James O'Brien

James Lawrence O'Brien, 73, of Des Ark, Mo., died Sunday, July 15, 2007, at Iron County Memorial Hospital in Pilot Knob, Mo.

He was born Sept. 24, 1933, in St. Louis, son of John and Ruth Cassidy O'Brien. He and Eileen Mattingly married Sept. 18, 1965. She died June 15, 1988.

O'Brien was a retired writer and served in the U.S. Army

He is survived by a brother, John O'Brien of St. Louis.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.

Friends may call at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Mo. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at funeral chapel, with the Rev. Normand Varone officiating. Burial will be in Guardian Angel Catholic Cemetery in Oran, with full military honors.

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.