Self-Made Score
7
Philanthropy Score
1
Residence
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Did you know
James and his wife Sherry have two daughters; they are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Three men were arrested in November 2016 as part of what the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation described as a murder plot to kill James' brother, Tom Duff.
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