Death date: Jun 20, 2025
James Nguyen Mann of Tampa, Florida, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. Born in Vietnam, he emigrated to the U.S. as a young boy along with his mother and younger sister during the war, and adopted by his fat Read Obituary
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My HERO
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LOVE YOU! My hero💙💔💙
Thank you for always showing up for me. From my school concerts as a kid to my wedding day. You will always have a place in my heart. We love you Baby James.
We had so many memories with James. Everything was just so natural between him and our family when he visited. My kids had known James all their lives. We always hugged when we saw each other. When we left, we missed each other dearly. We conversed without reservation, because we respected each other's opinions, not afraid to offend. He could and had shown up at our residence at all times of the day and was welcomed at any time of the day without questions. He had spent many weekends at my house, enjoying the backyard campfire, sharing homecooked meals, or just time away from everyone in Tampa. 🤣 We had driven to Atlanta just to spend the day and enjoy each other's company. Took a weekend trip to Sanibel Island, weekends at cabins and campgrounds, or just fished near his home or down at the Everglades. We had been searching for and had looked at land to build our getaway compound. We both even bought boats and made plans to fix them up so we could go fishing on the East and West coasts without trailering such a long distance. We had made plans to take a road trip to Alaska and back. We had planned to grow old together, having each other's backs. We will miss his sense of humor, kindness, and generosity… most of all, how he made you feel like you were the most important person in the world when he was with you. We will miss our friend, James—my brother, my kids' uncle—dearly!
Our beloved James has left us too soon. He taught us so many things and he will be missed. I love you brother and will always remember you. Your passion at the pharmacy for what you believe in I will always remember. Your devotion to family I will never forget. I have a 3 month old son now named Luke that I will raise the correct way. I know we always talked about wanting the best for the next generation. I promise you James that I’ll make sure my son grows up the correct way and always keeps traditional values close to his heart. I’ll see you again my brother. Miss you.
Love
Jason Soberal
Me and my sister met James for the first time through a FaceTime call, and I don’t remember ever not knowing him. It was like we just hit it off. As soon as we got on that call, he cracked a joke the moment we saw him. Instantly, we felt like we had known him for years.
But once we really got to know him over the years, we realized one thing about him: he defined the word selfless. Which leads to one of our many memories with him.
This memory describes James in all of his best qualities—humor, kindness, and supportiveness.
Around 2021, my father found a new job, but there was a problem: it was located up in Ocala, about 1.5 to 2 hours from here. That meant he had to stay in an apartment up there for five days a week. My dad had never been gone that long. The house felt a little more empty and lonely. Me, my mom, and my sister felt blue.
And I guess James had a knack for seeing those emotions—so he took action. He showed up to our house quite a few times in those first couple of weeks, just to cheer us up and share a meal with us. He brightened our spirits and, as you know, provided endless amounts of jokes. In doing so, he helped us ease into the idea that everything would be okay.
That was the moment we knew we had chosen an excellent friend.
And we are certain that everyone knows James was always lending a hand. We are forever grateful for the opportunity that God gave us—to know him and to cherish our time with him.
We love you, James. Forever and always. ❤️
James is a good chefIt was Irma hurricane in 2017, one palm tree of my in-law fell down, James was helping clear the palm tree from drive way and he said he’ll make a dish from this palm. I help him to get the palm heart out. Next day we have a family dinner and James
comes with a big heart palm dish he cooked and it’s very tasty delicious the way he cooks it. At the dinner table, I jokingly told James, there’s another palm tree in the yard and I wish the next wind will takes it down so we can have another delicious dinner and he said don’t talk too loud because there is another hurricane on the horizon! We both chuckle and laughing.
James is a good considerable man, very
kind heart and an honors soul.
