James L. "Jim" McCarty

James L. “Jim” McCarty also recognized as McCarthy, of Smyrna, DE, died on Saturday, September 19, 2015, at Compass Regional Hospice Center in Centreville, MD. He was 84. Jim was born and raised in West Baltimore, MD, and attended St. Martins School. In 1947, he worked at Baltimore Stationary as a delivery boy and stock clerk. He joined the United States Navy in 1950, and served four years on the Destroyer, U.S.S. Stoddard, DD566, while stationed in Boston, MA. He married and had five children. He was a licensed plumber for 15 years in Massachusetts as well as the Baltimore and the Catonsville Maryland area. Due to a bad back, he made a transition to banking and joined the Provident Savings bank in Baltimore, when he moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He joined the Chestertown Bank of Maryland as a collection manager and security officer for over 22 years. He retired in 1992 and moved to Delaware. While living in Smyrna, he worked for Acme in numerous stores as a bagger and mostly a cashier. Jim was a 32nd degree mason as well as a Past District Governor of the International Association of Lions Clubs representing Lions District 22-B. Lion Jim worked to prevent drug usage in the local schools as well as the communities on the Eastern Shore for a number of years. He was awarded numerous citations and awards for his work with the Lions. Jim was recognized by his peers as a Melvin Jones Fellow and a Ralph Helm Fellow as well as a 100% District Governor. He was awarded the International Presidents Medal for his Humanitarian Service to the Association and was made a Life member of the Delaware Eye Bank as well as Lions International. In addition to his father, Thomas John” Mac” McCarty and his stepmother, Christine R. McCarty, Jim is also predeceased by a son, James W. McCarthy. He is survived by three daughters, Linda Anne Pistone, Deborah Cagnina- Fong and Susan Joan Hennessey; one son, Thomas John McCarty, II; eleven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; and his dearest friend, Jeanne Giebel. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. at Fellows Family Funeral Home, 370 W. Cypress St., Millington, MD, where friends and family may call after 6:30pm. Interment will be held privately in Still Pond cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Jim requested contributions go to your local Lions Club C/O Fellows Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Millington, MD 21651.

James L. "Jim" McCarty

October 26, 1930 - September 19, 2015