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- James C. (Jim)
Moncier, Jr.
May 14, 1932 -
January 29, 2011
James C. (Jim) Moncier, Jr., 78, of Pensacola, FL passed away January 29, 2011 in Pensacola. He was born on May 14, 1932 at Fort Sanders Hospital in Knoxville, TN. He is survived by his son, James C. Moncier, III of Madison, AL, his daughter, Martha Marie (Mimi) Moncier, of San Francisco, CA, and his brother, Herbert S. Moncier, of Knoxville, TN. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. C. Moncier and Francis Sanford Moncier, his sister, Martha (Marty), and his brother Ben.
Mr. Moncier attended Knoxville's Van Gilder Elementary and Tyson Junior High, Old Knoxville High, and graduated from Baylor School in Chattanooga. He attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. He was a current member of the First Christian Church in Pensacola and a former member of the First Christian Church in Knoxville where he was active in Scout Troup 3 in his teens.
He worked as a studio engineer at WROL and WATE-TV in Knoxville and as a chief engineer while helping to construct radio stations in Maryville, TN (WEAG) and in Knoxville (WSKT). He then shifted to a business focus, first working for his father in merchandising, then for Watson's in Knoxville as a hard goods and salvage buyer, and for Top Dollar Stores in Birmingham, AL as a hard goods buyer. In 1972, he moved to Pensacola to be a buyer for Gulf Coast Mercantile Co. and Vice-President of Operations for Great Day Stores.
He traveled extensively for both work and pleasure, going to Asia numerous times as a buyer and to Hawaii over 50 times. He was always involved with plants of all kinds but had a special affinity for orchids. He was a longtime member of the Pensacola Orchid Society.
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Published in the Pensacola News Journal from Feb. 1 to Feb. 3, 2011.
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