Ina Maye Fullingim was the oldest child of John K. and Emma (Farmer) Fullingim. She was born in Floydada, Texas, in 1894 and reared in Crosby County. She finished school in Crosbyton in 1911 and met Shorty soon after. Recalling those early days of courtship Maye loved to tell the story of a steamer trunk that she kept at her home until her death. It seems that when she told her father, John K., of her desire to marry Shorty, he was quite upset and did not want her to marry anyone at such a young age of seventeen. To try to persuade her to wait he made an offer that was most unusual for those times. John K. offered to send her away to college if she would not marry! To prove his sincerity he purchased the steamer trunk, brought it home to the City Hotel and asked if it would hold all the clothing she would need to carry with her to school. It stayed with her as a reminder of her father's love for her. Maye did marry Shorty, and they lived together until his death, sixty years later.
Maye was devoted to her mother and father and made it a point to visit at every opportunity and to call and talk each week when telephone service became available. Every Christmas dictated a trip home to Crosbyton until Emma "Mammy" Fullingim passed away. Maye lost her only son, "Jake," early in his adult life. Even though she was age fifty at his death and crippled by severe arthritis in her leg and feet, she reared his son, Bob, who was only age five. May was a fiercely independent woman who would not take defeat easily. When she wanted to do something she would not be deterred easily. After her onset of arthritis, she still continued to do all of her household duties without help and even taught herself to drive the family auto by using her cane to accelerate and brake the auto. She survived Shorty by eight years and lived by herself until the final six months of her life when she had to move to a local nursing home.
Shorty and Maye were active in the First Baptist Church in Clovis, New Mexico. Shorty was a 32nd Degree and Scottish Rite Mason, and Maye was a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star in Clovis. Their only child was John Marion "Jake" Andrews, who was born in Crosbyton, Texas, in 1913. He passed away at age thirty in Clovis, New Mexico. Together they raised their grandson, Bob, and lived to see and know their three great grandchildren. They were both devoted to their family.
(Written by her grandson, R.L. Andrews, 1993)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Edward Coke Fullingim
Millie Elizabeth "Bettye" (Fulbright) Fullingim
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: (both died by mid 1870s)
• James Farmer
• Fannie (Tice) Farmer
ADOPTIVE MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
• Benjamin Franklin Farmer*
• Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer
(*B.F. Farmer was an older brother of James Farmer)
Maye was devoted to her mother and father and made it a point to visit at every opportunity and to call and talk each week when telephone service became available. Every Christmas dictated a trip home to Crosbyton until Emma "Mammy" Fullingim passed away. Maye lost her only son, "Jake," early in his adult life. Even though she was age fifty at his death and crippled by severe arthritis in her leg and feet, she reared his son, Bob, who was only age five. May was a fiercely independent woman who would not take defeat easily. When she wanted to do something she would not be deterred easily. After her onset of arthritis, she still continued to do all of her household duties without help and even taught herself to drive the family auto by using her cane to accelerate and brake the auto. She survived Shorty by eight years and lived by herself until the final six months of her life when she had to move to a local nursing home.
Shorty and Maye were active in the First Baptist Church in Clovis, New Mexico. Shorty was a 32nd Degree and Scottish Rite Mason, and Maye was a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star in Clovis. Their only child was John Marion "Jake" Andrews, who was born in Crosbyton, Texas, in 1913. He passed away at age thirty in Clovis, New Mexico. Together they raised their grandson, Bob, and lived to see and know their three great grandchildren. They were both devoted to their family.
(Written by her grandson, R.L. Andrews, 1993)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Edward Coke Fullingim
Millie Elizabeth "Bettye" (Fulbright) Fullingim
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: (both died by mid 1870s)
• James Farmer
• Fannie (Tice) Farmer
ADOPTIVE MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
• Benjamin Franklin Farmer*
• Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer
(*B.F. Farmer was an older brother of James Farmer)
Ina Maye Fullingim was the oldest child of John K. and Emma (Farmer) Fullingim. She was born in Floydada, Texas, in 1894 and reared in Crosby County. She finished school in Crosbyton in 1911 and met Shorty soon after. Recalling those early days of courtship Maye loved to tell the story of a steamer trunk that she kept at her home until her death. It seems that when she told her father, John K., of her desire to marry Shorty, he was quite upset and did not want her to marry anyone at such a young age of seventeen. To try to persuade her to wait he made an offer that was most unusual for those times. John K. offered to send her away to college if she would not marry! To prove his sincerity he purchased the steamer trunk, brought it home to the City Hotel and asked if it would hold all the clothing she would need to carry with her to school. It stayed with her as a reminder of her father's love for her. Maye did marry Shorty, and they lived together until his death, sixty years later.
Maye was devoted to her mother and father and made it a point to visit at every opportunity and to call and talk each week when telephone service became available. Every Christmas dictated a trip home to Crosbyton until Emma "Mammy" Fullingim passed away. Maye lost her only son, "Jake," early in his adult life. Even though she was age fifty at his death and crippled by severe arthritis in her leg and feet, she reared his son, Bob, who was only age five. May was a fiercely independent woman who would not take defeat easily. When she wanted to do something she would not be deterred easily. After her onset of arthritis, she still continued to do all of her household duties without help and even taught herself to drive the family auto by using her cane to accelerate and brake the auto. She survived Shorty by eight years and lived by herself until the final six months of her life when she had to move to a local nursing home.
Shorty and Maye were active in the First Baptist Church in Clovis, New Mexico. Shorty was a 32nd Degree and Scottish Rite Mason, and Maye was a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star in Clovis. Their only child was John Marion "Jake" Andrews, who was born in Crosbyton, Texas, in 1913. He passed away at age thirty in Clovis, New Mexico. Together they raised their grandson, Bob, and lived to see and know their three great grandchildren. They were both devoted to their family.
(Written by her grandson, R.L. Andrews, 1993)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Edward Coke Fullingim
Millie Elizabeth "Bettye" (Fulbright) Fullingim
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: (both died by mid 1870s)
• James Farmer
• Fannie (Tice) Farmer
ADOPTIVE MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
• Benjamin Franklin Farmer*
• Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer
(*B.F. Farmer was an older brother of James Farmer)
Maye was devoted to her mother and father and made it a point to visit at every opportunity and to call and talk each week when telephone service became available. Every Christmas dictated a trip home to Crosbyton until Emma "Mammy" Fullingim passed away. Maye lost her only son, "Jake," early in his adult life. Even though she was age fifty at his death and crippled by severe arthritis in her leg and feet, she reared his son, Bob, who was only age five. May was a fiercely independent woman who would not take defeat easily. When she wanted to do something she would not be deterred easily. After her onset of arthritis, she still continued to do all of her household duties without help and even taught herself to drive the family auto by using her cane to accelerate and brake the auto. She survived Shorty by eight years and lived by herself until the final six months of her life when she had to move to a local nursing home.
Shorty and Maye were active in the First Baptist Church in Clovis, New Mexico. Shorty was a 32nd Degree and Scottish Rite Mason, and Maye was a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star in Clovis. Their only child was John Marion "Jake" Andrews, who was born in Crosbyton, Texas, in 1913. He passed away at age thirty in Clovis, New Mexico. Together they raised their grandson, Bob, and lived to see and know their three great grandchildren. They were both devoted to their family.
(Written by her grandson, R.L. Andrews, 1993)
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
Edward Coke Fullingim
Millie Elizabeth "Bettye" (Fulbright) Fullingim
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: (both died by mid 1870s)
• James Farmer
• Fannie (Tice) Farmer
ADOPTIVE MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:
• Benjamin Franklin Farmer*
• Vinecy (Shelton) Farmer
(*B.F. Farmer was an older brother of James Farmer)
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