James Edward "Doc" Tramel, Jr.

James Edward "Doc" Tramel, Jr., age 90, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 14, 2016 at his home. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, May 16, 2016 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. Dr. Robert Self and Reverend Tim McMillen will be officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home and also one hour prior to the service on Monday. Doc was born November 14, 1925 in Lafayette County, Mississippi to the late James Edward Tramel, Sr. and Julia Ann Ray Tramel. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy during WW II. Doc first retired from the Brookhaven, Mississippi City Schools after thirty years of service were he was School District Superintendent from 1967 to 1982. Doc and his wife, Lorraine, would move to Batesville, MS where he would serve as High School Principal at South Panola in 1982 and 1983. He was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. Doc's memory will be most cherished by his wife of 68 years, Lorraine Sorrells Tramel of Batesville, MS; son, James Edward Tramel, III of Buford, GA; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Judith Carole Conner; two sisters, Lucy Leigh Morrow, Daisy Estelle Tramel, and one brother, Bobbie Little Tramel. Memorial contributions in honor of Doc Tramel may be made to either Shady Grove Baptist Church, 1638 Shady Grove Rd., Batesville, MS or Baptist Childrens Village, P.O. Box 27, Clinton, MS 39060-0027