Mr. James Hepworth, 37 yrs old, would be last seen alive on August 1 ^st 2016 while leaving his job in Ludington Michigan.   He had been having quite a battle in his head, heart and life.   He drove to an area near the Pine River in Hoxeyville, Wexford County where his remains would be later recovered on March 28 ^th 2017 by State Police.

James was known as "Little Randy" or "Randy Jr" until his adult life when he decided to start using his legal first name of James.  He attended Oceana County Christian School until the end of his 6 ^th grade year and then was homeschooled. He also attended Westshore Community College where he took Welding, something he very much loved doing.
On February 10 ^th 2001 James married Amanda Wheaton in Ludington Michigan.   In 2001 they also welcomed a baby girl named Mikayla "Tay" and built a home in Weare township where they would stay for the remainder of James' life.  A year later he adopted her daughter Sarah.  Over the next 15 years they would go on to having 6 more children together- Tyler, Noah, Laura, Jenna, Josiah and Emma.  He is survived by them.

Amanda on would get into hobby farming and James would take great pleasure in building her  tools to make her projects easier.  It didn't matter if it was metal working or wood working- he always building. James loved tinkering with everything that he could and modifying them.  Even if it was an item straight from the store he often had to modify it to work a little more efficiently.   The running joke was that everything he built could withstand a hurricane.

In James' childhood he enjoyed bike riding the Pentwater Plains, Western movie watching with his Grandpa Denzil,  Camping in the Upper Peninsula and Hiking. As a father he would go on to instilling the same traditions into his children. He loved Lake Superior, Bodi Lake, Mouth of Two Hearted River and Brevort Lake.  He loved "bombing the trails" of Pentwater Plains and the State park on bikes with Tay, Tyler and Noah.

Later this summer some of James ashes will be spread in some of his favorite places on earth- The Ludington State Park and Lake Superior.  There will be no funeral but rather a Celebration of Life in May at the Ludington State Park.  Details to come later.    Please contact Amanda at psalm127@live.com with any questions and to let her know you plan on attending so that you can be notified as to date/time etc.
Thank you-
The Family of James Hepworth