James Emerson Bingham Jr

Beloved father. 
James Emerson Bingham Jr. passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, March 23, 2024 following a long period of illness.  
Jim was born in 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana to James Emerson Bingham, Sr of Indiana and Meredith Evelyn Bingham, a native of California.  Jim graduated in 1956 from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. He later attended Wabash College and graduated from Indiana University where he studied English and History. In 1970, Jim and his family moved to Madera where he became a raisin farmer. 

Throughout his life, Jim embraced and preached the value of life balance and was deeply dedicated to his family. He often stepped away from the demands of his work to spend time with his children. He eagerly shared his love for reading, motorcycle riding, and his love for the Roman Catholic Church to which he converted in the 1990s. Family members and friends say they remember Jim for his kindness, keen intelligence and wisdom, gentle spirit, warmth, humor, hope and perseverance.

He is survived by daughter Evelyn Sabina Wagner, her husband Marc Wagner, and their two children Nathalie and Marc of Waterford, Maine, his son James Emerson Bingham, III of Madera, and his daughter Sarah Marie Warner, her husband Ray Warner, and their three children, Moses, Juniper, and Imogene of Tollhouse. 
An interment service will be held Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at 10:00am at Arbor Vitae Cemetery in the Arbor area, in Madera.