James Quinton Buck

James Quinton Buck, age 87, of Bonnerdale, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 9, 2011, at the Montgomery County Nursing Home in Mount Ida. He was born on a snowy March 13, 1924, to John and LouElla Carpenter Buck in Bonnerdale in the log house built by his grandfather many years before him. He was the youngest of four children and attended the little one-room Hawk schoolhouse. At the age of 19, Quinton joined the Navy, serving his country from 1943 until 1946, stationed in the Pacific. On August 25, 1944, he married his childhood sweetheart, Bernice Walters, while home on leave. He worked at Reynolds Metals at Jones Mill for a few years before becoming a rural letter carrier at Bonnerdale and Amity for thirty-five years. Quinton was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of over fifty years; his daughter, Barbara Susan Farmer; his brother, Lessel Buck; and his sister, Clara Robbins. He was a member of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Bonnerdale, where he served as a deacon for many years. Quinton enjoyed attending church, hunting, fishing, listening to his July and Walker hounds run a good race, watching and listening to the Razorback football and basketball games, and being entertained by his grandchildren. He leaves behind his daughter, Pamela Vines, and her husband, Bill, of Story; four grandchildren, Christopher Farmer, and his wife, Candice, of Garner, North Carolina, James Barry, and his wife, Cathy, of Bonnerdale, Andy Drennan of Hot Springs, and Becky Drennan Hedges, and her husband, Danny, of Malvern; four great-grandchildren, Murphy and Beckett Farmer of Garner, North Carolina and Peyton and Kate Hedges of Malvern; his sister, Velma Louton of Bonnerdale; several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, step-grandchildren; and a great host of friends and other loved ones. Services will be at 2:00 PM, Sunday, December 11, 2011, in the Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. Dale Hamilton and Bro. Duane White officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, 6:00-8:00 PM, at the funeral home. Graveside services with military honors will be held in the Mazarn Chapel Cemetery in Bonnerdale under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood. Pallbearers will be Johnny Robbins, Doyce Robbins, David Robbins, Loyd Louton, Dwayne Buck, Elton Potter, and Gary Farmer. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff members of the Montgomery County Nursing Home and Physical Therapy Department. Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.