116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Obituaries
The Gazette publishes obituaries on a daily basis. Use the search field above to search for obituaries by name or keyword. Readers can submit an obituary or submit a milestone to The Gazette. The obituary must be submitted before 1 p.m. for publication on thegazette.com at 6 p.m. and in the daily edition the next day, with the exception of obituaries for Sunday publication, which must be submitted by 1 p.m. on Fridays.
Vickery, James Garland
James Garland Vickery, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Heritage Nursing Home, Cedar Rapids. Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13,at St. Ludmila Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial: St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his siblings, Frances (Harold) Manhart of Cedar Rapids and Marguerite Smith of Jacksonville, Fla.; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces,grandnephews, great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Pearl Vickery; brothers, Bobby Vickery and Luther Vickery; and wives, Lois Wilson and Betty Neville.
James was born March 21, 1930, in Gadsden, Ala., son of Henry and Pearl (Garland) Vickery.
Memorials may be directed to St. Ludmila Catholic Church or Kingston Hill.
Please sign the online guest book for James at under obituaries.
Published in The Gazette Dec. 10, 2012.
Daily Newsletters