James D. Traw was born June 5, 1945 at Klamath Falls, Oregon to Cleo and Trula Dowdy Traw. He married Catherine Fountain on June 6, 1964 at Rockford, Illinois and moved to Mountain Home in 1968 where he was a machine technician for Baxter Healthcare for 32 years. James was a U.S. Marines Vietnam Veteran and a member of the Mountain Home Church of Christ. He passed away on November 16, 2006 at the Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House at the age of 61 years, 5 months and 11 days. Survivors: James D. Traw is survived by his wife Cathy Traw of Mountain HomeTwo Daughters; Paula Waldon and Husband Michael of Mountain Home and Penny Sullivan of Clarkridge, ArkansasThree Granddaughters; Taylor and Logan Waldon and Morgan Price, Two Brothers; Richard Traw and wife Colleen of Baker Oregon Don Traw and wife Sandy of Salem, OregonTwo Sisters: Sue Beck of Rockford, Illinois Janice Fields and husband Jerry of Winnebago, Illinois Preceded in Death by: parents and one sister Bernice Funeral: Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 18, 2006 at the Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ken Burton officiating. Burial: Interment will be in Kirby's Tucker Memorial Cemetery, Mountain Home, Arkansas Memorials: Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House or the Paragould Children's Home in Paragould, Arkansas Honorary Bearers: Doyle Davis and Doyle Hammack Active Bearers: Delbert Dover, Jim Estes, Jim Griffin, Richard Kemp, Bobby Lance and Randy McNabb.