| Gamber & Community Fire Co. Life Member, James Earl "Jimmy" Stickles, 50, of Sykesville, died Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center from brain cancer.
Born December 31, 1958, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of Lionel and Belle Stickles of Sykesville. He was the husband of Wanda Stickles, his wife of 13 years. He was a 1976 graduate of Westminster High School.
He was employed with A.G. Parrot Co. for more than 32 years. He was a life member of the Gamber & Community Fire Company and was an original team member of the Gamber Dive Team. He had also been a firefighter in the company and had attained the rank of captain.
He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church in Gamber. He enjoyed playing softball and was on the GVFD Men's Softball team and the Carroll County Men's Softball League. He enjoyed NASCAR and dirt track racing, and especially working on dirt track cars with his cousins and uncles. He was an organ donor and a Maryland State Anatomy Board donor.
Surviving, in addition to his parents and wife, are children Andrew James, Allie Elizabeth, and Bryan Mark; brother and sister-in-law Lionel and Joan Stickles, of Sykesville; sisters and brothers-in-law Barbara and Carl Brian, Joanne and Donald Roth and Larie and Chuck Taylor, all of Westminster; father-in-law and mother-in-law Bill and Joan Triplett, of Finksburg; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Billy and Tammy Triplett, of Mechanicsville; a goddaughter, Melissa Weishaar, of Westminster; 10 nieces and nephews; and eight great-nieces and great-nephews.
A celebration of life was held Sunday, May 3 at the Gamber & Community Fire Co. social hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Andrew James Stickles College Fund, c/o PNC Bank, 5420 Klees Mill Road, Sykesville, MD 21784; or to Dr. Michael Lim, c/o Johns Hopkins Neurological Surgery and Research Oncology Department, Phipps Building, Room 123, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287.
The Board of Directors and the members of the Gamber & Community Fire Company and the Auxiliary extend their condolences to the family and friends of Jimmy.
Contents of this article courtesy of the Carroll County Times. |
