Jim Fleming, former Chicago Sun-Times copy editor, dies at 84

Jim Fleming, former Chicago Sun-Times copy editor, dies at 84

Former Sun-Times copy editor Jim Fleming didn't have an off switch."He drove me crazy because he would edit my grocery lists and tell me I misspelled 'carrot,'" Mr. Fleming's wife, Joette Fleming, said with a laugh.He also had a T-shirt that proclaimed: "I'm silently editing your grammar.""He was a solid old-time copy editor who watched everything very carefully," said former Sun-Times editorial board member Tom Frisbie."And he was everybody's h…