James Clyde Tollett was born on October 16, 1937, in Placerville, California, to William Ennis and Rhelda Posey Tollett. He was the youngest of four boys\u2014 John, Bill, Bobby, and Jim. He was raised in Amador County by his dad and mom, Beulah Faye Tollett, affectionately known as Faye-Faye. Their family later grew to include his two little sisters, Linda and Mona, and a baby brother, Mark.<\/p>\n
Jim proudly served in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany from 1954 to 1956.<\/p>\n
In 1971, he married Virginia Workman, also of Amador County. Together, they built a life filled with love, family, and countless memories. They were married for 55 years and raised three children: Brian, Jammie, and Dwenette.<\/p>\n
Jim is survived by his beloved wife, Virginia Tollett of Lubbock; his son, Brian Tollett and his wife, Julianna, of Texas City; his daughter, Dwenette Stevenson and her husband, Scott, of Lubbock; and his godson, Jeffrey Spencer and his wife, Mary Closs, of Midlothian. He is also survived by his siblings, Bobby Tollett of Jackson, California, and Linda McGinnis of Sun City, Arizona.<\/p>\n
He leaves behind a large and loving family, including his grandchildren: BreAnna and Matthew Finco, Rebecca and Cory Johnston, Jaimie and Mike Horth, Brandon and Jaylin Stevenson, Bridgett Tollett, Cameron and Beth Stevenson, Jack and Crystle Kilpatrick, Brenna and Grace Morgan-Kilpatrick; 10 great-grandchildren; and four beloved fur babies, and countless nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Rhelda Posey Tollett, William Ennis Tollett, and Beulah Faye Tollett; his siblings, John, Bill, Mona, and Mark; his daughter, Jammie Dwenette Tollett; and his granddaughter, Ashley Nicole Stevenson.<\/p>\n
Jim was deeply loved by his family and many friends. His life was woven into the lives of so many people, and his love, memories, and legacy will continue through the family he cherished. He will be deeply missed and forever remembered.<\/p>\n
Posted online on September 17, 2026<\/p>\n
Published in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Clyde Tollett was born on October 16, 1937, in Placerville, California, to William Ennis and Rhelda Posey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-439750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}