James Milton Richburg's Obituary
James Milton Richburg, 97, of Memphis died Thursday, January 24, 2019 in Spearman.
Services will be 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 29, 2019 in the First United Methodist Church in Memphis, with Rev. Daniel Downey and Rev. Marcy Garza, officiating.
Graveside services with military honors will be 9:30 AM Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in DFW National Cemetery in Dallas.
Visitation will be from 4:30-6:00 PM Monday at the funeral home..
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
James was a farmer. He loved farming, and his family. He loved Jesus and his church, and his friends. He enjoyed sports and visiting with people he cared about. He liked simple things, like pinto beans and cornbread, old tractors, a warm fire burning in the fireplace on a bitter cold day. He showed us you can never go wrong doing the right thing.
In his leisure time he would rather be with his bride at home than to travel.
He lived his entire life in Hall County, except for the years he served in the army in World War II. James first met the love of his life, Mozelle, in the early Spring of 1941. They dated, or as he called it courted, during the summer and fall of 1941, and fell in love.
Then December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed, and America went to war. So James went off to War, and Mozelle waited for him to come home, with no way to know if he would.
When the war was over, James was discharged from the service honorably December 13, 1945. He came home, to Hall County, to celebrate Christmas with his family, then married mom on December 29, 1945 just 16 days after his discharge from the army. He did not want to travel, or head out on a great adventure, or move away to someplace more exciting. He wanted to marry Mozelle, and farm cotton, and raise a family in Hall County Texas. He wanted to make a home, here, like his father had done. So he took Mozelle to the Herring Hotel in Amarillo for their honeymoon on their wedding night, which was a Saturday night. They came back home to Hall County on Sunday, and on Monday morning he was working on the farm, his home place, where he lived until he retired and moved into Memphis.
He survived a lot of storms. Storms like The Great Depression of the 30’s, and The War in the 40’s, hail storms and cotton crop failures, and many other storms. But he seldom talked about any of the storms or hardships he had endured. He focused on the blessings he was grateful for. He showed us that storms never last, and he built a marriage, a family, a farm, friendships and a relationship with Jesus that lasted through all the storms.
Now he has endured his final storm. He is with his Creator, and his mom and dad and siblings and friends that have come and gone this way before. And he is waiting for you and I to join them when it is our time.
Farewell for now dad. We will be home with you after a little while...
He was preceded in death by his parents; 2 brothers, Clinton Richburg and Byron Richburg; and 2 sisters, Opal Spencer and Eula Adams.
Survivors include his wife, Mozelle Richburg of Memphis; 2 sons, Lewis Richburg and wife Donnita of Canyon and Bill Richburg of Memphis; a daughter, Joyce Smith and husband Larry of Perryton; 7 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren and 1 on the way.
The family request memorials be sent to Memphis Snack Buddies c/o First Baptist Church PO Box 726 Memphis, Texas 79245 or a favorite charity.
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