MADISONVILLE, Ky. — James E. “Jim” Warren, 80, passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Madisonville, with his family by his side. He was born Oct. 5, 1941, in McHenry, Kentucky, to the late James Logan Warren and Opal Butler Warren.
Jim retired from Peabody Coal Company. After retirement, he enjoyed driving a bus and bragged about being the oldest bus driver for the Ohio County Board of Education. He was a devoted member of Beaver Dam Church of Christ.
Aside from his parents, he was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Amy Byrum Keys, and Justin Robinson; son-in-law, Eddie Cohron; brother, Edward Warren; brothers-in-law, Billy Blackburn and Donald Barron, and sisters-in-law, Janice McCoy Warren and Bonita Warren.
Jim leaves behind a wonderful family to cherish his memories, his wife of 53 years, Wanda Higgs Warren, of Hartford, Kentucky; five children, Denise (Randy) Vaughn, of Hartford, Lisa Jo Warren Stratton, of Frankfort, Kentucky, Vicki Warren Cohron Christison, of Henderson, Kentucky, Todd Edward (Debra) Warren, of Grafton, Ohio, and Tina Warren (Micky) Boone, of Hartford; 15 grandchildren, Jeremy Byrum, Jamie Vaughn, Drew Vaughn, Misty Baker, Bruce Stratton, Gregory Stratton, Keisha Robinson, Tanesa Cohron, Einar Sterling, Marissa Eye, James Logan Warren, Tyler Boone, Chase Boone, Mikala Boone, and Karissa Boone; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, John Warren, of Hartford; two sisters, Sue Warren Barron, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky, and Patricia Warren Blackburn (Col. Larry N.) Stewart, of Florissant, Missouri, and many nieces, nephews, and extended family he dearly loved.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky with Jerid Gunter officiating. Burial will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Friends may visit with Jim’s family from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. until the time of the service Thursday at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.danksfuneralhome.com.