James "Jimmy"  D. Pogue, age 47, of Osceola, Missouri passed away Monday, March 17, 2014 at his home.  Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.  Interment will follow in Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri.  The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the James Pogue Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .

Jimmy was born February 2, 1967 in Clinton, Missouri the son of James and Marilyn "Kay"  (McFarlane) Pogue.  He was a truck driver.  He loved his job-driving big trucks, motorcycles, and racing cars.  He also enjoyed camping.  James was a "proud Marine Dad."  He loved his family and his pit bulls.   Hanging out with family and friends was a favorite pastime.

He was preceded in death by two grandsons, Caleb and Hunter Pogue, grandparents; George and Muriel Pogue, Kenneth McFarlane, and J.D. and Virginia Smith, an aunt, Rosalie Walden, and an uncle, Carl Ogan.

Survivors include son, Nicholas (Amber) Pogue of Higginsville, Missouri, daughter, Valery Tate of Warrensburg, Missouri, four grandchildren; William Tate, Ryleigh Tate, Peyton Tate, Bradley Pogue, as well as one grandchild "on the way," parents, Jim and Kay Pogue of Osceola, Missouri, and one brother, Michael Pogue of Osceola, Missouri.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri