JAMES L. EPPINGER, 89, has departed this life to eternal reward on Monday, September 01, 2025. Public Visitation will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2025, from 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM at Thomas G. Smith Funeral Home, 14601 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44110. Funeral Service will be held on Friday, September 12, 2025, Wake 1:00 PM, Service 1:30 PM at Everlasting Missionary Baptist Church, 579 Eddy Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44108. Interment will be held on Monday, September 15, 2025, family and friends will meet at 8:30 AM at Thomas G. Smith Funeral Home to be escorted to the Cemetery at 10:15 AM, Interment located at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, 10175 Rawiga Road, Seville, Ohio 44273.