Charles H. 'Chuck' James III, who ran C.H. James & Co., one of nation's oldest Black-owned businesses, dead at 62
Provided Charles “Chuck” H. James III, who chaired one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned businesses, has died at 62. Mr. James, who lived in the Chicago area for extended periods, died last month at his Atlanta home as a result of heart problems, according to his sister Sarah Irby. The fourth generation in his family to run C.H. James & Co., a Charleston, West Virginia, company founded by his great-grandfather in the 1880s, Mr. James oversaw a business that supplied produce to many restaurants, schools, grocery stores and hospitals in the Mountain State. He was credited with diversifyi...
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