THE FIRST COUSINS: The Latest Generation.

updated March 1, 2018

WHO ARE THE 1st COUSINS? 

Jesse Daniel Littrell Family: Gary Russell, Mike (Malcolm) Gene, Jesse Dolan, Ronald Lyvonne Mary Christine Willa Dean Bud & Geneva not pictured: Teresia Beatrice & Otis Carl Verily Viola “Sis” Littrell Johnston Family:Mable Lurene & Verily BerniceJ. Fred More 1st Cousins photos Living First Cousins (23) W. Dean Littrell, Gary R. Littrell, J. Fred Littrell, M. Lurene Johnston, Martha Rae Curtis, Rex Littrell, Bill Davis, J. Darlene Thurman, Ann M. Thurman, Mike (Malcolm) G. Littrell, Mary Catherine Littrell, Sheila D. Littrell, Monte L. Thurman, Troy L. Littrell, Glenn D. Littrell, Fred G. Littrell, Joyce Davis, Richard (Rick) N. Littrell, Pam Davis, B. Rachelle Littrell, Janet P. Littrell, Orville J. Littrell, Wallace (Wally) J. Littrell Even though there are some spouses of John & Kizzie's children still living the passing of Onene Littrell-Curtis at the end of 2010  meant there are no surviving children of our common ancestors, John and Kizzie. Onene was the last of her generation. The 1st Cousins (the grandchildren of John & Kizzie) are now the current eldest generation. Most, but surprisingly not all, of the first cousins know each other. Beginning with the migration of the family from Tennessee to southeast Missouri in 1932 John and Kizzie left their oldest daughter Viola, ‘Sis’, in Tennessee where she remained the rest of her life and raised her family. Jesse, who had also remained in Tennessee until the family’s moonshine adventure forced him and his family to join his parents in Missouri would settle in the St. Louis area. Eventually Les and Red would also settle in St. Louis and Rubin and Noble in Ohio and Indiana, respectively. JD would travel the world as a career soldier and sailor before joining Rubin in Indianapolis. OJ, Letha Mae, Bertha and Onene would remain in the boot heel area of Missouri. Two children would pass without offspring.*  So with 3 siblings in St. Louis, 4 siblings in southeast Missouri, 1 sibling in Tennessee, 2 siblings in Indianapolis, the children of John & Kizzie were spread out pretty good over a 5 state area. Even so, with reunions and holidays the family saw each other enough that most of John and Kizzie’s grandchildren, the first cousins, came to know each other. But John and Kizzie passed and as their children grew older the get ‘togethers’ became less frequent. The first cousins children grew and also spread out as they settled. For years  the occasional reunion and too many funerals were the only times most of the first cousins saw each other. As their children grew that generation has come to know little of their family history and of their own generation. That generation, the great grandchildren of John and Kizzie are for the most part total strangers to each other and their heritage. This family has reached the point where if we rely on the funerals of first cousins to unite us in the future the ties to each other, John, Kizzie, Jesse, Noble, etc. will be lost. No longer will anybody be able to say ‘That’s a Littrell for you’, and even if they did who would really know what that means? This is the reason some of us put so much effort into attending and effecting the attendance at family reunions, as well as the website and Facebook group page. We hope you all will get involved. You may not know anyone at the reunions, but I promise you we don’t bite. 5th Annual John & Kizzie Littrell Family Reunion October 17, 2015 Between Grandin and Doniphan Missouri Deceased First Cousins (13) Bertha M. Johnston (1939-1941) Otis Carl Littrell (1942-1945) Martha A. Johnston (1941-1947) Ronnie Dale Davis (1947-1947) Felecia E. Littrell (1959-1966) Jerry G. Davis (1952-1967) T. Beatrice Littrell (1932-1974) J. Dolan Littrell (1933-1990) R. Lyvonne (Vaughn) Littrell (1940-1992) Richard R. Littrell (????-????) V. Bernice Johnston (1937-1998) M. Christine Littrell (1938-20??) Christopher (Chris) D. Littrell, 1966-2015 John L. (JL) Littrell, 1950-2018  *Troy Lee ‘Dick’ Littrell died at age 22 in Missouri.  There is evidence and tradition that Kizzie had another child who either died at birth or soon thereafter in Tennessee.

Noble James Littrell Family: Rex Ollie Onene Littrell Curtis Family: Martha Rae

Bertha Ann Littrell Thurman Family: Anna Marie & Joyce Darlene  Monte Linden

Redford “Red” Littrell Family: Fred Janet Pandora

John Daniel “JD” (Junior Dolan) Littrell Family: Troy Lee, Richard Noble & Glenn David

Letha Mae Littrell Davis Family: Joyce, Billy Lee & Pam  Jerry Gale Davis, not pictured:  Ronnie Dale Davis.

O.J. Littrell Family: Mary Catherine, Wallace “Wally” James, Sheila Diane, Christopher David & Orville John. ????

Leslie Littrell Family: John L. “JL” Littrell

Albert Rubin Littrell Family: Richard Rubin, Felicia Ann & Betty Rachelle

note: Even though I have hundreds of family pictures many have yet to be digitized. If you have a better picture of someone then send it to me and I’ll switch it in. We will have a scanner at the reunion if you want to bring pictures' to be scanned and put on next years DVD/CD and the websites and books. As always if I have mis-identified someone let me know.    GlennDL   gdl@glenns-world.com

For additional information (click):

• LittrellFamily.net on Facebook
• ‘Littrell Family Reunions: 1949-2012'