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James Langford

Jan 02, 2025 at 02:00 pm by Producer


James Percy Langford, age 84 of Smyrna, Tennessee died Wednesday, January 1, 2025. He was a
native of Celina, Tennessee and was a son of the late Evert and Georgia Langford. He was also
preceded in death by his wife Darlene Langford; a daughter, Kerrie Langford; stepdaughter, Dawn
Graham; and a grandson, Tommy Ezell.

Survivors include a son, Jimmy Langford and wife Melanie; grandchildren, Shelby Ngo and husband
Jerrell, Matthew Graham, Amber Graham, and Matthew Page; great grandchildren, Remington,
Dash, Celina, Kaelyn, Samuel, Nicolas, Joshua, and Jazmin; a brother, Ken Langford; and a host of
other loving family members.

He was a proud United States Army veteran and attended Giles Creek Baptist Church. Percy was a
1959 graduate of Smyrna High School where he excelled in three different sports. His love of baseball
continued well after graduation as he was a longtime youth baseball coach for both the LaVergne
Little League and Smyrna Babe Ruth league. It was a great honor for him to be selected for the
Rutherford County Baseball Association Old Timers Hall of Fame. He retired as a Lab Technician with
the Tennessee Farmers Coop in LaVergne after forty-seven years of service.

Visitation with the Langford family will be at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna on Monday, January 6, 2025,
from 5:00 until 8:00pm. Funeral services will follow at 2:00 pm Tuesday at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna
with Bro. Terry Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with family and
friends serving as pallbearers.

For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Smyrna Quarterback Club, 100
Bulldog Dr., Smyrna, TN 37167 and an online guestbook is available for the Langford family at
www.woodfinchapel.com.

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