James P. Lavella, Sr., age 76 of Murfreesboro, TN, formerly of Greensburg, PA, passed away on July 3, 2017. He was a native of Herminie, PA, and the son of the late Nunzio Robert and Dorothy D'Amico Lavella.

Funeral Mass will be 10:00 am Saturday, August 5, 2017 at St. Paul Church.

He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Lavella, sons, James P. (Lori) Lavella, Jr. of Michigan, Justin F. (Joan Zoey) Lavella of Washington, D.C., daughter, Suzanne Lucas of Houston, TX, grandchildren, James III, Margaret, Jonathan, Andrew and Henry, brother, Joseph Lavella of Dillsburg, PA, sisters, Rosemary Slivensky of West Newton, PA, Lorraine Lavella of Elizabethtown, PA.

Mr. Lavella was a graduate of Sewickley High School and attended the University of Pittsburgh where he received his Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration. After graduation, Mr. Lavella worked as an engineer and metallurgist for Kennametal in Latorbe, PA and Allegheny Technologies Inc. in Houston, TX, and Lavergne, TN, from which he retired in 2006. Mr. Lavella was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and a Knight of Columbus fourth degree, and has been a happily retired fella for the last decade.

Memorials may be made in his memory to the Haiti Fund or the Organ Fund at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Murfreesboro, TN.

Visitation will be from 9:00 am Saturday, August 5, 2017 until time of Mass at St. Paul Church.