James Ogden Stokes died at home of natural causes on December 6, 2016. Born on September 5, 1929 in Riverwood, Maryland, outside of Baltimore, he was 87 years old.Jim attended the McDonough School in Md., West Nottingham Academy in Pa., and graduated from St. Andrew's School in De. He attended Baltimore City Junior College and North Carolina State College of Forestry in Raleigh. He joined the Army and served in Korea. He resumed his education at Teacher's College in Baltimore, and graduated from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a degree in Art Education. He then did graduate work at Rochester Institute of Technology.Jim moved to Tryon, NC in 1973 with his partner Peter DiCarmine. Longtime vegetarians, Jim and Peter had an expansive garden, including figs, persimmons, and peaches that they canned. They traveled extensively, camping in their early years and later touring Europe during the winter months. Jim was also a weaver and sold his rugs at the gift shop he and Peter ran in Tryon.Jim was predeceased by Peter in October, 2016, and his parents George Clements A. Stokes and Elinor Linsley William Stokes, who lived in Tryon from 1979 until their deaths.Interment will be private.
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