Funeral services for James Bennett Gattis, age 23 of Nashville formerly of Fayetteville, will be conducted Wednesday at 11 AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Brett Miles officiating. Burial will follow in Kelso Cemetery. Mr. Gattis passed away Saturday.

He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of James Timothy and Susanna C. Gattis who survive. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee where he earned a Bachelors degree in Political Science in 2012. He studied and traveled in the U.K. and served an internship in London for the successful re-election of Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London. In 2011 he was a member of the University of Tennessee National Champion Paintball Team. While currently pursuing a career in public policy he was employed as a service associate with Land Uniforms. Mr. Gattis was currently attending the Crosspoint Church in Nashville.

Survivors in addition of his parents include a sister Whitney Gattis and husband Capt. James Ward of Anchorage, AK, grandparents Frank Melvin and Mary Ann Gattis of Fayetteville and Shelby Colbert of Fayetteville, aunts and uncles Brad Gattis and wife Christy, Dr. James Colbert Jr. and wife Jean, Tim Colbert and wife Delia, Vickie Fee, Phillip Colbert and wife Christina and Marcus Colbert all of Fayetteville and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Jim Colbert.

Visitation with the family will be Tuesday from 4-8 PM at Higgins Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Howell Church of Christ, Imagination Library or the Northside Missionary Baptist Church, 84 Radio Road, Almo, KY 42020.