Mrs Sue JAMES (26 March 2003, aged 71 years)
As a talented tennis player, golfer, singer and artist, Sue participated fully
in the life of the Coonamble community for more than 20 years. She was a
foundation member of the Coonamble Arts Society. She passed on her love of
painting to other students of art, teaching in Coonamble, Wollongong and, more
recently, Dubbo. Sue married Clarrie James in 1986 and the couple moved to
Koorawatha, then to Woonona and finally Dubbo, her place of birth. Sue's works
have been successfully exhibited. Ten of her paintings with a Light Horse theme
are on permanent exhibition in the Commercial Hotel, Murrumburrah, the
birthplace of the 1st Australian Horse which was formed there in 1897. Sue was
well loved and respected, particularly in the Studio Eight Group.
She is survived by her husband Clarrie, four children from her first marriage,
10 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She was also mother and grandmother
to the extended James family of three daughters, two sons and 16 grandchildren.
Clarrie James (Una Voce - June 2003)
