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Note: Obituary in Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, November 25, 1982
"James M. Deacon Sr. dies; retired schools administrator"
Services for James M. "Deac" Deacon Sr., a retired Fayette County schools administrator, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at W. R. Milward Mortuary--Broadway.
Deacon, 77, of 115 Cassidy Avenue, died Tuesday at Central Baptist Hospital.
He was head of the personnel division for the Fayette County school system from 1968 until 1973, when he retired.
He began his career in 1931 as a teacher at Morton Junior High School. He served as principal of Morton Junior from 1934 to 1950. In 1950 he became principal of Lexington Junior High School, and in 1964 he was promoted to assistant superintendent in the school system. He held that post for three years.
Deacon, a native of Shepherdsville, was listed in "Who's Who in American Education" and was a past president of the Central Kentucky Association of Secondary School Principals. He also had been secretary-treasurer of the Kentucky Association of Secondary School Principals and was a member of the Advisory Council of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. He was a member of several other professional organizations and the Lexington Rotary Club.
Deacon was also a member of Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon and as an elder.
He received a bachelor's degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College and a master's degree from the University of Kentucky.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Allen Deacon; two sons, James M. Deacon Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas, and Dr. John A. Deacon of Lexington; a brother, E. P. Deacon of Honolulu; and two granddaughters.
Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Winchester Cemetery.
From "Wheel Horse,", Lexington Rotary Club, Vol. XXXIX, No. 24, December 23, 1982
"Eulogy Delivered on Dec. 9, 1982 in Memory of James M. Deacon" by V. A. Jackson, M.D.
James M. Deacon was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, February 19, 1905. The son of a Methodist minister, his family moved from place to place as Methodist ministers usually do.
"Deac" attended and graduated from Auburn High School in western Kentucky and received his college degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College in Winchester, where he met his future wife some 55 years ago. He later received his Master's Degree from U. K.
For 43 years Deac was affiliated with the Lexington public school system and served as assistant school superintendent for several years before his retirement.
The Deacons have two sons. Deac and I became rather close friends several years ago and, for the last several years, I have considered him one of my very best friends. In fact, Marie and I knew for a while before the date of his death that she would be out of town the day of the Villanova basketball game. So, the night before Deac's death, I told her I was going to ask Deac to use her ticket and go to that game with me. His daughter-in-law called the next day to say that Deac had died.
As most of you know, Deac has been a member of this Rotary club since December 3, 1964, and served on the Attendance Committee for several years.
In closing, let me say that the highest compliment that I can pay a man is to say that "He was an honest gentleman." Deac was that kind of a man.
"We cannot know how much we learn From those who will never return, Until a flash of unforseen rememberence, falls on what has been." Will you please join me for a moment of silent prayer in memory of a beautiful Christian.
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