Martin Frank Jones Remembers Mama and Papa McNair

 My grandparents on my mother’s side were Joe Carroll Jones and Ava Ella McNair. They had 5 children, including my mother, Carolita Jones Quillin. Mother was most interested in helping me gather family information. Her brother, Martin Franklin Jones, was also interested in helping me throughout the years. There will be several Jones Family posts of the information gathered from them.

Recollections from Martin Frank Jones 2013

Papa = Charles Franklin McNair

Mama = Ella Vermell King

Martin Frank said that Papa McNair was called to minister.  He was asked to preach at a revival, and he told himself that if one person came down, he would use that as a sign that he was called to preach.  That night, a person came down to dedicate his life. So, Papa decided to preach a second night and told himself if two people came down, he would know for sure that he had been called to preach. About 10 people dedicated their lives to Christ, and Papa became a minister."

"Papa got involved in the school board elections, and if you were a preacher back in that day, you didn’t do politics or choose sides. I believe this was in Electra. It caused problems, so he moved just across the river to Delhi, Oklahoma."

 Mama McNair -- She had a stroke and was moved to a convalescence home in Vernon. She got bed sores that were very bad, and the family was told that they were going to have to take her legs. Martin remembers going with Hadley and Joe Carroll to Lockett to tell Papa the news and these were Papa’s words: “Ella and I have talked about this, and I know that Ella would want to go to heaven with both legs.”