Buchanan Funeral Service
Oklahoma City, OK
(permission granted)

James Lowell Fincher was born July 23, 1942 in Ajo, Arizona to Troy and Rosalie (Stephens) Fincher.

He attended Pepperdine University and graduated from Arizona State majoring in Education with a minor in Music. He taught school in Arizona, California and Idaho for a total of 25 years; finishing as the principal at Coeur d’ Alene Christian School in Northern Idaho. While in Idaho, he also farmed and was a dairy farmer for 8 years. He loved to fish and there was never a family vacation that didn’t include fishing, playing cards and dominoes. He also loved to sing.

He is survived by his wife, Merilyn; sons, Jimmy and Mark; brother, Bob; grandchildren, Colton, Cade, Ashlynn, Justin and Kira and one great grandson, Emmitt.

Visitation will be at Buchanan Funeral Service Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 from 1-8 PM with the family receiving visitors from 4-6 PM.

Services to celebrate his life will be Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Northwest church of Christ.

Burial will follow in the Yukon, Cemetery, Yukon, OK.