Kim Ann James

Service for Kim James will be 10:00a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at First Baptist Church, burial will follow at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, July 1, from 2pm-7pm, with family receiving visitors from 5pm-7pm. Kim passed away on June 26th, 2025, in the presence of her beloved family at the age of 60.

Kimberly Ann Kellehan James was born on August 27th, 1964, to Sidney and Rosetta Kellehan in Claremore. Kim grew up playing with her horses and sister Pam in Chelsea then graduated in the spring of 1982 where she was voted the most dependable by her class. On August the 6th of the same year she married her high school love Billy James of Chelsea.

She started her work career at the First National Bank in Chelsea then moved to Blevins & Sordahl Law in Pryor. In March of 1990 they welcomed her only child Joshua into this world. In 1994 she started a long employment at Terra Nitrogen as the safety administrative assistant where she made many friends that became just like family for 18yrs. She then continued her service of others into the office of Dr Smith Claremore Eye Care Associates where she met her friend/sister Tarra Carpenter. Kim finished her work career with Claremore First Baptist Church as a pastoral assistant. She served the pastors and families in need with an open heart and open mind always willing to serve above expectations.

She attained much joy rocking babies in the nursery and serving with the younger kids on the Wednesday night First Kids activities. If you haven't noticed she had the servant heart we all wish we had. Her family and grandchildren Ethan and Gracie were the twinkling light of her eye.

Kim is preceded in death by her father Sidney and Grandmother Eulah. She is survived by her son Joshua and wife Kaylee, their children Ethan and Gracie, Mother Rosetta Kellehan, Sister Pam Davis, Nephew Shane Davis, accepted children Jordan James and his fiance Dezzaira, Jessica and Sean Hutchison and their children Aurora, Emery, and Ruby, and Jeff and Marisa Sanders. She has numerous cousins, aunts and uncles from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.