Genealogy Wylie » John Wiley Humphries [K] (1918-1979)

Personal data John Wiley Humphries [K] 

  • Also known as http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63214946.
  • He was born on September 19, 1918 in Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi.
  • He died on December 28, 1979 in Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi op, he was 61 years old.
  • He is buried in Mizpah Cemetery, Durant, Holmes County, Mississippi.Source 1
  • A child of Thomas Sage Humphries and Lucy Kittrell Maury
  • This information was last updated on June 3, 2012.

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They got married on June 7, 1942, he was 23 years old.


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  3. Dan Humphries  ????-1999

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  1. Find A Grave, via http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi..., June 3, 2012
    John Wiley Humphries
    Birth: Sep. 19, 1918
    Death: Jun. 30, 2001
    Lexington
    Holmes County
    Mississippi, USA

    John Wiley Humphries

    Funeral services for John Wiley Humphries, 82, of Durant were held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 3 at First Baptist Church in Durant. Officiating ministers were Rev. Johnny Dinas and Rev. Paul Williamson. Burial was in Mizpah Cemetery with Southern Funeral Home of Durant handling arrangements.

    Mr. Humphries died Saturday, June 30, 2001 at University Hospital Clinics-Holmes County in Lexington.

    A native of Durant, his parents were the late Tom Sage and Lucy Maury Humphries. He attended Durant High School and Mississippi State University. He was a member of First Baptist Church, a member of the Rotary Club of Durant; first president of Durant Junior Chamber of Commerce; and an Army veteran of World War II.

    While in the service, Mr. Humphries attended Commanding General School in Kansas. His administration skills were recognized and while other troops were being sent to war his time was spent in the United States training troops. This sometimes worried him, because he was not sent overseas like others. He left the U.S. Army a Lieutenant Colonel.

    Mr. Humphries worked with the Mississippi State Tax Commission from 1951 until 1985 when he retired as their Deputy Commissioner.

    He was preceded in death by a son, Dan Humphries of Portland, Oregon in 1999.

    Survivors include: his wife, Pauline Humphries of Durant; sons Tom Humphries of Durant and Ralph Humphries of San Carlos, California; brother, Maury Humphries of Mission, Texas; and six grandchildren.

    Serving as active pallbearers were Rick Baessler, Tommy Conner, Terry Brown, Terry Fancher, Jim Arnold, and David Truitt.

    Memorials may be given to your favorite charity.




    Family links:
    Parents:
    Tom Sage Humphries (1885 - 1931)
    Lucy Maury Humphries (1889 - 1979)

    Burial:
    Mizpah Cemetery
    Durant
    Holmes County
    Mississippi, USA

    Created by: Beth Austin
    Record added: Dec 22, 2010
    Find A Grave Memorial# 63214946

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Birthday September 19, 1918

  • The temperature on September 19, 1918 was between 11.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
    • January 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
    • January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
    • March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
    • May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
    • July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
    • November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.

Day of marriage June 7, 1942

  • The temperature on June 7, 1942 was between 6.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
    • April 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
    • April 19 » World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
    • May 30 » World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
    • December 16 » The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
    • December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.

Day of death December 28, 1979

  • The temperature on December 28, 1979 was between 1.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 14.4 mm of rain during 12.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
    • July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
    • July 16 » Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
    • September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
    • September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
    • October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
    • November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.


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