James B. Elmore, 88

The Baltimore Sun

James Bronson Elmore, a retired welding supervisor and former Kingsville resident, died of heart failure July 18 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, Del. He was 88.

Mr. Elmore was born and raised in Ritchpatch, Va., and moved to Baltimore in the early 1940s. He served in the Navy as a seaman from 1944 to 1946.

Mr. Elmore was a welder and later supervisor at Airco Welding in Baltimore from 1942 until retiring in 1983.

He had been a member of the Industrial Management Club, the Parkville Post of the American Legion and Hiss United Methodist Church.

Mr. Elmore enjoyed hunting and had visited all 50 states during his lifetime, family members said.

After moving to Georgetown, Del., in 1991, he worked as a greeter at a Wal-Mart store.

His wife of many years, the former Christine Wheelbarger, died in 1994.

Services were held Monday.

Surviving are a son, Robert James Elmore of Mesa, Ariz.; a daughter, Susan Renee Fowler of Parkville; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and his companion of 13 years, Val Armbruster of Georgetown.

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