A brief update on Jim and his family.

Jimmie Mills Foreman, 93, of North Richland Hills, passed away November 28, 2021. He was born on November 3, 1928, in Signal Hill, Texas, the only child of Mills H. Foreman and Mary Ethel Farless. His early years were spent in Stinnett, Texas where he learned the hard lessons of ranch life during the depression and the dust bowl in the Texas panhandle. He worked and saved for flying lessons and soloed on his 16th birthday. Those flying skills served him well as he continued building hours as a cropdusting pilot. He later became an instructor and taught many others to fly. His lifetime of flying was later recognized with the Federal Aviation Administration presented him the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for more than 50 years of aviation experience.

Jim served in the US Army in the Korean war. He entered service as a private and was released after two years with the rank of Master Sergeant. He returned to Borger Texas and opened an Indian motorcycle dealership and married Freda Hardin on September 9, 1955. The new responsibilities of marriage and starting a family led Jim and Freda to Amarillo, Texas. Jim worked for Sears and together they raised three children. Jim retired at age 50 to pursue his desires to fly airplanes and gliders, photography and writing. Together they moved to Black Forest, Colorado where they built a house and led an active life. During his time there he wrote between 150 and 200 magazine articles and 6 books. With the advent of the Internet, Jim’s story telling moved from the printed page to video. At age 81 he taught himself to shoot and edit video which he then posted to YouTube. In 12 years, he posted over 400 videos that were viewed 4.4 million times and garnered 15 thousand subscribers who waited for each new video.

Freda’s desire to be closer to her family drew her and Jim to Oklahoma in the 1990s. Their final move took Jim and Freda to North Richland Hills where they could enjoy the company and assistance of Lisa Harbour, their eldest daughter. Freda, his wife of 64 years, recently passed on July 30, 2021, as did his grandson Joseph Foreman on August 29, 2021. Jim was known for his devotion to Freda. She had survived polio and cancer twice and Jim was always there to see her through any challenge.

Jim is survived by his three children: Lisa Harbour, of Hurst; Dr. Stephen Foreman of Hellertown, Pennsylvania; and Dr. Kerra Foreman, of Colorado Springs. Jim is also survived by nine grandchildren: Jason, Matthew and Joshua Harbour; Benjamin, Michael, Timothy, Neil and Jonathan Foreman; and Megan Foreman; and seven greatgrandchildren. The greatgrandchildren are: Hailey and Jackson Harbour and Harrison, Jude, Bryant, Harvey and Kylee Foreman.

Jim will be interred at the DallasFort Worth National cemetery with Freda. Jim once wrote, “I try to live life to the fullest and my motto is not to leave anything in the glass when I die.” Jim lived a full life that was far above the expectations he developed on that ranch during the dust bowl. He is loved and will be missed. He left nothing in the glass.