James H Carrigan Jr

Mr. James Harris Carrigan, Jr., 50, employee of Phillip-Morris USA and resident of Cumberland, Virginia, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Vaughan and Mike Kesler officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00 - 8:30 P.M. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to West Seventh Street Church of Christ Building Fund, 405 West Seventh Street, Columbia, TN 38401 or Columbia Academy, 1101 West Seventh Street, Columbia, TN 38401. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. A longtime resident of Maury County, he was the son of James H. Carrigan, Sr. and Betty McAnally Carrigan. He was a 1976 graduate of Columbia Military Academy and attended Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. He was a former employee of Digital Equipment Corp. and for the last ten years, he was employed by Phillip Morris USA as a Technical Architect in Information Systems. He owned Cumberland Mill Works in Cumberland, Virginia. Mr. Carrigan was a certified Aerotow Instructor, a certified hang glide instructor and a certified scuba diver. He was an avid guitarist, photographer, woodworker and ham operator. He was a member of the Church of Christ. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Pam (Turner) Jernigan of Nashville; one great uncle, J. H. "Red" Morgan of Columbia; aunt, Sara West Carrigan of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; cousins, Lisa (Darrell) Russell of Alexandria, Louisiana; Lee Anne Carrigan of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Letitia (Robert) Wood of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Blake Hendrickson and Stephen Hendrickson, both of Nashville; dear friends, Joe Campbell & Sue Henshaw and Richard Upshur & Mary Upshur, all of Richmond, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his infant twin brother, John Taylor Carrigan; grandparents, Robert Taylor Carrigan & Allie Kate Carrigan and John Herman McAnally & Ada Louise McAnally, aunt and uncle, Sarah McAnally Hendrickson & Jack Hendrickson, and uncle, Bill Carrigan. Pallbearers will be Turner Jernigan, Blake Hendrickson, Stephen Hendrickson, Drew Hendrickson, Alex Hendrickson, Jackson Hendrickson, Darrell Russell, Joe Campbell, and Vance Hendrickson. Honorary pallbearers will be Sue Henshaw, Steve Sims, Steve Wendt, Norman Rothwell, Nick Martina, J. H. "Red" Morgan, Richard & Mary Upshur, Mariemma Grimes, George Russell, Jasper Foster, Andy Hunter, Cindy Booten, and employees of Information Systems at Phillip Morris USA.