James "Jim" Norwood Vause, 88, of Rocky Mount, passed away August 15, 2017. Born on February 11, 1929 in Lenoir County, to the late Carl and Bonnie Sutton Vause, he is preceded in death by his first wife, Vera Stroud Vause, his brother Robert Carl Vause, and his two sisters, Allene Corbin and Marguerite Kennedy.

Survivors include his wife Ann Jones Vause of Rocky Mount; his children James Norwood Vause, Jr. and his wife Beth, Bonnie Vause Berry and her husband Matthew, Brenda Sasser and her husband Steve, Kaye Smith and her husband Danny, Martha Asby and her husband Al, and Bob Driver and his wife Melinda; 11 grandchildren; 3 precious, great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, August 18, 2017 at 3 p.m. in the Chapel of Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services with Rev. Phillip Barton, Pastor of Dortches Baptist Church, and Rev. Billy Howell officiating. Visitation with the family will be held prior to the service beginning on Friday at 2 - 2:45 p.m.. Burial will be the following day, Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Westview Cemetery in Kinston.

In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions be made to the Sudan Shriners Hospital for Children, 403 East Front Street, New Bern, NC 28560, or to Dortches Baptist Church, 4776 Dortches Boulevard, Rocky Mount, NC 27804, or to Nash Hospice and Palliative Care, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Arrangements Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.