James Alexander Heady was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky on March 12, 1952 to Milford Heady and Willua Avery. James passed away at his home in Scurry, Texas on May 18, 2011. James was raised in Kentucky and later moved to Texas in 1981. He moved to Scurry in 1996. James worked for Centerline in Ennis, Texas for three years. He was a member of Cottonwood Baptist Church in Cottonwood. On April 11, 1987 James married Pat Heath in Las Vegas, Nevada. His father preceded James in death and he is survived by his wife: Pat of Scurry, son: Lynn Heady and his wife Jan of Scurry, four daughters, mother: Willua Heady of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, sister: Carolyn Haynes of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, grandchildren: Joshua Heady and Johnathan Heady and many other relatives and friends.