CAMDEN and SARASOTA, Fla. — There will be a memorial gathering of family and friends on Thursday, July 28, from 2 to 3 p.m. at Long Funeral Home, 9 Mountain St. in Camden, for James W. Sylvester, 79, of Camden and Sarasota, Fla., who died in Florida on Sept. 24, 2015.

Arrangements are with Long Funeral Home.