James Forrest Wisecup

James For­rest Wise­cup, 82, of South Charleston died Fri­day evening (March 23, 2012) after a short illness.

He was born Dec. 26, 1929, the son of the late Wilbur and Chloe Wise­cup of Cedarville. Jim was a grad­u­ate of Cedarville Col­lege, Miami Uni­ver­sity of Ohio and Ball State Uni­ver­sity where he was awarded his doc­tor­ate in

edu­ca­tion. After two years in the Army dur­ing the Korean War, he mar­ried the love of his life, Bet­tye. He spent many years in edu­ca­tion, start­ing as a teacher, a school prin­ci­pal and even­tu­ally became a super­in­ten­dent of schools at Buck­eye Val­ley High School near Delaware, as well as Piqua; Penn Hills, Pa.; and finally Billings, Mont. Before he left Piqua, he was involved in the estab­lish­ment of the Upper Val­ley Joint Voca­tional School in the 1970s. He had a pas­sion for teach­ing and never stopped. He was also a great ath­lete, and base­ball was the sport he loved best. He played sec­ond base, along with his life-long and best friend, Mar­cus Towns­ley, who was a great pitcher. In 1950, he hit .544 and won the NABF league bat­ting crown with 31 hits in 57 at-bats. He was a life­long fan of the Reds and Ohio State Buck­eyes. He and Bet­tye lived in many places before finally set­tling down in Clark County and South Charleston almost 20 years ago. This area was the place he loved best.

Jim is sur­vived by his son, Vice Admi­ral Phil Wise­cup in the U.S. Navy and daughter-in-law Anne D. Wise­cup; and five grand­chil­dren whom he loved dearly, Marie, Madeleine, Sarah, Nathalie and Paul. He dearly loved his cousin Keith Wise­cup, who’s in Florida, and his local “South Charleston fam­ily” Cindy and Luke, Marc and Sue, Cathy and Roger, Diana and Brad, Tom and Linda and Larry and Julia, and all of their chil­dren and numer­ous nieces, nephews and friends.

In addi­tion to his par­ents, he was pre­ceded in death by the love of his life for 58 years, Bet­tye (Bach) Wisecup.

A memo­r­ial ser­vice will be held Wednes­day, March 28, at South Charleston United Methodist Church, 15 E. Jamestown St., South Charleston. Vis­i­ta­tion will be from noon until 2 p.m., with the ser­vice at 2 p.m. Bur­ial to fol­low at North Ceme­tery, Cedarville.

In lieu of flow­ers, memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made in mem­ory of Jim to the South Charleston United Methodist Church, PO BOX G, South Charleston, OH 45368. Arrange­ments are in the care of Ingling Williams Funeral Home.

Con­do­lences may be expressed to the fam­ily at jacksonlytle.com.

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