LEXINGTON - Funeral services for James R. Armstrong, Sr., 86, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18, 2015 at St. David’s Lutheran Church with interment in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 17, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home Lexington Chapel. Memorials may be made to Agape Hospice House, 141 Stoneridge Dr. Columbia, SC 29210.
Mr. Armstrong was born December 13, 1928 in Wilmington, NC and passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2015. He was a son of the late Marvin Dolphus Armstrong and Marie Curry Armstrong. He served our country in the United States Navy. He was a member of St. David’s Lutheran Church, the NRA and was a Scoutmaster of many years. Mr. Armstrong loved animals, fishing, camping and traveling. He spent time on Lake Murray and Santee Lake.
He is survived by his wife of 28 years Retha Porter Armstrong; sons, James R. “Jimmy” Armstrong, Jr. (Memory) and Brad N. Armstrong (Paula); daughter, Terri Armstrong Stone; step-daughter, Kelly Yancey (David); step-son, Andy Rowe (Tracy); adopted daughters, Ryan Boone and Noelle Armstrong; fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his brother, Marvin Douglas Armstrong, MD., step-daughter, Peggy Rowe Cook and step-granddaughter Rachel Yancey.
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