Nell passed away peacefully on April 9, 2026, just days before her 91st birthday. She was born on April 17, 1935, to Benny and Rena James in Quitaque, Texas. Her birth was just four days after Black Sunday, April 14, 1935, the most severe dust storm of the Dust Bowl era impacting the panhandle of Texas. The third of seven children, she spent her early years in various locations throughout the Weed and Crow Flats area. Her transition into adultho…