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Charlie Fields family (updated by Granville Fields 01-19-07):Father: Lafayette “Doc” Fields
Mother: Elizabeth A. CarlenCharlie Fields was born March 11, 1889 in Smith County, Tennessee; died January 29, 1964 in Fannin County, Texas at age 74; interred at Center point Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas.
Married Virgie L. Williams on November 7, 1915.Children of Charlie Fields and Virgie L. Williams:
1. Charley Mac Fields February 9, 1916 – May 7, 1988
2. Cecil Earl Fields January 22, 1919
3. Granville Lee Fields December 31, 1920 see photo at bottom of the page
4. Morris Weldon Fields January 13, 1922 – May 1, 1992
5. Melma Jean Fields (Burnett) May 11, 1925
6. Nina Ruth Fields (Wilburn) January 28, 1928
7. Mary Frances Fields (Hayes) April 30, 1930
8. Ann Laura Fields (Standifer) January 15, 1933 – October 13, 1973
9. Alvin Leroy Fields April 13, 1937
10. William Loyd Fields Still birth 1936
View a Photo of Charlie Fields holding Morris Fields along with other family members.Charlie Fields, was a football star at Texas Christian University.
View an article about him being inducted in the the Fannin Co. Sports Hall of Fame
Charlie Fields entered TCU in the Fall of 1907 and “made his showing the first year making the Varsity ranks”. By 1909 he was ranked as one of Texas’ best tackles. He played on the Varsity at TCU until 1911. He was a big guy – they called him the “human giant” – weighing in at 190 lbs and 6’ 4”and check out that uniform!
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L-R: Granville Fields, Marilynn Apple Moorman, Pete Sullivan, Peggy Jean Sullivan, Audie Gene Apple in Ladonia at the Snap Center, March 6, 2005
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