James Edward "Eddie-Boy" Trantham, I, 85, passed away October 20, 2017, in Mexia. Interment will be at Mexia Cemetery.
Eddie-Boy was born in Mexia, Texas, to the late Russell White and Edna Danner Trantham. Mexia was always home, the railroad was going strong, and here is where he began his long working career. Eddie-Boy retired from Southern Pacific Railroad after 44 years of service in the Building and Maintenance Department.
Eddie-Boy married Jodelle Carroll on May 30, 1952, in Mexia, Texas. They began their life together, traveling with his job and living in a railroad car until their first child began school. Raising five children was not an easy task, but providing a living for his family and teaching them good life skills was his goal in life; he dearly loved his family. Eddie-Boy was a hard worker, he had to be busy or he wasn’t happy. He was a good carpenter and mechanic; he could figure out how to fix or repair almost anything. He was a Christian and member of the First Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Bobby and Russell Trantham
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Jodelle Trantham, of Mexia; son, James Edward Trantham, II and wife, Margaret, of Mexia; daughters: Mary Alice Spampinato and husband, David, of Mart, Judy Ann Paetzold, of Elk City, OK, Sara Jo Trantham, of Mexia, and Sue Lil Roberts and husband, Frog, of Mexia; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Emilie Ann Ray, of Tehuacana; sister-in-law, Mattie Trantham, of Mexia; and numerous nieces and nephews;, other relatives and friends. N5
James Edward "Eddie-Boy" Trantham, I, 85, passed away October 20, 2017, in Mexia. Interment will be at Mexia Cemetery.
Eddie-Boy was born in Mexia, Texas, to the late Russell White and Edna Danner Trantham. Mexia was always home, the railroad was going strong, and here is where he began his long working career. Eddie-Boy retired from Southern Pacific Railroad after 44 years of service in the Building and Maintenance Department.
Eddie-Boy married Jodelle Carroll on May 30, 1952, in Mexia, Texas. They began their life together, traveling with his job and living in a railroad car until their first child began school. Raising five children was not an easy task, but providing a living for his family and teaching them good life skills was his goal in life; he dearly loved his family. Eddie-Boy was a hard worker, he had to be busy or he wasn’t happy. He was a good carpenter and mechanic; he could figure out how to fix or repair almost anything. He was a Christian and member of the First Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Bobby and Russell Trantham
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Jodelle Trantham, of Mexia; son, James Edward Trantham, II and wife, Margaret, of Mexia; daughters: Mary Alice Spampinato and husband, David, of Mart, Judy Ann Paetzold, of Elk City, OK, Sara Jo Trantham, of Mexia, and Sue Lil Roberts and husband, Frog, of Mexia; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, Emilie Ann Ray, of Tehuacana; sister-in-law, Mattie Trantham, of Mexia; and numerous nieces and nephews;, other relatives and friends. N5
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