James Braxton FUTRELL
Birth:
6 Jul 1897
Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, Mississippi
Death:
24 Jul 1965
Azusa, Los Angeles, California
Burial:
28 Jul 1965
Burbank, Los Angeles, California
Marriage:
14 Oct 1925
Kelsey, Upshur, Texas
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
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REFN4 LIFE STORY OF JAMES BRAXTON FUTRELL Great-great grandfather of KELSEY ELIZABETH DENKERS) , written by his son, Melvin J. Futrell On July 6, 1897, a sonwas born to James Edward and Ida Irwin Futrell. They named him Ja mes BraxtonFutrell. This event happened in Mechanicsburg, Yazoo County, Mississippi. Allo f his childhood days were spent in Mississippi. Some of his best childhood friends were "Neg ro" children. He spoke of one of them in particular as beinghis best friend. He came to East Texas during his late teenage years, to the best of my knowledge. He wa s baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. James Braxton met Mamie Wade around the age of 25 or 26 years old.They courted, fell i n love, and married on October 14, 1925. They were latersealed in the Salt Lake Temple in 19 29. He became the father of his first sonon September 20, 1927. They named him Melvin Jasp er. Jasper being the name of Melvin's Grandfather Wade. They had a second son on September 2 6, 1931 andnamed him Marvin Braxton after his father. The first memory I have of my dad was when I was about 18 months old. At that time, th e year 1929, our family took a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. (It was at this time that my mo m and dad were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.) I remember my dad driving the car and taking pictures. Since I was with him night and day for a period of about 2 weeks,I began to rea lize who he really was. When we were at home it seemed as if he was away from home a lot wit h the dairy to run, attending to the cows, and delivering the milk. Even with a job that was 7 days a week, he did find time togo fishing and and take by b rother, Marvin, and I with him. We also went hunting for rabbits and squirrels. We would br ing what we shot home with us andhave it for supper. Most of the time our meat was chicke n or pork from the pigs that we would raise. We had a mule named "Tobe", that was good for u sing to plow the garden. Tobe would walk very slow and that made it easy to plow around th e small vegetables plants in our garden. I remember my dad as being someone who enjoyed seeing his sons enjoy themselves. There was this train that ranbetween Gladewater and Big Sandy, in Texas, each day at th e same time. On several occasions on the milk route when I would go with him, he would driv e along the hi-way that went by the side of the railroad track, at the same time thetrain wa s running just to see the smile of excitement on my face. The train wouldn't be going very fa st and the hi-way never did cross the tracks. On aboutmy 12th birthday I got my first bicycle. My dad put the bicycle out in the sm oke house. That was what we called the building that we stored all of our things that we cou ldn't keep in the house. Today it would be called a garage orstorage shed. Anyway, my da d put my new bike out there, and then he sent meout to get something out of the smoke hous e on my birthday, and there was my new bike I was so happy and surprised that I cried. H e loved to surprise people and to see his family happy. My dad always gave me a feeling of security when I was a child. Even though we never ha d much money, he gave us the feelingthat everything was going to be alright, and that mone y was not the most necessary thing in the world. He loved my mother. I don't remember him ever getting into an argument with her. I'm s ure that they had their disagreements, butI never remember them having a confrontation aroun d me or Marvin. I remember his first new pick-up truck. It was a 1936 dodge. I think milk was 10 cent s aquart at that time, so he would bring home a lot of dimes from the milk route.He woul d put those dimes in a jar, and at the end of the month, he usually had enough for the paymen t on the pick-up. I think the total price of the truckwas about $600, so the payments were n ot very much. I remember that he used always liked to drink grapefruit juice. I think h
Mamie Adeline WADE
Birth:
3 Nov 1898
Chavies, De Kalb, Alabama
Death:
12 Apr 1978
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Burial:
15 Apr 1978
Burbank, Los Angeles, California
Father:
Mother:
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REFN5 MAMIE ADELINE WADE FUTRELL (Great-great grandmother of KELSEY ELIZABETH DENKERS) was str ictly a family and church-going oriented person. She loved to sing and play the organ and pia no by ear as she couldn't read music. Hard worknever frightened her, actually she thrived o n it. And she loved to travel. These things had been familiar to her as she was growing up. MAMIE was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Sa ints March26, 1917, by Leroy E. Marsh in Kelsey, Texas. MAMIE was now 18. On her 19th birthd ay, she celebrated it by picking 100 pounds of cotton for each year of herlife. She was plea sed with that accomplishment. She went from Kelsey, Texas toIndependence, Missouri and worke d in the Mission Home when Pres. Samuel O. Bennion lived there and while he presided over th e Central States Mission. She enjoyed working with the missionaries for nearly 2 years befor e being releasedand returning to Kelsey. Shortly after this, she met JAMES BRAXTON FUTRELL, courted with him for awhile and the y were married on Oct. 14, 1925, to start another courtship which was to last almost 40 year s and never really end even withhis death in 1965. It was only interrupted by 13 years unti l their reunitingon April 12, 1978. She was assured of this because of her life and the fac t that she was sealed to JAMES BRAXTON FUTRELL in the Salt Lake Temple on August 12, 1929, b y Elder George F. Richards.(BRENT DENKERS' GREAT GREAT UNCLE) MAMIE lived in Kelsey at a time when it was the only Mormon community in East Texas. Sh e met many men and women missionaries who were later to become leaders in thechurch--David O .McKay, Heber J. Grant, Elray Christiansen, Henry D. Moyle, tomention a few. They all influe nced her life. She was a loving and devoted mother to her 2 sons and enjoyed her role as a housewife. S he loved to dance andshe and her husband were in many exhibitions with 4 or 5 couples repres entingEast Texas at Gold and Green Balls. She enjoyed working in her garden. She andher hus band owned a dairy business on a 2 and a half acre farm in Texas whichthey sold when they we nt to Utah. Now, with World War II going, the Futrell family began their travels. First, to U tah in 1942, back to Texas, and then to California in 1944, where MAMIE found herself livin g in Glendale and working near Lockheed. MAMIE and her family moved to Burbank and then to Hi ghland Park,where she and BRAXTON lived until he became disabled. MAMIE AND BRAXTON serveda full life, they had filled two stake missions and served seve ral other church assignments while living in Highland Park. After BRAXTON passed away in 1965, she lived in an apartment in Burbank, California unti l she fell and broke her hip in 1974. From that point her life changed to total dependancy o n others.She never fully recovered after being confined to the hospital for over a year. She 'd always look forward to attending church with her family every Sunday.This was the highlig ht of her life now. She seemed to be improving, but in trying to walk on her own she fell an d broke her arm. Her health steadily worstened; in her last days she was almost totally bedri dden.She had a surprise visitby her brother, J.C., from Texas just a week and a half befor e she died whichbrightened her life for a few days. MAMIE ADELINE FUTRELL leaves a heritage ofsimple quiet greatness for her posterity. THESE WORDS WERE TAKEN FROM HER EULOGY AS WRITTEN BY HER SONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER WRITTEN BY MAMIE FUTRELLTO HER GRANDDAUGHTER, GAIL FUTRELL ON MARCH 22, 1964. Dear Gail, Hope you canread this story as it came to my mind I wrote it. Grandpaw said tell you he can't write so I put some of his history of life along in the letter. I'll l et him sine his name, its nice of you to want a history of us. Gail, I wish you could of come for a week. We would of went to conference. Tell all hell o. Love from Grandmaw To my Granddaughter, Gail, A brief s
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James Braxton Futrell - Mamie Adeline Wade
James Braxton Futrell
was born at Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, Mississippi 6 Jul 1897.
He married Mamie Adeline Wade 14 Oct 1925 at Kelsey, Upshur, Texas . Mamie Adeline Wade was born at Chavies, De Kalb, Alabama 3 Nov 1898 daughter of Jasper Carolina Wade and Berta Adelaide Leake .
James Braxton Futrell died 24 Jul 1965 at Azusa, Los Angeles, California .
Mamie Adeline Wade died 12 Apr 1978 at North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California .