James Hutton Lemly Jr., 59

REHOBOTH BEACH - James Hutton Lemly Jr., passed away in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. He was 59. He was born in Oxford, Miss., on Nov. 18, 1948, the son of the late Dr. James Hutton Lemly Sr. and the late Onice Walker Lemly. He received an undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1970, before serving in the United States Army from 1970 to 1973. After receiving a Masters in Public Accountancy from Georgia State University in 1975, Lemly relocated to Washington and began his career in the civilian Federal service at the Department of Justice where he served in a number of Accountant and Systems Accountant positions in the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Justice Management Division. In 1983, he met the requirements and received the certification as a Certified Public Accountant. In 1989, he joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and was a Financial Systems Analyst in the Office of the Comptroller. Lemly served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer 1993 and then was Chief, Financial Systems Support Branch. He retired in April 2006 as the senior Systems Accountant and the principal advisor on FEMA financial management system matters. Upon retirement, he moved to Rehoboth Beach. Lemly is survived by his partner of 29 years, Dr. Thomas E. Brown; his sister, Mary Lemly Danewitz and her husband Larry Eugene, of Herndon, Va.; his niece, Susan Marie Danewitz and her husband John A.G. Yoder, and their daughter, Enola E. Yoder-Danewitz, of Alexandria, Va.; and his niece, Judith Anne Danewitz, of Herndon, Va. He is also survived by 14 cousins, and a host of friends in the Washington D.C. and eastern Sussex County areas. Memorial services will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Hwy., Lewes, with the Rev. Tom Starnes officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services. Memorial gifts should be sent to: Jim Lemly Memorial, CAMP Rehoboth, 37 Baltimore Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. Send online condolences to condolences@parsellfuneralhomes.com.