Former Sitkan
James Kenney
Dies in Georgia
Former Sitkan James (Jim) Kenney passed away on May 30 in Ludowici, Georgia. He was 70 years old.
Jim was born in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on May 27, 1945, and was raised in Portland, Oregon. He moved to Sitka in 1971, where he remained with his family until 1997.
He was employed by Alaska Pulp Co., and was an active member of the Sitka Elks Lodge and Sitka Moose Lodge.
In 1997, he returned to Portland, where he worked for OMI/CH2MHill until being transferred to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2004, and then to Ludowici, in 2010.
He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Wanda Kenney. of Ludowici; daughter Jennifer (James) Roberts of Powhatan, Virginia; granddaughters Denali Roberts and McKayla Roberts of Powhatan; sister Mick (Chuck) Thew; brother Rick (Karen) Scroggins; sister Melba (Richard) Foster; brother Truman Scroggins; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews.
Services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, June 11, at St. Vincent du Paul Church at 1010 Columbia Street NE Salem, Oregon 97301.
