Jim Drummond

Funeral services for Jim Drummond, 89, of Monroe, LA will be Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 2:30 P.M. at Lea Joyner Memorial United Methodist Church with Pastor Ben McGehee officiating. Burial will follow at Hasley Cemetery in West Monroe under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Monroe. Visitation will be held Sunday, December 8, 2024, at 1:00 – 2:30 P.M. at the church.

Jim was born September 25, 1935, in Marshall, IL and passed away December 3, 2024, following a brief illness. He was a graduate of Marshall High School. He grew up on a family farm in Marshall, IL and loved to reminisce about his parents and siblings and share memories of their days on the farm. As a young adult in southern Illinois, he worked at Caterpillar and later served as a fireman for the Peoria Fire Department. He moved to Monroe, LA in the late 1960s where he began his 20-year career with Snap On Tools, then later worked in the tool department at Sears until retirement. It was on his tool route that he met his wife of 44 years, Yvonne Smith Nugent Drummond. 

Jim was a faithful member of Lea Joyner Memorial United Methodist Church and often recounted memories of serving on mission trips with his church family. He will be remembered for his love of family and was particularly fond of his grandchildren. In his younger years, he loved hunting, wood-working, tinkering in his shop, and enjoyed family vacations and gatherings at their hunting camp. 

Jim was preceded in death by his wife, Yvonne; his parents, Ben and Lillian Drummond; brother, Don Drummond; sisters, Rosemary Pellum, Betty Talbot, Doris Kelly; stepson, Robert Scott Nugent.

Left to cherish his memory is his son, Kenny Drummond (Tanya); stepson, Eddie Nugent (Terrie); sister, Norma Jean Davis; grandchildren, Brock Nugent (Shannen), Emorie Nugent (Jess), Averie Nugent, Robbie Nugent (Morgan), Miranda Elliott (Phil), Tristan Drummond, Kiley Drummond, and Kenzie Drummond; along with a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family and friends. 

Honoring Jim as Pallbearers are Charles Smith, Greg Smith, Jimmy Simmons, Robbie Simmons, Lamar Young, and Wade Jackson.

The family wishes to extend a heartfelt thanks to Dr. Keith Calhoun and the nursing staff of St. Francis Hospital. 

Memorials may be sent to the Lea Joyner Memorial Methodist Church.