james "Jim" Isaiah Rundles, died March 13 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. He was born in Jackson July 9, 1920, the eldest son of the late James Isaiah Rundles and Beatrice King Rundles.
James Rundles was a graduate of Lanier High School and Southern Christian Institute. He was the first African American to enlist in the U.S. Marines and was a member of the Montford Point Marines of Camp LeJeune. Jim Rundles came into the Marine Corps at a time that all branches were segregated. He helped bring about the modern thought by Marines that all Marines are just a shade of green. This man survived Montford Point and World War Two. President Obama awarded this unit the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor in 2012.
Many will remember "Jim" Rundles for his "Up and Down Farish Street", which was published in the Jackson Advocate for sixty-seven years. A strong civil rights advocate, he used his influence as a journalist to "write" the wrongs.
Mattie Singleton Rundles, his wife of sixty-seven years, passed away in 2013. Also preceding him in death were three brothers, Samuel, Joel, and Paul, and a sister, Ruth Rundles Easterling.
He is survived by a son, Reginald Ingram and a host of relatives and friends.
Career: Radio WOKJ & Jackson, MS, news dir, 1954-60; Pittsburg Courier & Chicago & Defender, civil rights reporter, 1960-71; Govt Miss, exec asst, 1972-76; City Jackson, MS, exec asst mayor, 1977-. Orgs: Assoc ed, The Jackson Advocate & Newspaper, 1946-50; Founder, Rundles & Asn Pub Rels Consult, 1960-71; Nat pub affairs, dir, Montford Pt Marines Asn, 1960-66; adv comn, rels Div US Justice Dept, 1972-76; bd dir, Miss Bar Legal Asn, 1973-76; bd dir, Am Red Cross; bd dir.
James Rundles was a graduate of Lanier High School and Southern Christian Institute. He was the first African American to enlist in the U.S. Marines and was a member of the Montford Point Marines of Camp LeJeune. Jim Rundles came into the Marine Corps at a time that all branches were segregated. He helped bring about the modern thought by Marines that all Marines are just a shade of green. This man survived Montford Point and World War Two. President Obama awarded this unit the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor in 2012.
Many will remember "Jim" Rundles for his "Up and Down Farish Street", which was published in the Jackson Advocate for sixty-seven years. A strong civil rights advocate, he used his influence as a journalist to "write" the wrongs.
Mattie Singleton Rundles, his wife of sixty-seven years, passed away in 2013. Also preceding him in death were three brothers, Samuel, Joel, and Paul, and a sister, Ruth Rundles Easterling.
He is survived by a son, Reginald Ingram and a host of relatives and friends.
Career: Radio WOKJ & Jackson, MS, news dir, 1954-60; Pittsburg Courier & Chicago & Defender, civil rights reporter, 1960-71; Govt Miss, exec asst, 1972-76; City Jackson, MS, exec asst mayor, 1977-. Orgs: Assoc ed, The Jackson Advocate & Newspaper, 1946-50; Founder, Rundles & Asn Pub Rels Consult, 1960-71; Nat pub affairs, dir, Montford Pt Marines Asn, 1960-66; adv comn, rels Div US Justice Dept, 1972-76; bd dir, Miss Bar Legal Asn, 1973-76; bd dir, Am Red Cross; bd dir.
james "Jim" Isaiah Rundles, died March 13 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. He was born in Jackson July 9, 1920, the eldest son of the late James Isaiah Rundles and Beatrice King Rundles.
James Rundles was a graduate of Lanier High School and Southern Christian Institute. He was the first African American to enlist in the U.S. Marines and was a member of the Montford Point Marines of Camp LeJeune. Jim Rundles came into the Marine Corps at a time that all branches were segregated. He helped bring about the modern thought by Marines that all Marines are just a shade of green. This man survived Montford Point and World War Two. President Obama awarded this unit the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor in 2012.
Many will remember "Jim" Rundles for his "Up and Down Farish Street", which was published in the Jackson Advocate for sixty-seven years. A strong civil rights advocate, he used his influence as a journalist to "write" the wrongs.
Mattie Singleton Rundles, his wife of sixty-seven years, passed away in 2013. Also preceding him in death were three brothers, Samuel, Joel, and Paul, and a sister, Ruth Rundles Easterling.
He is survived by a son, Reginald Ingram and a host of relatives and friends.
Career: Radio WOKJ & Jackson, MS, news dir, 1954-60; Pittsburg Courier & Chicago & Defender, civil rights reporter, 1960-71; Govt Miss, exec asst, 1972-76; City Jackson, MS, exec asst mayor, 1977-. Orgs: Assoc ed, The Jackson Advocate & Newspaper, 1946-50; Founder, Rundles & Asn Pub Rels Consult, 1960-71; Nat pub affairs, dir, Montford Pt Marines Asn, 1960-66; adv comn, rels Div US Justice Dept, 1972-76; bd dir, Miss Bar Legal Asn, 1973-76; bd dir, Am Red Cross; bd dir.
James Rundles was a graduate of Lanier High School and Southern Christian Institute. He was the first African American to enlist in the U.S. Marines and was a member of the Montford Point Marines of Camp LeJeune. Jim Rundles came into the Marine Corps at a time that all branches were segregated. He helped bring about the modern thought by Marines that all Marines are just a shade of green. This man survived Montford Point and World War Two. President Obama awarded this unit the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor in 2012.
Many will remember "Jim" Rundles for his "Up and Down Farish Street", which was published in the Jackson Advocate for sixty-seven years. A strong civil rights advocate, he used his influence as a journalist to "write" the wrongs.
Mattie Singleton Rundles, his wife of sixty-seven years, passed away in 2013. Also preceding him in death were three brothers, Samuel, Joel, and Paul, and a sister, Ruth Rundles Easterling.
He is survived by a son, Reginald Ingram and a host of relatives and friends.
Career: Radio WOKJ & Jackson, MS, news dir, 1954-60; Pittsburg Courier & Chicago & Defender, civil rights reporter, 1960-71; Govt Miss, exec asst, 1972-76; City Jackson, MS, exec asst mayor, 1977-. Orgs: Assoc ed, The Jackson Advocate & Newspaper, 1946-50; Founder, Rundles & Asn Pub Rels Consult, 1960-71; Nat pub affairs, dir, Montford Pt Marines Asn, 1960-66; adv comn, rels Div US Justice Dept, 1972-76; bd dir, Miss Bar Legal Asn, 1973-76; bd dir, Am Red Cross; bd dir.
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