Jimmy “Jim” LeRoy Busby left this earth and joined his wife, G. Ellene Busby, the love, and light of his life, in Heaven on March 21, 2025.
He was born January 14, 1939 to Mildred Lee Hightower and Willis Franklin Busby, in Carthage, Missouri.
He served our country in the US Navy on the USS Denebola AF-56 from 1957-1959. After working for the railroad, marrying, graduating from college with his accounting degree, having children and receiving his CPA license he moved from Oklahoma to North Carolina in 1989 and worked alongside his wife Ellene, as partners of Busby & Co., Certified Public Accountants in downtown Southern Pines, NC.
He leaves to cherish his memory his children, Christopher Busby of Oklahoma, Barbara Gibson (J. Michael) of NC, Patricia O’Shaughnessy (Andy) of California, Dub Huffines (Cindy) of Texas, and Brad Huffines of North Carolina; 9 grandchildren, Dino and Berto Busby, Campbell Gibson, Lillian and Katherine O’Shaughnessy, Benjamin, Brian, Nicholas and Joshua Huffines; as well as 9 great-grandchildren (8 girls and 1 boy). He also leaves his brother Steve Erwin and sister Karen Erwin.
A visitation is planned for Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Boles Funeral Home, 425 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387. A funeral service, officiated by Rev. Dr. Ashley Smith, will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM at The Village Chapel, 10 Azalea Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374. He will be laid to rest next to his beloved Ellene at Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM. A visitation will be held the evening prior.
Condolences may be made at www.bolesfuneralhome.com
Services entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
