Virginia Caldwell Lemon and James L. Lemon, Sr.; his brother Charles William Lemon; his uncle Charles V. Lemon (Unc); and his aunt Virginia Sue Bowles Lemon.

He is survived by: his sisters, Sandra Sue Clark of Columbia, MO and Mary Gay Lemon Huff; his spouse Marylee Evans Lemon; his sons, James Forrest Lemon (Anna) of Hannibal, MO and John Charles Lemon (Edie) of Alice, TX; and his grandchildren, James Kirtis, Charles Vandaver (Grace), Forrest Cooper, Duncan McClaren, Chloe Elise, John Andrew and Alana Grace. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, in care of Smith Funeral Home.

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January 1, 2023

Phylicia Hart wrote a sympathy message

“Mary Lee, James and John, my heart goes out to you. Love and sympathy simply is not enough to say but there are no words that fit. I know your pain and love you dearly. Phylicia Hart and Philip Linke.”

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