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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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