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| | |birth_place=Arkansas City, Cowley County<br>[[Kansas]], USA | | |birth_place=Arkansas City, Cowley County<br>[[Kansas]], USA |
| | |death_date=March 1, 2020 (aged 88) | | |death_date=March 1, 2020 (aged 88) |
| − | |death_place=Bella Vista, Arkansas | + | |death_place=Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas |
| | + | |resting_place=[[Cremation]] |
| | |spouse=Martha Hamlin Sheets (married 1954-2020, his death) | | |spouse=Martha Hamlin Sheets (married 1954-2020, his death) |
| | |children=Four adopted children:<br> | | |children=Four adopted children:<br> |
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| | Seventeen grandchildren | | Seventeen grandchildren |
| | |alma_mater=John Brown University | | |alma_mater=John Brown University |
| − | |occupation=Educator-turned-[[business]]man; retired in Bella Vista, Benton County, [[Arkansas]] | + | |occupation=Educator-turned-[[business]]man; retired in Bella Vista |
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| | Thereafter, Sheets and his wife returned to Benton County and settled in Bella Vista.<ref name=statement/><ref>Sheets attends the Valley Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Bella Vista, where his wife has been the church pianist.</ref> | | Thereafter, Sheets and his wife returned to Benton County and settled in Bella Vista.<ref name=statement/><ref>Sheets attends the Valley Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in Bella Vista, where his wife has been the church pianist.</ref> |
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| | + | Sheets died in Bella Vista four weeks before his 89th birthday. Services were held at the Village Baptist Church in Bella Vista. He was [[Cremation|cremated]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nwaonline.com/obituaries/2020/mar/05/james-sheets-2020-03-05/|title=Obituary for James Lee Sheets|publisher=Northwest Arkansas on-line|date=March 5, 2020|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [[Category:State Representatives]] | | [[Category:State Representatives]] |
| | [[Category:Republicans]] | | [[Category:Republicans]] |
| | + | [[Category:Conservatives]] |
| | [[Category:Kansas]] | | [[Category:Kansas]] |
| | [[Category:Southern Baptists]] | | [[Category:Southern Baptists]] |
| | [[Category:Business People]] | | [[Category:Business People]] |