Although Jim and Mecedes loved each other very much, they were never officially wed. Even though Mercedes had long since taken the last name of Seay, this did not discourage the Screen Actor's Guild from failing to recognize my mom as Jim's widow. A small amount of recompence was paid to her after much ado was made.
It should be pointed out for the record that Jim died in Capistrano Beach, Ca. (not Capitol Bch.) on a little street called Calle Real.
Jim and Mercy had been together without lengthy separation for almost 20 years. [George Frederick Neubauer]
Some sources give Seay's middle initial as A, and the 1920 U.S. Census gives it as C, but both the Social Security Death Index and the World War II Military Enlistment Records give it as W.