Rev. James Alan Munsey^{[1, 2]}

1950 - 2001  (50 years)

• Name	James Alan Munsey
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	10 Aug 1950	Greeneville, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Feb 2001	McAllen Medical Center, McAllen, Texas   [3]
  Buried	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I93109	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Rev. Howard T. Munsey,   b. Abt 1926, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Aug 2009, Morristown, Tennessee  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	Mildred Irene Collins
  Married	Abt 1947
  Family ID	F100736	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mitzi Moore,   b. 14 Feb 1957  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1973
  Children	1. Laura Ruth Munsey,   b. Abt 1983  (Age ~ 41 years)   2. Matthew James Munsey,   b. Abt 1985  (Age ~ 39 years)   3. Rachel Ann Munsey,   b. Abt 1991  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Family ID	F34011	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Aug 1950 - Greeneville, Tennessee Buried - - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 172, 324. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 15 Aug 2009. Rev. Howard T. Munsey obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 3 Feb 2001. MCALLEN, TEXAS-Rev. James Alan Munsey, age 50, veteran missionary to Mexico, passed away at 6:30 a.m., Saturday morning, February 3, at the McAllen Medical Center, in McAllen Texas. He succumbed to a brain tumor which was discovered just one month ago. Rev. Munsey was born in Greeneville, Tennessee, on August 10, 1950. He leaves to mourn his passing his wife of 28 years, Mitzi (Moore) Munsey; daughters, Laura and Rachel; and son, Matthew, of their home in Weslaco, Texas. He was the son of Rev. Howard and Mildred (Collins) Munsey, of Morristown, Tennessee. Surviving also are his sister, Mrs. Joe (Diane) Foister, of Jefferson City, Tennessee, and a brother, Tim Munsey, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Mitzi’s parents, Tunney and Alyce Moore, of Newport, Tennessee, were as close to James as any family member and also feel a deep sense of loss at his passing. James was involved in Mexico missions for most of his adult life. He moved to McAllen, Texas, in 1978, to enter language study at the Rio Grande Bible Institute, in Edinburg, Texas. Within a year he was preaching to a congregation in the Spanish language. Out of this group there developed the Primera Iglesia Bautista Libre in Weslaco, Texas which he pastored until his death. This church became a pivotal center from which the work in Mexico developed. Under Rev. Munsey’s tutelage more than twenty-five churches and institutions were founded and built and dozens of others were benefited by his compassionate and dedicated ministry. He was considered by Hispanic people who knew him to be the best Spanish linguist of his era. He worked tirelessly and ceaselessly to promote evangelism and church growth among Mexican nationals whom he loved dearly. Free Will Baptists and other church groups across America are especially indebted to brother Munsey for raising the level of consciousness of the need of the lost masses of the world who have never heard of the love of God in Jesus Christ. James and Mitzi were also founders of Hearthstone Log Homes, Inc., in Dandridge, Tennessee. The sale of this business in 1982 to Mr. Randy Giles helped to finance the early years of his ministry to Mexico. He gave unselfishly of his personal fortune to promote the well-being of those whom he served. Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2001, in the Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with burial at 11 a.m., Thursday, in Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Manes Funeral Home prior to the service. Manes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.