James was born in 1913 to an unknown father and Thirza Ezell Raker who later married a Spears. He married a woman named Jennie F. When he passed away, he was buried in the Garden of the Last Supper, Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida. He shares a grave marker with his wife. He is buried next to his mother, Thirza Spears.[1]
Sources
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ86-DXRF : accessed 10 May 2015), James D Raker, Residence, Tallahassee, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from grave marker at Garden of the Last Supper in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9MB-H68 : accessed 10 May 2015), James Raker, Mar 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV44-GF6 : accessed 10 May 2015), James Davis Raker, 28 Mar 1982; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 24748, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
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