James Doyle Calame was the oldest son of Robert Benjamin Calame and Pearl Louise Campbell Calame. He was born in Tehuacana, Limestone County in July 15, 1922. He started school in the fall of 1929 when he was 7 years old. In the Spring of 1932, he, his younger brother, Harold, & sister, Wylna, began cleaning the school and the grounds to help their dad pay the school taxes. He was a true farm boy.
In 1939, he received his diploma from Tehuacana Grammar School and he enrolled in Mexia High School. He wanted to join the football team, the "Mexia Black Cats" but his job and chores at home prohibited that. He was a Junior in High School on December 7, 1941, it was about 2PM and he was on the school lot about to play sand lot football when he heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. He was not old enough to join the service at that time so when he graduated in May 1942 he was drafted.
On September, 1942, he went to the Medical Arts Building in Dallas for his physical for the US Army, where afterwards they gave him 10 days to get his affairs settled. (He said it took him 15 minutes) He was sent to Camp Walters in Mineral Wells, Texas for 10 days before he boarded a train to Fort Worth, then to Wichita, Ks, turned west to Colorado, then to Utah, Idaho and Oregon. He was assigned to the 310 Air Service Group, 1819 Ordinance Aviation Company and Basic Training began. March, 1943, they got their orders to ship out. They boarded the USS Hermitage to the Society Islands near Tahiti and were there about 2 weeks and sailed to Perth, Australia. After a short stay they sailed to Bombay, India, boarded a train east to Calcutta. A few days out of Calcutta they boarded boats on the Ganges River for two days. They boarded a narrow gauge railroad train to Jorhat, India in the Assam Valley. They loaded 250 pound bombs on P49 fighter, one under each wing. They serviced B25's too. Later he was stationed in Burma until the war ended. On January 1, 1946 he was discharged from the service.
After the service he worked for the Tehuacana Gin, and then with Shorty Nedham at his service station. In September 1947, he enrolled at Westminister Union College at Tehuacana where he received his Associates degree and transferred to East Texas State Teacher's College in Commerce, Texas with a major in Industrial Education and a minor in Math and English. This is where he met Wanda Maxine Simpson his future wife. They married August 14, 1949 and have lived in Richardson for over 50 years.
He passed away on May 12, 2014, at the age of 91, at The Plaza Skilled Nursing Home in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Calame, his son Martin Douglas Calame and his daughter, Amy Kathleen Calame Hudson, five grandchildren, Caleb Calame, Rusty, Dustin & Alex Hudson, India Calame; three sisters, Wylna Putman of Prosper, Texas, LaRee Coker of Mart, Texas and Freddie Gibson of Edmond, Oklahoma and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Pearl Calame, his brothers Cleo Lenard and Benjamin Harold Calame; sisters Chloe Delia Welch, Laura Faye Palmer, Frances Nadine Mezirka, Mildred Melvina Hughes and his grandson, Thomas Calame.
His earthly body was cremated and his ashes are to be buried at DFW Veteran's Cemetery in Grand Prairie on May 19, 2014.
In 1939, he received his diploma from Tehuacana Grammar School and he enrolled in Mexia High School. He wanted to join the football team, the "Mexia Black Cats" but his job and chores at home prohibited that. He was a Junior in High School on December 7, 1941, it was about 2PM and he was on the school lot about to play sand lot football when he heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. He was not old enough to join the service at that time so when he graduated in May 1942 he was drafted.
On September, 1942, he went to the Medical Arts Building in Dallas for his physical for the US Army, where afterwards they gave him 10 days to get his affairs settled. (He said it took him 15 minutes) He was sent to Camp Walters in Mineral Wells, Texas for 10 days before he boarded a train to Fort Worth, then to Wichita, Ks, turned west to Colorado, then to Utah, Idaho and Oregon. He was assigned to the 310 Air Service Group, 1819 Ordinance Aviation Company and Basic Training began. March, 1943, they got their orders to ship out. They boarded the USS Hermitage to the Society Islands near Tahiti and were there about 2 weeks and sailed to Perth, Australia. After a short stay they sailed to Bombay, India, boarded a train east to Calcutta. A few days out of Calcutta they boarded boats on the Ganges River for two days. They boarded a narrow gauge railroad train to Jorhat, India in the Assam Valley. They loaded 250 pound bombs on P49 fighter, one under each wing. They serviced B25's too. Later he was stationed in Burma until the war ended. On January 1, 1946 he was discharged from the service.
After the service he worked for the Tehuacana Gin, and then with Shorty Nedham at his service station. In September 1947, he enrolled at Westminister Union College at Tehuacana where he received his Associates degree and transferred to East Texas State Teacher's College in Commerce, Texas with a major in Industrial Education and a minor in Math and English. This is where he met Wanda Maxine Simpson his future wife. They married August 14, 1949 and have lived in Richardson for over 50 years.
He passed away on May 12, 2014, at the age of 91, at The Plaza Skilled Nursing Home in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Calame, his son Martin Douglas Calame and his daughter, Amy Kathleen Calame Hudson, five grandchildren, Caleb Calame, Rusty, Dustin & Alex Hudson, India Calame; three sisters, Wylna Putman of Prosper, Texas, LaRee Coker of Mart, Texas and Freddie Gibson of Edmond, Oklahoma and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Pearl Calame, his brothers Cleo Lenard and Benjamin Harold Calame; sisters Chloe Delia Welch, Laura Faye Palmer, Frances Nadine Mezirka, Mildred Melvina Hughes and his grandson, Thomas Calame.
His earthly body was cremated and his ashes are to be buried at DFW Veteran's Cemetery in Grand Prairie on May 19, 2014.
James Doyle Calame was the oldest son of Robert Benjamin Calame and Pearl Louise Campbell Calame. He was born in Tehuacana, Limestone County in July 15, 1922. He started school in the fall of 1929 when he was 7 years old. In the Spring of 1932, he, his younger brother, Harold, & sister, Wylna, began cleaning the school and the grounds to help their dad pay the school taxes. He was a true farm boy.
In 1939, he received his diploma from Tehuacana Grammar School and he enrolled in Mexia High School. He wanted to join the football team, the "Mexia Black Cats" but his job and chores at home prohibited that. He was a Junior in High School on December 7, 1941, it was about 2PM and he was on the school lot about to play sand lot football when he heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. He was not old enough to join the service at that time so when he graduated in May 1942 he was drafted.
On September, 1942, he went to the Medical Arts Building in Dallas for his physical for the US Army, where afterwards they gave him 10 days to get his affairs settled. (He said it took him 15 minutes) He was sent to Camp Walters in Mineral Wells, Texas for 10 days before he boarded a train to Fort Worth, then to Wichita, Ks, turned west to Colorado, then to Utah, Idaho and Oregon. He was assigned to the 310 Air Service Group, 1819 Ordinance Aviation Company and Basic Training began. March, 1943, they got their orders to ship out. They boarded the USS Hermitage to the Society Islands near Tahiti and were there about 2 weeks and sailed to Perth, Australia. After a short stay they sailed to Bombay, India, boarded a train east to Calcutta. A few days out of Calcutta they boarded boats on the Ganges River for two days. They boarded a narrow gauge railroad train to Jorhat, India in the Assam Valley. They loaded 250 pound bombs on P49 fighter, one under each wing. They serviced B25's too. Later he was stationed in Burma until the war ended. On January 1, 1946 he was discharged from the service.
After the service he worked for the Tehuacana Gin, and then with Shorty Nedham at his service station. In September 1947, he enrolled at Westminister Union College at Tehuacana where he received his Associates degree and transferred to East Texas State Teacher's College in Commerce, Texas with a major in Industrial Education and a minor in Math and English. This is where he met Wanda Maxine Simpson his future wife. They married August 14, 1949 and have lived in Richardson for over 50 years.
He passed away on May 12, 2014, at the age of 91, at The Plaza Skilled Nursing Home in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Calame, his son Martin Douglas Calame and his daughter, Amy Kathleen Calame Hudson, five grandchildren, Caleb Calame, Rusty, Dustin & Alex Hudson, India Calame; three sisters, Wylna Putman of Prosper, Texas, LaRee Coker of Mart, Texas and Freddie Gibson of Edmond, Oklahoma and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Pearl Calame, his brothers Cleo Lenard and Benjamin Harold Calame; sisters Chloe Delia Welch, Laura Faye Palmer, Frances Nadine Mezirka, Mildred Melvina Hughes and his grandson, Thomas Calame.
His earthly body was cremated and his ashes are to be buried at DFW Veteran's Cemetery in Grand Prairie on May 19, 2014.
In 1939, he received his diploma from Tehuacana Grammar School and he enrolled in Mexia High School. He wanted to join the football team, the "Mexia Black Cats" but his job and chores at home prohibited that. He was a Junior in High School on December 7, 1941, it was about 2PM and he was on the school lot about to play sand lot football when he heard that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. He was not old enough to join the service at that time so when he graduated in May 1942 he was drafted.
On September, 1942, he went to the Medical Arts Building in Dallas for his physical for the US Army, where afterwards they gave him 10 days to get his affairs settled. (He said it took him 15 minutes) He was sent to Camp Walters in Mineral Wells, Texas for 10 days before he boarded a train to Fort Worth, then to Wichita, Ks, turned west to Colorado, then to Utah, Idaho and Oregon. He was assigned to the 310 Air Service Group, 1819 Ordinance Aviation Company and Basic Training began. March, 1943, they got their orders to ship out. They boarded the USS Hermitage to the Society Islands near Tahiti and were there about 2 weeks and sailed to Perth, Australia. After a short stay they sailed to Bombay, India, boarded a train east to Calcutta. A few days out of Calcutta they boarded boats on the Ganges River for two days. They boarded a narrow gauge railroad train to Jorhat, India in the Assam Valley. They loaded 250 pound bombs on P49 fighter, one under each wing. They serviced B25's too. Later he was stationed in Burma until the war ended. On January 1, 1946 he was discharged from the service.
After the service he worked for the Tehuacana Gin, and then with Shorty Nedham at his service station. In September 1947, he enrolled at Westminister Union College at Tehuacana where he received his Associates degree and transferred to East Texas State Teacher's College in Commerce, Texas with a major in Industrial Education and a minor in Math and English. This is where he met Wanda Maxine Simpson his future wife. They married August 14, 1949 and have lived in Richardson for over 50 years.
He passed away on May 12, 2014, at the age of 91, at The Plaza Skilled Nursing Home in Richardson, Dallas County, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Maxine Calame, his son Martin Douglas Calame and his daughter, Amy Kathleen Calame Hudson, five grandchildren, Caleb Calame, Rusty, Dustin & Alex Hudson, India Calame; three sisters, Wylna Putman of Prosper, Texas, LaRee Coker of Mart, Texas and Freddie Gibson of Edmond, Oklahoma and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Ben and Pearl Calame, his brothers Cleo Lenard and Benjamin Harold Calame; sisters Chloe Delia Welch, Laura Faye Palmer, Frances Nadine Mezirka, Mildred Melvina Hughes and his grandson, Thomas Calame.
His earthly body was cremated and his ashes are to be buried at DFW Veteran's Cemetery in Grand Prairie on May 19, 2014.
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