James Frantz III

James T. "Jimmy" Frantz, III, 78, of Annville, died on Tuesday, February 03, 2015 at Good Samaritan Hospital.
He was born on Monday, September 14, 1936 to the late James T. Frantz, Jr. and Sara Ann Frantz nee Hess in Lebanon. He was a member of Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was a veteran of the Air Force and attended grade schools in Enid, OK; Forth Worth, TX; San Marcus, TX; and Lebanon, PA.  Junior high schools in Balboa, Panama, & Montgomery, AL.  High School in Tokyo, Japan and 1955 graduate of Sidney Lanier H.S., Montgomery, AL.  He has a B.A., Radio & TV (minor spanish), 1959 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.  He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Rho (broadcasting honorary), Sigma Delta Pi (spanish), Alabama Quadrangle, Arnold Air Society (AFROTC) & Omicron Delta Kappa.  He was also a contributing writer for Rammer Jammer & Mahout humor magazines and chief announcer at WUOA-FM.  He was commissioned USAF in 1959, active duty as information officer at Nellis AFB, NV from 1959-1962.  He was discharged as Captain, USAFR, 1970.  He was an announcer (program director, newscaster & sportscaster) with radio stations in Montgomery & Mobile, AL; Tarboro-Rocky Mount, NC (18 years); Douglas, AZ; Lebanon, PA; & Frostburg, MD.  He retired January 2002 as news director at WFRB AM-FM, Frostburg, MD.  He was a National Finalist, Silver Microphone Award for commercial writing & production in 1994, 1995 & 2000.  He was a member of US Jaycees, Nellis AFB, NV; Assistant minister & member, church council, Trinity Lutheran Church, Rocky, NC; & St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Frostburg, MD., local American Red Cross board of directors, Douglas, AZ, executive committee at Frostburg State University Foundation, Frostburg, MD.
Surviving are cousins John A. Watson, Annville, Mary Miller, Lebanon, Theodore Watson, Auburn, AL, Kate Schedler, Greenville, NC, Mary Beth Frantz, Louisville, KY, Alice Lynn Rufo, Canton, OH, Tom Frantz, Myerstown, Jeffrey Frantz, Cleona, Stephen Harris, Lebanon, Wilma Harris, Tallahassee, FL.
Viewing will be on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Christman's Funeral Home, Inc., 226 Cumberland Street, Lebanon.
Funeral services will be on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM at the funeral home.
Burial will be at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, with full military honors, following the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church- Preservation Fund, 119 N. 8th Street, Lebanon, PA 17046.
For more information, to order flowers, or to send messages of condolence, please visit
www.christmansfuneralhome.com

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