james dewey mabe

James Dewey Mabe, 86, formerly of Winston-Salem, died Monday, May 21, 2007, at the Arizona State Veterans Home in Phoenix after a long illness. He was born Feb. 2, 1921, in Stokes County to John Gideon and Jettie Rogers Mabe and attended schools in Walkertown. He served four years with the Marines in the Pacific in World War II and then worked for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and in circulation at the Winston-Salem Journal before moving to Phoenix in 1960. There he worked in circulation for the Arizona Republic newspaper. He is survived by his wife, Opal Smitherman Mabe, of Phoenix; a son, James Edward Mabe, of Jamestown, Calif.; and two daughters, Jettie Mitchell of Buckeye, Ariz., and Dewey Elaine Sprinzl of Phoenix; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Lois Sell of Winston-Salem and Eva Tesh of Welcome. The funeral was arranged by A.L. Moore Grimshaw Mortuary in Phoenix with burial with military honors at Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery