Thursday – Obituary

James “Jim” Travis

James “Jim” Travis died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at his home in Amite. He was 49 and a native of Baton Rouge. Mr. Travis was a computer programmer who attended Centenary College for two years on a golf scholarship and also attended LSU-Shreveport for three years. He won the City Junior Amateur Golf Tournament in Shreveport in 1976. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, on Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Visiting at First United Methodist Church, Amite, on Friday from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Brady Whitton. Interment in Greensburg Cemetery, Greensburg, on Tuesday, March 11, at 10 a.m. Survived by his parents, Monroe and Tesshe Travis, Amite; two uncles, Preston Hutchinson, New Orleans, and Robert E. Travis, Prescott Valley, Ariz.; and three aunts, Minnie Lou Hutchinson, Tangipahoa, Elise Daniel, Baton Rouge, and Shelia DeArmond, Amite. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him. For more information, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.