IRRIGON – James Robert “Jim” Botts, 79, of Hermiston died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008, at a friend’s home in Irrigon. Graveside funeral services with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 ...

Mobilian and World War II veteran James 'Jim' Botts died on April 18 at the age of 92. Botts served in the Navy in the South Pacific. He assisted in the surrender of the islands by raising the U.S.

In the first 18 years of his life, Jim Botts remembers attending church exactly once. He was a factory supervisor in Elgin by day, a drug dealer by night and a touring death-metal drummer for the band ...

James Botts could not make his hand obey. He was trying to write a grocery list, and the words kept trailing off into scribbles. He figured that he was just tired. A few days later, though, he was ...