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James Alton "Jim" Underwood
Choctaw Nation Veterans Cemetery
Tuskahoma, Pushmataha County, OK
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Jan 6, 1943 - Nov 19, 2016
Posted by: Janet Laubhan Flickinger
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Former Duncan High School athletic legend, James (Jim) Underwood, 73, of Antlers, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, November 19, in Duncan.
He was born
January 6, 1943, to Victor Locke and Lila (McDonald) Underwood in Hugo. Jim
is the grandson of original Choctaw enrollees, Kennedy and Lula Ashford
Underwood.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 9, at 1:00 P.M. at Whitt
Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation services have been entrusted to Whitt Funeral
Home.
Jim will be laid to rest on Tuesday, December 13, at 2:00 P.M. at the
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Veterans
Cemetery in Tuskahoma.
Jim attended public schools in Antlers and Duncan, graduating from Duncan in
1961. He earned 12 athletic letters in football, basketball and baseball
during his high school time. He was selected for All-Boomer Conference while
attending high school. He attended college on an athletic scholarship at
Henderson County Junior College, now Trinity Valley Junior College, at
Athens, Texas and Trinity University in San Antonio, where he earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Residential Construction. He was selected as
Distinguished Alumnus in 2003. In 2010, he was elected to the Duncan High
School Athletic Hall of Fame. He also served as an athletic scout for
Trinity Valley Junior College.
After college, Jim joined the Navy and in 1971 was honorably discharged as a
Lieutenant, having served as a pilot and traffic control officer. He then
went to work in the construction business in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Following a partnership in a framing and remodeling firm, Jim started the
Choctaw Fence Company in Arlington. Jim named the company after his late
father and his Choctaw heritage. After he became ill in 2008, he could no
longer work in the construction business.
Jim is survived by his brother, Vic Underwood, Jr. and his special friend,
Athelta Harmon, of Antlers; his sisters, Joyce Daniels and Glenna Cash and
her fiancé, Kye Herbert, both of Duncan; many nieces and nephews; and his
special friend, Anita Richardson, of Duncan.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Jerri Burton; his
sister-in-law, Faye Underwood; and his brother-in-law, James H. Daniels.
Online condolences may be made at www.whittfh.com.
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