James Huron Womack (1900 - 1971)

Born 21 Jul 1900 in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Viola (Luttrell) Womack — married 31 Jul 1921 in Marshall, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died 21 May 1971 at age 70 in Beaumont, Riverside, California, United States

Biography

James Womack was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

James H. Womack was born on 21 Jul 1900 in McMinnville, Warren County, TN.^[1] He is the son of [[|James Tilden Womack and Maud Etter Sanders. He died on 21 May 1971 in Beaumont, Riverside County, California.^[2] James is buried beside his wife, Viola, in Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery, Beaumont, Riverside County.^[3]

In 1910, following the death of his mother in 1909, James is living in the household of his maternal grandparents, James Wallace Sanders and Sarah E. Cantrell, in Civil District 14, Warren County, Tennessee. Also in the household are Orion and Thelda Womack, his brother and sister.^[4]

James apparently lost touch with his father after being sent to live with grandparents. He also did not get along well with these grandparents and left home in Tennessee at an early age. James registered for the draft at age 18 at the time of World War I. He was not called to service. At the time of his registration he and sister Thelda Womack were living in Madill, Oklahoma. James was working as a farm laborer.

Name: James Huron Womack County: Marshall State: Oklahoma Birth Date: 21 Jul 1900 Race: White U. S. Citizen: Native Born Age: 18 Occupation: Farmer, Amos Garth, Madill, OK Nearest Relative: Miss Thelma Womack [sister] Height/Build: Medium/medium Color of Eyes/Hair: Blue/light Signature: James Huron Womack^[5]

James has not been located on the 1920 censu, but he must have been in Marshall County, Oklahoma. He registered for the draft in that county in 1919 and married Viola Luttrell on 31 July 1921 in Marshall County, Oklahoma.

Their first child, Charlie Lee Womack, was born and died in 1923. He appears to have been named for James' brother, Charlie Lee Womack, who also died as in infant in 1898.

James and Viola traveled to Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama and were there for a short time. Their daughter Berniece was born in Alabama in 1925. But they didn't stay long and were back in Oklahoma by 1927; son Eugene was born in Oklahoma in 1927.

On the 1930 census James is the head of household, renting a farm in Odell Township, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Also in the home are his wife Viola, daughter Berniece, and sons Eugene and Joy Wayne. The census notes he was one of the few people in his neighborhood who owned a radio.^[6]

The depression years of the 1930s were a difficult time in the United States. I remember my mother (Berniece Womack, daughter of James and Viola) telling me stories about life on the farm. At one point they raised general crops, vegetables, etc., and my grandmother raised turkeys, their main cash crop. At the same time my grandfather was working for the Works Projects Administration (WPA), established in 1935. He was put to work building schools. Later they owned a dairy farm and mother recalled some of the less fortunate neighbors coming to the dairy where her parents would help out by giving them milk.

In 1940 James is enumerated as the head of household, still renting a farm in Odell Township, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Also in the home are his wife, Viola, and children Berniece, Eugene, Joy Wayne, and twins Paul and Pauline.^[7]

In late 1940 or early 1941 they left Oklahoma for California. They settled in Beaumont, Riverside County, California where they remained until James died in 1971.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S631 "Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909," delayed birth cert 63300 (1900), Name: James Huron Womack Gender: Male Birth Date: 21 Jul 1900 Color: White Birth Place: Civil District 14, McMinnville, Warren Father: Tilden Womack Mother: Maude Sanders Parents: Married, 3rd child of this mother Date issued: 28 Jun 1941
2. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGTM-NS8 : 26 November 2014), James H Womack, 21 May 1971; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. Note: CA Death Index has incorrect birth year; shows 1901, should be 1900.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35957333
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNF-B6B : accessed 13 August 2019), James Womack in household of James Sanders, Civil District 14, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 186, sheet 6B, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1524; FHL microfilm 1,375,537.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZDF-M3T : 13 March 2018), Jimmie Huron Womack, 1917-1918; citing Marshall County, Oklahoma, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,851,888.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWZ-FNC : accessed 13 August 2019), James H Monack, Odell, Marshall, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1B, line 70, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1915; FHL microfilm 2,341,649.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBV5-ZBC : 27 July 2019), Jim H Womack, Odell Township, Marshall, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48-7, sheet 10A, line 39, family 192, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3311.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3Z2-GMV : 20 May 2014), James Womack, May 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 August 2019), memorial page for James Huron Womack (21 Jul 1901–21 May 1971), Find A Grave Memorial no. 35957333, citing Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery, Beaumont, Riverside County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .