James Wylie (j W) Blue Obituary (2024 - 2020)

Born Feb 04, 2024, James Wylie (j W) Blue attended Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, TX. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about James Wylie (j W) Blue.

Graduation Year	Class of 1963
Date of Birth	Feb 04, 2024
Date of Passing	Jan 10, 2020
About	Retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer, James Wylie Blue, 75, of Greenbrier, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at home on January 10, 2020. He was preceded in death by James Flenoy Blue (father), Veda Lavelle (Cruce) (mother), Floyd Wheeler (brother-in-law) all from Mineral Wells, Texas and Roland Lyon (brother-in-law) of Cedar Bluff, Mississippi. JW served at numerous sea and shore duty stations but found his passion in recruiting young men and women into the United States Navy. Professional success followed him at each and every duty station. JW is survived by his wife, Lydia, of 37 years; two sisters, Bettie June Lyon of Cedar Bluff, Mississippi and Francis Kay Wheeler of Mineral Wells, Texas. Left to cherish his memory is daughter, Jami Elizabeth (Chad) Miller, Demetria (Buffy) Meadows, Keri Denise (Chris) Keis, and Garrett Wade Blue. His grandchildren were loved beyond measure, Taylor Reynolds (Greenbrier, Arkansas), Lane Alan Crawford (Mineral Wells, Texas), Cameron Bryce Miller (Tyler, Texas), Anna Grace Blue (Greenbrier, Arkansas), Ella Faith Blue (Greenbrier, Arkansas), Kylie Elizabeth Keis (Millsap, Texas), Ashton Bailee Miller (Mineral Wells, Texas), Kenidy Denise Keis (Millsap, Texas) and numerous nieces and nephews. JW embraced and loved the Greenbrier community and never met a stranger. He frequented the Wagon Wheel restaurant daily and offered wisdom at the Table of Knowledge. He was a golf fanatic and worked hard to promote the game. He was very interested in young people and offered encouragement to fulfill their future dreams. Visitation will be on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Greenbrier, Arkansas. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Lifesong Baptist Church in Greenbrier, Arkansas, with interment at Arkansas State Veteran's Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Lifesong Baptist Church, 56th South Broadview Street, Greenbrier, Arkansas 72058 Published by Log Cabin Democrat on Jan. 14, 2020.

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Billy Johnston '74 said:

I inadvertently found this site, and was taken back a little. Chief Blue (at the time), recruited me into the navy 1973. I was kind of a lost soul,
and with his assistance, found my career. After joining the navy I never thought too much about when I joined or how it happened. When I
was an instructor at Naval Submarine School in New London Ct., in 1984 I received a phone call from Master Chief Blue congratulating me
on making Chief Petty Officer, he'd been keeping track of those he recruited. He offered me a job to be a recruiter in the Dallas area, I
couldn't talk ... he was joking, but did scared me a little. So I found his obituary in 2024, I'm long time retired from the navy (1995), and I
can only say that those who new JW never forgot him. He changed a lot of lives for the best; especially me.
MCPO Billy Johnston, USN Retired

Posted May 20th, 2024

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