Jimmie Mapps

JIMMY HAROLD MAPPS Jimmy was born in Little Dixie, Arkansas on Feb. 8, 1939 to Charlie & Myrtle Mapps. As a teenager he left home, moving to Chicago where he learned the auto body repair trade. He later moved to Southern Illinois where he remained for several years before coming to Globe, Arizona in the summer of 1974. He was hired by Cobre Valley Motors and soon assumed the roll of Body Shop manager where he was very successful during his employment there. He retired in the summer of 2000.Jimmy was very family oriented, kids & grandkids were always in his plans. For many years there were vacations in the motorhome to Arkansas, Illinois, Missippi & Tennessee to visit family, granddaughter Cassie was on board for many of those trips, in later years it was Laci on board. He had speed in his blood, be it on a race track, the water or the sand. He built and drove race cars for a number of years, mostly at the track in Wheatfields. Jet skis took over for a few years after that but then he got involved with what would become his greatest form of pleasure. About 30 years ago he and his buddy Bob got into building and running sand rails. Not sure just how many Jimmy built, it was his favorite pastime. He finally had to give it up when muscular dystrophy took over his body. Prior to that though there were many, many wonderful trips to the sand dunes at Yuma and the Cinder Mountains at Flagstaff, even made a couple trips to the sand dunes up in Idaho. He is preceded in death by his parents, four sisters, two brothers and a daughter. He is survived by his wife Charlene, son Jimmy Jr. (Sarah) of Tennessee, daughter Robin West (Darrell) of Mississippi, daughter Cheryl Tyler (Dan) of Kingman, brother Willie (Patsy) OF California, brother Phillip (Glenda) of Arkansas, 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Services on 9/25/16 3:00 visitation, celebration of life following at 3:30 at Living Waters Community Church, 125 Haskins Rd. Globe, Arizona. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Muscular Dystrophy Asso. 4500 S. Lakeshore Dr. #440, Tempe, Arizona 85282 or American Cancer Society, 4550 E. Bell Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85032