Mr. James Clifton Dent

James Clifton Dent, 90, of Florence died Friday, December 5, 2013, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss. Visitation will be Sunday, December 8, 2013, from 5pm to 7pm at Chancellor Funeral Home in Byram. The funeral service will be on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 10:00am, at Chancellor Funeral Home with a one-hour visitation prior to the service. Interment will follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Jackson. A native of Bolton, Cliff moved to Jackson following his employment by Jackson Lamp Plant (General Electric) so he could be closer to his work. He received his early elementary education at Bolton and Forest Hill where he graduated in 1937. He graduated in 1941 from Hinds Agricultural High School in Raymond. Cliff attended Hinds Junior College for one year with a liberal arts major, and he later returned to Hinds to earn a degree in electronics. On June 19, 1942, Cliff’s career began with the Jackson Lamp Plant. For a little over 14 years he worked hard to “Reach The Peak” on GE’s ladder of success. He started out as a laborer. After working only six months, he was called to military duty which lasted just over three years. After an honorable discharge, he returned to the Jackson Lamp Plant where he was rehired in 1946 at his former position. During the next four years he held various positions before being called back to active military duty in 1951. He was discharged in 1952, returning to work at the Jackson Lamp Plant. He retired in 1983 as the evening plant manager. Cliff met and married Dorothy Palmer and had three children, Frances, Jim, and David. Cliff is preceded in death by his parents Rollins Preston Dent and Johnnie Hollingsworth Dent and two brothers. He is survived by Frances (Terry) Thrash of Virginia Beach, VA, Jim (Bobbie) Dent, of Florence, and David (Suzanne) Dent of Ridgeland, in addition to 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.