James R. Lorenz

James R. Lorenz passed away at his home in Sportman's World on January 8, 2010. Service: 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 12 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 1201 SE 25th Avenue, Mineral Wells. Pastor Ernie Bernet will officate. Interment: Brad Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 P.M. Monday at White's Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to St. Mark Lutheran Church. James was born May 14, 1936 to Fritz and Martha Lorenz in the farming community of Barclay, outside of Rosebud. He had two brothers, Leon and Allen Fred, and one sister, Lucille. His parents and siblings all preceded him in death. James became a child of God by the Rite of Holy Baptism as accepted in his stead by his Sponsors in June, 1936, and later confirmed by him in the Rite of Confirmation in April 1950. Throughout his adult life, James was active in many phases of the Lutheran Church, which included various positions in his local church and serving as a Lay delegate to the Church's State and National Conventions. James graduated from Rosebud High School in 1954,and attended Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington. He was employed 41 years in the oil and gas industry within the Dallas-Fort Worth area serving independent oil and gas firms from Texas Pacific Oil Company, General American Oil Company of Texas and Rosewood Resources, Inc. in various capacities highlighted by his services in the marketing and governmental price control areas. He retired from the corporate world in 1998 and relocated to his retirement home in Sportsman's World, Possum Kingdom Lake. James was preceded in death by his first wife, Lilly Bee Pridemore Lorenz, mother of his children; and his second wife, of 30 years Donagail McAfee Lorenz. Survivors: his present wife, Martha Ann Newberry Lorenz; daughters, Lenee' and husband, Robert McGrath, Leslie Dianne Lorenz; son, Michael James Lorenz; 13 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; 56 nephews, nieces, grand and great-grand nephew and nieces, including one name-sake. Great nephews served as pallbearers.