John Luther Real

John Luther Real lived in Montgomery County, Texas. He  was the son of Jesse Malachi Real # 1 and Susan Frances Neal. Uncle Johnnie was born in Keechi, Leon County, TX. on Nov 30, 1878, and died in New Caney, Montgomery, TX. on March 29, 1959. His wife at the time was Lottie Elezzbbech Wiggins, born Nov 30,1888 and died Feb 12,1919. John and Lottie are buried side by side in Dry Creek Cemetery, Montgomery County, TX.

Uncle Johnnie was so well liked that not only family but others as well called him "Uncle Johnnie".

While living in a little sawmill town of Waukegan, Montgomery County, Texas, he was the assistant manager of the sawmill commissary.

He owned the first and maybe the only taxi service in Waukegan. Before anyone else owned a car John Luther had the first one in town. He hired a man to run a jitney service (a taxi that charges 5 cents) with his car from Waukegan to Conroe. Before long he had to buy another car because some people were demanding to ride in style into Conroe to shop and didn't want to ride the train.

Quote from John Luther's grand daughter Joyce Blackmon: Mother (Lola Real- John & Lottie's daughter) used to tell me about going to town with Papa (John Luther), and his habit of thinking the car would follow the road just like his horse. She said they spent a lot of time getting the car out of the woods or the ditch because he just couldn't steer it.

One time, after they finally got to town, Mother was lying the back seat, and the car salesman came up to Uncle Johnnie and told him about a new car called a "roadster" and that he really should get one.

Mother, being sick and tired of hauling the car out of roadside thickets and such, raised up and said, "Papa, let's get one of those roadsters; I'm so tired of this woodster."