James Earl Wetherington

James Earl Wetherington of Mansfield, Arkansas passed from this life on Monday, June 23, 2025, in Waldron Arkansas. James was born on March 04, 1956, in Denver, Colorado to Robert William Wetherington and Dorothy Louise Wetherington. James was 69 years old. James was an airplane mechanic for the United States Navy for eight years.

James enjoyed the great outdoors. He found immense joy in hunting, fishing, and camping with family and friends. James spent a great deal of time in his garden. He enjoyed canning the fruits of his labor to share with others.

James leaves behind to cherish his memory, his children: Merlyn Wetherington of Mansfield, Arkansas. Patrick Wetherington of Washington, and Christine Gonzalez of Alaska. James will forever be in the hearts of his siblings: Tina Shuffleburger, Mary Hopper, Tom Wetherington, William Wetherington, Margie Heath, Edward Wetherington, and Catherine Wilhoit. James will be missed a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren and by all that knew him and the many whose lives he impacted including his extended family that he loved dearly.

James is preceded in death by his parents, Robert William Wetherington, and Dorothy Louise Wetherington, his wife, Dana Wetherington, and one son, David Wetherington.

A private family Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Memory of Me 
I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways. Of happy times and laughing times and bright sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave when life is done. 

Helen Lowrie Marshall