Jimmy "Big Jim" Huffman

Jimmy “Big Jim” Huffman

Evans, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, January 23, 2018, Mr. James Oliver Huffman, 63, loving husband of Karleen Harbin Huffman.

A native of Augusta, Big Jim graduated from Westside High School in 1974. He worked as a Steward at Savannah River Site and was a member the Local 150 Plumber and Steamfitters Union. Big Jim was an avid sportman and enjoyed bass fishing at Lake Murray and Clarks Hill Lake. He was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather, who was incredibly proud to show off his twin grandsons. A loyal friend, Big Jim had a magnetic personality that would light up any room. He was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church.

Family members, in addition to his wife, include son: Clay Huffman (Andrea); daughter: Lieghton Foster (Patrick); twin grandsons: Briggs and Banks Foster; brother: Steve Huffman (Anna Lee); sisters: LeAnn Hegler, Susan Scarborough (Rusty) and many other loving family members.

The funeral service will be Friday, January 26, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel of Thomas Poteet & Son with Pastor Forrest Page officiating. Burial will follow at Bellevue Memorial Gardens.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 190 Knox Abbott Drive, Suite 301, Casey, SC 29033 or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors, 214 Davis Rd., Augusta, GA 30907 (706) 364-8484. Please sign the guestbook at www.thomaspoteet.com