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