Funeral services for Rudolph "Pawpaw" James, 92, of Karnack, Texas will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Daniel Sargent officiating. Burial will follow in Andrews Cemetery in Karnack. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Monday, June 20th at the Downs Funeral Home. Rudolph was born in Turrell, Arkansas to Henry Adolph James & Ruthie Bateman James on August 23, 1918. He was retired as a supervisor for Nylon Net Company in Memphis, Tennessee and was a commercial fisherman. He served five campaigns in the U.S. Army during W.W.II in the European and Italian Theatres and had received five bronze stars. He had been a resident in the Karnack area for four years. He is survived by his three daughters, Patsy James of Corpus Christi, Deborah Brown & husband Mark of Angleton, and Vicki Sargent & husband Daniel of Karnack; three sons, Clifford James of Bethany, Oklahoma, Ronnie James of Hernando, Mississippi, and Larry James of Walls, Mississippi; twenty-three grandchildren, thirty great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. Also surviving Mr. James are his sister, Maurene Robinson of Memphis, Tennessee and the mother of his children, Thelma James of Hernando, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter Theresa Frye, three brothers and one sister.