My name is James Calvin Fling. My father was Dean Arthur Fling who was the son of James Arthur Fling who died in 1961 in Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois. My grandmother was Anna Fling (Kull) and her father was Jacob Kull who emigrated from Germany. He was a wood craftsman and he lived in the Sullivan, Illinois area. James Arthur Fling and Anna Fling had two children, Dean Arthur Fling and Inez Fling. Dean Arthur Fling served in World War II as a B-29 pilot and went on the fly jets. He retired from the USAF in 1967 as a Colonel. Col. Fling was married to Nina Mae Tefft of Charleston, Illinois, and they had three children: James Calvin Fling, Attorney At Law in Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas; Emma Kathryn Hall, retired, of Evansville, Indiana; and John Andrew Fling MD, of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. James Calvin Fling was married to Marsha Barnthouse and they had two children: Daniel Arthur Fling born November 19, 1973, who died in Utah in 1998 and the age of 24; and James Michael Fling born May 31, l977, who lives in Austin, Texas. James and Marsha divorced in 1994 and James married Katrina Lee Downing on July 21, l994. James and Katrina have one child, Heather Ann Fling born May 17, 1995. Emma Kathryn Fling is married to Carl Hall. They have one daughter, Dana Michelle Hall McCauley, who was married to Terry McCauley. They are divorced and have two children: Riley and Reagon. Dr. John Andrew Fling is married to Margaret and they have two children: Andrew Fling and Rebecca Fling Ainsworth who is married to Joshua Ainsworth and who live in Fort Worth, Texas