Thank you for sharing your story with the list Lee. It probably seems silly
since I never actually got to meet Jimmy but I feel like I lost a good
friend. I've been feeling the need to mourn the loss but I wasn't sure how
to do that in this circumstance. In other situations I have found that
talking and sharing memories is a good way of working out feelings but I
really didn't have any "stories" to share. Your email really has helped me.
I'm so glad you got to know him and his wife.
If anyone else has a story to share about Jimmy I would love to hear it.
Donna
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Cagle [mailto:caglel1@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:40 PM
To: CAGLE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CAGLE] Jimmie Cagle of Longbeach, MS
List:
My wife and I just returned from vacationing at Branson, MO. Naomi, my wife
called to pickup our phone calls where we learned of a call from Ronald
"Ashley" Cagle. Since I was driving Naomi returned the call to learn that
Jimmy B Cagle had died. What a shock this was. I had only spoken to him
about a week or so ago.
For those of you who never met him, I will tell you a story about Jimmy and
his wife Marie. Naomi and I were traveling through Mississippi and had just
come out of Biluxie, MS when we passed a sign for Hollywood, MS. I
explained that one of my Cagle Cousins lived here and we decided to stop and
meet them so, we exited the highway and I called Jimmy. He was elated to
hear from me. We had never met, but had corresponded for some time. He
invited us to his house explaining that his wife, Marie would want to meet
us too, so we followed him to his house where we parked the Motor Home and
went inside. I don't drink coffee, but Marie was typically charming in her
southern tradition and insisted we have something to drink and eat. Before
I knew it, we were agreeing to stay the night and leave the next day. Jimmy
had all the aminities for hosting a Motor home, including 220 wiring and
water connections. In addition to this, he had a guest house which was
fully furnished. Th!
at night we went out to eat and the next day he took us around the area to
visit, etc., and we couldn't get away from them before a week had passed.
They are just so hospitable. While there Jimmy began telling me a story of
his adventures and mentioned that he was once employed at Tinker AFB in
Midwest City, OK and that when he had finished his assignment to the area
his next assignment was to Alaska. He said his office address was on SE
29th Street and there was a TEXACO Station located within the block also, on
SE 29th Street. He said he left his pickup there to be serviced and when he
returned to pick it up, the attendant told him he couldn't have it. When he
insisted he was Jimmy Cagle, the attendant told him it was his truck and his
name was Jimmy Cagle. They had a pretty good laugh about that because as
you know there are not a lot of us Cagles until you begin to try to find
one.
He went on to say, after he arrived in Alaska and they had settled in pretty
good, that he returned home one day to find his wife waiting for him at the
door with a letter in her hand addressed to Jimmy Cagle on SE 29th Street,
(his office address). He noticed the letter had been opened. He said he
removed the letter from the envelope and his heart sunk to his stomach when
he read the salutation "Dearest Darling Jimmy:" The letter went on to state
how how much she loved and missed him, that she thought she was expecting
and it had to be his child. He said his hands were trembling he looked a
Marie; he said the look on her face caused him to continue reading without
saying anything. When he finished the letter, he began to explain that he
never knew this woman. Marie let him carry on for sometime before she
admitted she knew it was not her Jim, because of a statement on the second
page which read in part "I saw your mother the other day in Pawhuska. . . .
"
Finally, it dawned on me who the letter was intended for when written. My
dear Ole Brother, Jimmy Cagle. When I told Jimmy who this Jimmy was we both
roared laughing. After, some discussion as to the need to get even with my
brother for nearly causing his death, we decided to confront him with a
little pay back. Man, did I have a good time with this, and left my brother
stewing for about a month before I finally told him the truth.
I won't go into it with the story I told my brother, but suffice it to say
he was quite concerned for some time while looking over his sholder for a
big Ole Boy whose wife had divorced him over a letter she had gotten from a
woman and that Ole Boy was intent on bringing serious bodily injury to his
person in retaliation.
We will all miss Jimmy, my wife phoned Marie and spoke to her at lengh. She
seems to be muddling through all the paperwork which is required following
the death of a spouse and it is keeping her busy which is a good thing for
now. Jim and Marie had just celebrated their 50th wedding celebration on
Christmas Eve. Jim had been having trouble with his lungs for the past
two or three years. Marie said it got worse last Sunday and by Wednesday he
was gone.
Lee Cagle
Okla City
P.S. Ashley, thanks for calling me.
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