Memorial Service will be at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Davis Price, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Lubbock, officiating. Interment will be at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at Memory Gardens Cemetery. James Irwin was born in Columbus, Ohio to Alonzo and Louise Irwin on July 19, 1926. He died on June 4, 2007 in Amarillo, Texas. Jim married his high school sweetheart, Iva Jean Winters, on November 26, 1947. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Floriculture from The Ohio State University in 1948. Upon graduation, they moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma, where Jim was production manager for Furrow & Company. While there, he developed the first year-round production schedules for pot mums and azaleas. In 1963, he moved his family to Canyon where he established Irwin Greenhouses, Inc. which over the years has been know for its diversified line of quality pot plants. In 1974, J & L Plants, Inc. was established to produce and market the kalanchoe varieties which Jim had developed and patented. He was the first person to commercially produce kalanchoes. Presently over 150 million plants are produced annually worldwide from his work in the breeding of Kalanchoes. Jim has received numerous awards for his work in the floral industry including the WTNM Silver Rose, the SAF Gold Medal Award, TSFA Achievement Award, Oklahoma State "Grower of the Year" and induction into the American Academy of Florists. He is known throughout the horticulture industry for his integrity, innovative spirit, his dedication to quality within the industry and his generosity. In addition to his work in the floral industry, Jim was a community leader serving within the Presbyterian Church of Canyon as a deacon, an elder and on numerous committees including being executive building committee chairman. He served on the board of Directors of Opportunity School, Samaritan Counseling Center, and a life member of the Texas Heritage Foundation. Jim was a founding Director and stockholder of Happy State Bank. In April 2007, Jim retired from the board of directors of the bank after serving for seventeen years. His fellow directors valued his business insight, wisdom, concern for the community, and his deep sense of honesty. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Martha Jane Strickland. Jim is survived by his wife of 59 years, Jean Irwin; his son, Lawrence Irwin and wife Mary and children Meghan, Jarratt, Tanner and Kelsey; his daughter, Linda Acton and children Rob, Skyla, and Jamey; and his daughter, Lou Anne Causey and husband Robert and children Heather and Lee.