James Edward "Jimmy" Dawson

View Funeral Webcast  James Edward "Jimmy" Dawson, 88, retired well-known educator and resident of Caldwell Drive, died Friday, March 16, 2018 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care after a brief illness with cancer.Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, March 21 at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Kyle Harris and Randy Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family members will visit with friends Tuesday, March 20 from 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. and again from 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. (Mrs. Dawson will be present at the 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. visiting time).The family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123, Allzheimer's Association, 478 Craighead Street, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37204, or American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born February 25, 1930 in Groves, Texas, he was the son of the late Harry Edward Dawson and the late Minnie Hughes Dawson. He served in the Maury County School System 31 years as teacher, principal (Fountain Heights Elementary), guidance counselor, transportation director, Title 1 director, assistant superintendent and business manager. For the next 14 years, he served as the elementary principal at Columbia Academy. Mr. Dawson preached for many churches of Christ and was a former member of Eastside church of Christ, and more recently was a member of Berea church of Christ.Survivors include his wife, whom he married August 12, 1957, Beverly Roach Dawson of Columbia; daughter, Julie (Eric) Whisler of Nashville; son, Mark Edward Dawson of Washington, D.C.; grandchildren, Brittany Whisler (Adam) Shaw of Bellevue, Washington; Joshua Whisler of Nashville; and several nieces nephews, and cousins.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings, Vera Wheat Bacon and J.C. Wheat.Active pallbearers will be Mark Edward Dawson; Addison Barnes, Jim Gordon, Joe Rotureau, Jr., James David Webb, Adam Shaw, Eric Whisler, and Joshua Whisler. Honorary pallbearers include men of Berea church of Christ; men of Southgate church of Christ; former colleagues and teachers from Maury County Public Schools and Columbia Academy.