James Weatherly
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James Dexter "Jim" Weatherly of Brentwood, Tenn., went to be with the Lord on February 3, 2021. He was 77.
Born March 17, 1943, in Pontotoc to Ira Burdell "Ike" Weatherly and Edith Roberson Weatherly, Jim had a hall of fame music career after being an All-Southeastern Conference and All-America (honorable mention) quarterback at Ole Miss. At Pontotoc High School he was a multi-sport athlete and All-Little Ten Conference quarterback.
Weatherly was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Ole Miss Alumni Hall of Fame in 2011.
He became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York in 2014 and that same year was presented the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in Music.
He is survived by his wife Cynthia, daughter Brighton, and son Zack.
Weatherly is also survived by his sisters Sherrie Winter (Ronnie) and Elise Black (Scott), and brother Shan Weatherly (Kevin Ann); nieces and nephews Jennifer Wardlaw (Brad), Ron Winter (Emily), Scott Black III, Catherine Hicks (Chris), Brandon Weatherly (Lyssa), and Hannah Kimbrough (Matthew); his mother-in-law Mona Leake, sister-in-law Sherry Donald (Dale); Jim was uncle to Ashley Smith and Blake Donald.
Donations in Jim Weatherly's honor may be made to the following:
*** Jim Weatherly Endowment
The University of Mississippi
? UM Foundation
406 University Ave.
Oxford, MS 38655
*** St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis
*** Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
*** Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)