**Appears in the same yearbook as a Junior and Sophomore, note signatures are exactly the same in the class photos **

DAFFT JAMES OWEN, 68, of Tyler, Born January 20, 1927 in Carrollton, Texas.  Died Thursday at his home.  He was a retired chief train dispatcher for Cotton Belt Railroad and a member of Rose Heights Church of God in  Tyler.  He had lived in Tyler since 1989.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in WWII and the Korean War.  Survived by wife, Betty Jo Dafft of Tyler; daughters, Toyah M. Armstrong of Chandler, Tanyah F. Oakley of Wills Point; granddaughters, Shannon M. Murray of Carrollton, Amber M. Smith of  Tyler; brothers, Paul Dafft of Carrollton and Kenneth Dafft of Farmers Branch; sisters Dorothy Threadgill of of Houston, Frances Sanada of Palm Springs, CA, Marie Stanley of Irving; numerous nieces and nephews. Services set for 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Lloyd James Funeral Home Chapel in Tyler.  Rev. James Dill officiating.  Interment 2:00 p.m. at Restland Cemetery in Dallas.  Pallbearers: Jack Oliver, Chuck Harris, Duland Hulsey, Harold Roberts, Neal Jones, and Ed Adkinson. LLOYD JAMES FUNERAL HOME, Tyler, TX

The Dallas Morning News - April 29, 1995
Submitted by Betty Lou (Stanley) Dennis

The Carrollton Chronicle; Fri., Nov. 17, 1944
 

Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas