| − | Brady and his wife, the former Karen Nix (born c. 1945), whom he wed in 1967, have a son, James Sean Brady (wife Ashley) of College Station, [[Texas]], and a daughter, Kathleen Melissa Stimpert (husband Richard) of [[Austin]], Texas. He died in a Baton Rouge hospital of a brief illness at the age of seventy-three. Memorial services were held at University [[Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/> | + | Brady and his wife, the former Karen Nix (born October 30, 1945), whom he wed in 1967, have a son, James Sean Brady (wife Ashley) of College Station, [[Texas]], and a daughter, Kathleen Melissa Stimpert (husband Richard) of [[Austin]], Texas. He died in a Baton Rouge hospital of a brief illness at the age of seventy-three. Memorial services were held at University [[Baptist]] Church in Baton Rouge.<ref name=obit/> |
| | Brady's obituary indicates that he "deeply cared for people, was kind to everyone he met and did his best to live the Golden Rule. Jim dedicated his life to caring for those Jesus called "the least of these." He believed in justice for all, regardless of wealth, power or position. He believed that whether prince or pauper, in his court you were equal in the eyes of the law. He was, as friends and family called him, 'Atticus Finch in the flesh.'"<ref name=obit/> | | Brady's obituary indicates that he "deeply cared for people, was kind to everyone he met and did his best to live the Golden Rule. Jim dedicated his life to caring for those Jesus called "the least of these." He believed in justice for all, regardless of wealth, power or position. He believed that whether prince or pauper, in his court you were equal in the eyes of the law. He was, as friends and family called him, 'Atticus Finch in the flesh.'"<ref name=obit/> |