James Kittrell Glanton

My deepest condolences.  May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&docid=1102013500&prefer=lan

Susan and I are so sorry to hear of James passing.  I have great memories of playing basketball at BHS and then becoming good friends through high school and then college.  We lost touch after our college days, but James reconnected with me while coming to Rochester to visit with Al and Erin.  For the past three years, James has come over to our house for a visit.   We would talk of his cancer, of which he had a very positive attitude.  We also watched either baseball playoffs, or Buffalo Bills football and ordered pizza.  James loved coming up north to see the fall foliage.  I had really appreciated his reconnecting with me.   And he reinforced our belief to live life to the fullest and to truly appreciate all that surrounds us.   He will be thought of often, especially in the fall, and our sincere condolences go out to his entire family.  

Such sad news. My heart goes out to Kay, Al & Ray. What a terrible loss. He was a good guy & will be missed.

This hits close to home.
My thoughts are with Al and Ray.

Sorry to hear about Jim, I knew Jim in High School and remember Jim as a great guy!! My condolences to Jims family and friends, my thought and prayers are with you, Rob Haggerty

How I loved his laugh and really missed him and Kay when they moved South.  I am so glad I was able to visit with him last year when he was in town.  All my love is going your way.

We were very sad to hear that your brother, James lost his battle and passed away.  Please let us know if you need anything.  We'd be happy to run any errands for you  Bonnie Jo and Dale. 

I only met James once in 1974 when I was a most unworthy neophyte pledge of Kappa Sigma Phi fraternity.  He was a nice guy and I always remembered him.

Dear Al, Kay, Ray & Families,
There are never suitable words, only well meaning cliches that don't work for me either. Just know you are all in our thoughts and prayers. He will always be Jimmy to me and part of my childhood, as all of you are. Please be good to yourselves now. You don't get over the loss, but you do get through it.
Take care. We're with you. Lots of love and hugs your way,
Jean Ver Hoeven, Charlie Siletti & Daniel

I came to know James through the relationship of his brother Ray, who married
 my sister Jane. They were High School sweethearts, who are still married. We all grew up in Brighton, (Rochester) NY. 
From the moment I met James, I knew he was a really good person. He was always polite, shy at first, and filled with many good stories. He was a great conversationalist. I got to correspond with him over the years by mail, email, texting, and one year ago, going to visit him in West Palm Beach. 
I send my condolences to Katherine, Al, Erin, Ray, Jane , Carolyn, Emily, and all of the other nephews, and relatives. If you were lucky enough to have James as a friend, you were blessed. 
To all who miss him, I feel your pain in my heart to. He was a very stoic man.