Obituary in The New York Times
Jim's obituary appeared directly underneath Warren Zevon's. Jim would have loved that, since he was a fan of Zevon's music.
Local obituary
The Birmingham News ran this nice piece the day after James Rachels died.
Two Dead Dads Non-fiction by Kurtis Davidson. 'Kurtis Davidson' is the pen-name for the writing team of David Rachels and Kurt Ayau. David is James Rachels' older son. Kurt's father died at around the same time as David's, and here they swap stories. (Click here to go to the official Kurtis Davidson website.)
Text of Stuart Rachels' eulogy Listen to recordings of funeral speakers:Stuart Rachels
Ada Long
E. Culpepper (Cully) Clark
Lynn Stephens [graveside]