James Robert Haney, age 90, passed away Monday, October 9, 2023.

Service: 11:00 am, Friday, October 13, 2023 in Biggers Funeral Chapel.

Visitation: 10:00 – 11:00 am, prior to the Service.

Committal: 2:30 pm, Pope Cemetery, Wise County, Texas.

Jim was born in Fort Worth, Texas to James Arvel and Lexie Mildred Haney. He married Joan Hamilton of Vernon, Texas in 1952 and they had two sons, James Ray and Kerry Lane Haney.

He attended Fort Worth Technical High focusing on Auto Mechanics. Jim went to work for General Motors in 1954 in the Chassis Department then as a General Supervisor in Production, retiring on January 1, 1988 after 34 years.

Retiring brought them to Azle to their home on Eagle Mountain Lake and a small farm where he raised Beefmaster cattle, worked his hay fields and bought and sold farm equipment.

Always interested in cars, they were members of Vintage Classic T-Bird and Big D Classic T-Bird clubs of Dallas.

They were members of Randol Mills Church of Christ in Arlington and after moving to the Azle area, became members of Azle Church of Christ.

Jim was preceded in death by his father, mother, grandson, Jody and two brothers, Wayne and Lynn Ray Haney.

He is survived by his wife, Joan of 71 years; two sons, James Ray and his wife, Latisha, Kerry Lane and his wife, Laurie; sister, Alice Waggoner; sisters-in-law, Briggett and June Haney; grandson, Kenny and his wife, Rubee; granddaughter, Ashley and her husband, Marlin; great-granddaughters, Elisabeth and Emily; nieces and nephews.