House of James

At our 2023 Summit Meeting, Betsy Kalapp read old emails from her big brother Deva Singh Khalsa which I requested a copy to share on our family blog. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I’ve attached…
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During the 2023 James Family Summit Meeting, cousin Michele Watts gave me this newspaper article with supporting photographs. I thought you all would enjoy this memory of our beloved Mama D. The article was published on Monday, April 16, 2001…
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11-22-1973 11-22-1973 11-28-1974

Kendall and I moved to an apartment on Flagler Avenue right down from the little elementary school that we both attended so many years earlier. It was so much fun and we were just having a great time working and…
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This month’s post is dedicated to my most precious, forever young, Aunt Rosie who I have the pleasure of spending a lot of quality time with at Lake Broward. Her 89th birthday is a very special day and I wanted…
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We sold our place in Arlington and moved closer into town. Red is now working for the Fruit Growers Express, a subsidiary of the railroad. We rented a duplex apartment from Mrs. Lackey on St. Augustine Road. Papa’s sister, Aunt…
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Going back to my grammar school years, I had many friends – Anna Hawn, Alice and Perl Reddell, Beaulah Gill, Edna Ludwick, Gladys Mickler, Lillian Thompson just to name a few. All of which at one time or another had…
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The Boutwell’s were our neighbors. He played a saxophone in an orchestra in one of the hotels in Jacksonville. Don’t ask my why, I did not care for him. In fact, I think I was afraid of him. Mrs. Boutwell…
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