Mr. Alan Keith Ijames, affectionately called “Bunny,” passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
He was born to the late Alvis Thomas and Wilma Mae Speas Ijames in Forsyth County on November 1, 1962.
Bunny graduated from North Forsyth High School, class of 1981. He was a veteran of the United States Army and his honorable service for his country included a tour of duty in Korea.
Mr. Ijames was a member of Center Grove AME Zion Church in Tobaccoville, North Carolina.
Those family members who survive will love and cherish fond memories of “Bunny” include three daughters, Kendra and Keisha Ijames and their mother, Carolyn Ijames and Christina Salley-Ijames and her mother, Sharon Salley; his sister, Vanessa Ijames Barker; his grandmother, Lillian Speas; two nephews, Justin and Jonathan Barker; four aunts, Deloris (John) Harris, Ann Leak, Belinda (Alfonza) Harris, and Betty Naylor; five uncles, Lester B. Speas, Jr., William Ijames, Frank Ijames, Donald Ijames, and John Arthur Ijames; and many other extended family members and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon in the chapel of Clark S. Brown & Sons Funeral Home on Thursday, January 2, 2014. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Salisbury National Cemetery with military honors.
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