James Weatherly

Born on March 17, 1943

Departed on February 3, 2021 and resided in Brentwood, TN

James Dexter "Jim" Weatherly of Brentwood, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on February 3, 2021. He was 77.
Born March 17, 1943, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, to the late Ira Burdell "Ike" Weatherly and Edith Roberson Weatherly, Jim had a hall of fame career in music after being an All-Southeastern Conference and All-America (honorable mention) quarterback at the University of Mississippi. In high school he had been a multi-sport athlete and an All-Little Ten Conference quarterback for Pontotoc.
Weatherly was ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year in 1974, and two of his songs recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips - "Neither One of Us" and "Midnight Train to Georgia" - were Grammy winners.
Weatherly was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2011 his alma mater, the University of Mississippi, honored him with induction into the Ole Miss Alumni Hall of Fame.
He became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New York in 2014, and that same year was presented the Governor's Award for Excellence in Music from his home state of Mississippi.
Weatherly published Midnight Train as his autobiography in 2018.
He is survived by his wife Cynthia, daughter Brighton, and son Zack. Most importantly Jim was a an honorable, kind, humble man that touched many lives. He was a loving husband and father to Cynthia, Brighton & Zack.
Weatherly is also survived by his sisters Sherrie Winter (Ronnie) and Elise Black (Scott), and brother Shan Weatherly (Kevin Ann); nieces and nephews Jennifer Wardlaw (Brad), Ron Winter (Emily), Scott Black III, Catherine Hicks (Chris), Brandon Weatherly (Lyssa), and Hannah Kimbrough (Matthew); his mother-in-law Mona Leake, sister-in-law Sherry Donald (Dale); Jim was uncle to Ashley Smith and Blake Donald.

Donations in Jim Weatherly's honor may be made to the following:
*** Jim Weatherly Endowment
The University of Mississippi
�... UM Foundation
406 University Ave.
Oxford, MS 38655
*** St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
*** Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
*** Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)