James Taylor Laws
1926 — 2023
James Taylor Laws was born December 12, 1926, in Kingsville, Texas. He passed peacefully into the presence of Jesus surrounded by his loving family on April 12, 2023, at his home in Lufkin, Texas. Graveside: 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, 2023 in Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Greenwood. After graduating from high school in Kingsville, Texas, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17, joining his many friends and family already fighting in WWII. After service to his country, he graduated from Texas A&I College with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. He began a long, successful career in the oil and gas industry, rising from a roughneck, sitting wells in...