James Edward Stanley Sr., 84, of Charlotte Court House, died December 3, 2016.  He is preceded in death by his wife, Mary R. Stanley.  Ed is survived by a daughter, Mary Helen Freeze; a son, James Edward Stanley, Jr.; three grandchildren, Gina Newcomb, Jennifer Freeze and Brian Freeze; and seven great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 6 in the Mt. Harmony United Methodist Church, with interment in the church cemetery. The family received friends at the Browning-Duffer Funeral Home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, December 5.

The Browning-Duffer Funeral Home, in Keysville, was in charge of the arrangements.