JAMES  WALCOTT   GARTRELL, JR.,  PASSED  AWAY  JANUARY  21,     2021. JAMES  WAS  BORN  FEBUARY  1,1937  TO   JAMES   W.  GARTRELL,   SR. AND MEREDITH  WAGNER  GARTRELL.

JAMES GRADUATED FROM BAY CITY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1954, AND FROM  TEXAS  A &  M  COLLEGE  IN  1958  WITH  A DEGREE    IN   CIVIL ENGINEERING. JAMES WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS AGGIE  BAND. JAMES WAS A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, HAVING SERVED 33 YEARS  ACTIVE  DUTY  AND RESERVE DUTY. JAMES PROGRESSED FROM THE RANK OF AIRMAN BASIC TO THE  RANK OF  COLONEL AND WAS AWARDED  THE  LEGION  OF MERIT  FOR HIS SERVICE BY THE SECRETARY  OF THE AIR FORCE.

JAMES' CAREERS WERE WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION,  CITY  OF LA MARQUE (10 YEARS), GALVESTON COUNTY SURVEYOR (16 YEARS), GALVESTON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 (10  YEARS),  GALVESTON   COUNTY   DRAINAGE   DISTRICT NO. 2 (20   YEARS),   FRIENDSWOOD  DRAINAGE  DISTRICT    (10   YEARS)  •

JAMES WAS THE OWNER  OF  GULF  COAST  ENGINEERING  AND  SURVEYING SINCE 1965, AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR.

JAMES   IS   SURVIVED  BY  HIS    WIFE  DIXIE  QUISENBERRY  GARTRELL,  SONS MARK  GARTRELL,                      JOHN   GARTRELL,   CHARLES   NAGEL,III,  DAUGHTERS PENNY  FEATHERSTON,  ANASTASIA   GARTRELL   STEWART-COKER, GRANDCHILDREN ALEXIS VICTORIA STEWART AND LEEANN NAGEL, CAROLINE CRON,    KEITH   GARTRELL,       TAYLOR FEATHERSTON, DREW FEATHERSTON, EVERETT  FEATHERSTON,  COOPER  GARTRELL,   LEAH   GARTRELL,   LUCY GARTRELL, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN CLAY CRON AND MADELEINE CRON.

PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE FALLS CHAPEL FOLLOWED BY GRAVESIDE SERVICES AT THE ADJOING FALLS CEMETERY ON  THE  FAMILY  FALLS RANCH, HARPER, TEXAS.

NO DONATIONS OR FLOWERS PLEASE. A DONATION OR GIFT TO THE NEXT DESERVING PERSON YOU MEET WILL FILL  YOUR  HEART  AND  THEIRS.  THE FAMILY WISHES TO THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU FOR TAKING A MOMENT TO REMEMBER JAMES.