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Submitted: 8/17/17 • Approved: 8/17/17 • Last Updated: 8/20/17 • R1190793-G0-S3
STAFF SERGEANT US Army
Vietnam
Persian Gulf
November 20, 1956 - August 5, 2015
James Patrick Sheehan, age 58 of Sherwood and a life-long resident of North Little Rock, passed away August 5, 2015 while traveling in Custer, SD. James was an avid motorcyclist and was planning to attend the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally in SD.
James was a former member of the Arkansas National Guard as well as a retired Army Reservist with over twenty years of service. James was also a veteran of Desert Storm and was the recipient of numerous awards and decorations to include the Army’s Good Conduct and Achievement medals as well as the Overseas Service Ribbon, the Armed Forces Reserve medal and many others.
In 2012 James also retired from the federal work force as a government employee while assigned to the 412th Theater Engineer Command at Camp Pike in North Little Rock as the regional coordinator for all Homeland Defense to civil authorities for FEMA Region VI.
James graduated from Southern Arkansas University with an Associates Degree in Aviation and had also attended numerous military and national preparedness courses in furtherance of his position with the government. He loved to travel on his bike and enjoyed NASCAR, his family and friends.
James is survived by his parents, Pat and Nancy Sheehan of North Little Rock, his son Jason Sheehan of Bryant, his grandson Patrick Sheehan, his sister Vicki Briley and her husband Lieutenant Colonel Duke Briley (retired) of Hot Springs. He is preceded in death by his wife, Arlene.
Memorial service will be at 10 a.m., Friday, August 14, 2015 at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, August 13, at Roller-Owens Funeral Home, 5509 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, (501-791-7400). In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Friendly Chapel Church of the Nazarene, 116 South Pine, North Little Rock, AR, 72114 or Arkansas Freedom Fund (for veterans), PO Box 697, Bryant, AR, 72089 or a charity of your choice in honor of James.
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Section I, Site 237
Contributed on 8/17/17 by hawkinsdonna48
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