James Anthony

James Franklin Anthony passed through the veil on February 19, 2012 at the age of 77. Mr. Anthony was from Trussville and a 46 year member of the First United Methodist Church Trussville. He served with the 926th Engineering Battalion in the U.S. Army and retired from Brasfield and Gorrie General Contractors in 1993 as Partner/Executive Vice President with 29 years service. Survivors include his loving wife of 54 years, Marilyn Monette Anthony; three children, Alan Anthony (Celia), Laura Anthony Knighton (Freddy) and Adrianne Anthony Egan (Tom); six grandchildren, Grace Anthony, James F. Anthony II, Nicole Knighton, Anthony Knighton, Noah Egan and Jessica Egan. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 22 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church Trussville with a Celebration of Life Memorial Service beginning at 3:00 PM. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Trussville, PO Box 426, Trussville AL 35173; American Cancer Society, 1100 Ireland Way Suite 201, Birmingham AL 35205 205-879-2242 or Special Equestrians, 1215 Woodward Drive, Indian Springs AL 35124. An expanded obituary will appear in Wednesday's edition of The Birmingham News. Jefferson Memorial Trussville directing.