Elizabeth Ann James was born in Denton, Texas on February 4, 1974 to Richard and Rebecca Linn LaFlamm. Beth passed away in a Houston, Texas hospital on September 24, 2011. She was raised in Gainesville, Texas and graduated from Gainesville High School in 1992. Beth went on to graduate from Hardin-Simmons University in 1996. She received her master's degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Beth moved to Kaufman in January of 2001. She was the Children's Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Kaufman for ten years. Beth married David James in Gainesville on January 4, 1997. She is survived by her husband: David of Kaufman, daughter: Emily James of Kaufman, son: Brian James of Kaufman, father: Richard LaFlamm of Callisburg, Texas, mother: Rebecca LaFlamm of Gainesville, sisters: Lee Ann Pool of Gainesville and Melissa Pulte of Denton, grandmother: Jewel Linn of Gainesville. Familly requests that in lieu of Flowers, donations be made to the First Baptist Church Children's Fund