MR. JAMES EDWARD LAMBERT, JR, AGE 62 DIED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING JUNE 3, 2017 AT WHITE OAK MANOR. THE GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE 3 P.M. MONDAY AFTERNOON JUNE 5, 2017 AT LANCASTER MEMORIAL PARK BY REV. LARRY PLYLER, AND REV JOHNNY TOLSON WITH BURIAL TO FOLLOW. THE GREETING AND VISTATION WITH THE FAMILY WILL BE FROM 2 P.M. TO 2:45 P.M. AT JERRY HARTLEY FUNERAL HOME 684 HUBBARD DRIVE LANCASTER, 285-8000.MR. LAMBERT WAS BORN JULY 21, 1954 A SON OF BETTY LAMBERT WHITLEY AND THE LATE JAMES EDWARD LAMBERT, SR. HE SERVED OUR GREAT COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DURING THE VIET-NAM ERA, AND WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. JAMES WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.MR. LAMBERT IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER, BETTY WHITLEY OF THE HOME, 2 SONS JAMES LAMBERT III AND CHARLES LAMBERT, 1 SISTER SHEREE LAMBERT GIFFIN AND HUSBAND MIKE GIFFIN OF KNOXVILLE, TENN. ; SPECIAL LOVING COUSINS SHELIA AND JOHNNY TOLSON. JAMES WAS PRE-CEDED IN DEATH BY HIS STEP-FATHER THE LATE GENE WHITLEY.JERRY HARTLEY FUNERAL HOME 684 HUBBARD DRIVE, LANCASTER S.C. 285-8000 IS TAKING CARE OF MR. LAMBERT AND HIS FAMILY .