from recording of Rock Hill Cemetery by David Donahue in March, 1996 & updated October, 2003:
Oxford, Vera, June 13, 1920-2008
Oxford, James L., Nov. 23, 1908-Aug. 5, 1995, military marker as footstone "James Lee Oxford" "PFC US Army World War II"; "Married 1956"
*The above was added by "Descendant Seeker" who originally put the time and effort in to create this Memorial Site. Thanks!
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Uncle Lee was a good-natured man with the slightest bit of mischief in his soul. ;-P
He served his country overseas, in France and possibly other areas of Europe, during WWII, in the United States Army. At the time War was declared, in 1941, Lee Oxford was already 33 years of age.
Lee married Vera Stribling in 1956 and they lived the remainder of their years together at Warren's Bluff, near Lexington, Tennessee. Lee and Vera's union was never blessed with children.
I recently learned that Uncle Lee worked in the sawmill for James Belton Robison, Sr and he also worked with Mr. Robison in town at his shop/store in his younger days. 28 March 2017
The only job I ever knew him to have was the one he retired from, road maintenance. He drove a tractor with a bush hog behind it, in Henderson County, and kept the roads mowed during the warm weather months. I am not sure what he did in the cold weather months. I suppose he worked on equipment and helped with keeping the roads clear when it snowed?
Uncle Lee had Parkinson's Disease and passed from this life on to his eternal reward because of congestive heart failure due to his Parkinson's Disease.
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In the 1910 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Father: T Cortez Oxford 28yr b.TN
Mother: L Martha 27yr b.TN
Son: S John 6yr b.TN
Daughter: J Sarah 4yr b.TN
Son: L James 2yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Carroll County, Tennessee
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In the 1920 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Mother: Martha Lee 37yr b.TN
Son: Sam 16yr b.TN
Daughter: Sarah 14yr b.TN
Son: Leo 11yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Henderson County, Tennessee
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I found Uncle Lee's obituary Newspaper Clipping today - 28 March 2017. (The Lexington Progress - Published Wednesday, 9 August 1995 )
"JAMES LEE OXFORD, 86, RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE
Lexington - services for James Lee Oxford, 86, will be at 2PM today at Reed's Chapel. Burial will be in Rockhill cemetery.
Mr. Oxford a retired city of Lexington worker, died Sunday at Lexington Methodist Hospital of Heart disease.
He was married to Vera Mae Stribling-Oxford.
He had a sister, Sarah Young of Linden."
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James L Oxford -
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: James L Oxford
Name: (Original) OXFORD JAMES L
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 24 Nov 1942
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1908
Birthplace: TENNESSEE
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 34495455
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 08083.230
Citing this Record -
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," James L Oxford, enlisted 24 Nov 1942, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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*A SPECIAL "THANK YOU!" to DESCENDANT SEEKER for letting me have Uncle Lee's Memorial Site. Thanks! :-)
last updated on 8/7/2017.
Oxford, Vera, June 13, 1920-2008
Oxford, James L., Nov. 23, 1908-Aug. 5, 1995, military marker as footstone "James Lee Oxford" "PFC US Army World War II"; "Married 1956"
*The above was added by "Descendant Seeker" who originally put the time and effort in to create this Memorial Site. Thanks!
---------------------
Uncle Lee was a good-natured man with the slightest bit of mischief in his soul. ;-P
He served his country overseas, in France and possibly other areas of Europe, during WWII, in the United States Army. At the time War was declared, in 1941, Lee Oxford was already 33 years of age.
Lee married Vera Stribling in 1956 and they lived the remainder of their years together at Warren's Bluff, near Lexington, Tennessee. Lee and Vera's union was never blessed with children.
I recently learned that Uncle Lee worked in the sawmill for James Belton Robison, Sr and he also worked with Mr. Robison in town at his shop/store in his younger days. 28 March 2017
The only job I ever knew him to have was the one he retired from, road maintenance. He drove a tractor with a bush hog behind it, in Henderson County, and kept the roads mowed during the warm weather months. I am not sure what he did in the cold weather months. I suppose he worked on equipment and helped with keeping the roads clear when it snowed?
Uncle Lee had Parkinson's Disease and passed from this life on to his eternal reward because of congestive heart failure due to his Parkinson's Disease.
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In the 1910 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Father: T Cortez Oxford 28yr b.TN
Mother: L Martha 27yr b.TN
Son: S John 6yr b.TN
Daughter: J Sarah 4yr b.TN
Son: L James 2yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Carroll County, Tennessee
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In the 1920 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Mother: Martha Lee 37yr b.TN
Son: Sam 16yr b.TN
Daughter: Sarah 14yr b.TN
Son: Leo 11yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Henderson County, Tennessee
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I found Uncle Lee's obituary Newspaper Clipping today - 28 March 2017. (The Lexington Progress - Published Wednesday, 9 August 1995 )
"JAMES LEE OXFORD, 86, RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE
Lexington - services for James Lee Oxford, 86, will be at 2PM today at Reed's Chapel. Burial will be in Rockhill cemetery.
Mr. Oxford a retired city of Lexington worker, died Sunday at Lexington Methodist Hospital of Heart disease.
He was married to Vera Mae Stribling-Oxford.
He had a sister, Sarah Young of Linden."
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James L Oxford -
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: James L Oxford
Name: (Original) OXFORD JAMES L
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 24 Nov 1942
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1908
Birthplace: TENNESSEE
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 34495455
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 08083.230
Citing this Record -
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," James L Oxford, enlisted 24 Nov 1942, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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*A SPECIAL "THANK YOU!" to DESCENDANT SEEKER for letting me have Uncle Lee's Memorial Site. Thanks! :-)
last updated on 8/7/2017.
from recording of Rock Hill Cemetery by David Donahue in March, 1996 & updated October, 2003:
Oxford, Vera, June 13, 1920-2008
Oxford, James L., Nov. 23, 1908-Aug. 5, 1995, military marker as footstone "James Lee Oxford" "PFC US Army World War II"; "Married 1956"
*The above was added by "Descendant Seeker" who originally put the time and effort in to create this Memorial Site. Thanks!
---------------------
Uncle Lee was a good-natured man with the slightest bit of mischief in his soul. ;-P
He served his country overseas, in France and possibly other areas of Europe, during WWII, in the United States Army. At the time War was declared, in 1941, Lee Oxford was already 33 years of age.
Lee married Vera Stribling in 1956 and they lived the remainder of their years together at Warren's Bluff, near Lexington, Tennessee. Lee and Vera's union was never blessed with children.
I recently learned that Uncle Lee worked in the sawmill for James Belton Robison, Sr and he also worked with Mr. Robison in town at his shop/store in his younger days. 28 March 2017
The only job I ever knew him to have was the one he retired from, road maintenance. He drove a tractor with a bush hog behind it, in Henderson County, and kept the roads mowed during the warm weather months. I am not sure what he did in the cold weather months. I suppose he worked on equipment and helped with keeping the roads clear when it snowed?
Uncle Lee had Parkinson's Disease and passed from this life on to his eternal reward because of congestive heart failure due to his Parkinson's Disease.
---------------------
In the 1910 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Father: T Cortez Oxford 28yr b.TN
Mother: L Martha 27yr b.TN
Son: S John 6yr b.TN
Daughter: J Sarah 4yr b.TN
Son: L James 2yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Carroll County, Tennessee
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In the 1920 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Mother: Martha Lee 37yr b.TN
Son: Sam 16yr b.TN
Daughter: Sarah 14yr b.TN
Son: Leo 11yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Henderson County, Tennessee
---------------------
I found Uncle Lee's obituary Newspaper Clipping today - 28 March 2017. (The Lexington Progress - Published Wednesday, 9 August 1995 )
"JAMES LEE OXFORD, 86, RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE
Lexington - services for James Lee Oxford, 86, will be at 2PM today at Reed's Chapel. Burial will be in Rockhill cemetery.
Mr. Oxford a retired city of Lexington worker, died Sunday at Lexington Methodist Hospital of Heart disease.
He was married to Vera Mae Stribling-Oxford.
He had a sister, Sarah Young of Linden."
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James L Oxford -
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: James L Oxford
Name: (Original) OXFORD JAMES L
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 24 Nov 1942
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1908
Birthplace: TENNESSEE
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 34495455
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 08083.230
Citing this Record -
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," James L Oxford, enlisted 24 Nov 1942, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
---------------------
*A SPECIAL "THANK YOU!" to DESCENDANT SEEKER for letting me have Uncle Lee's Memorial Site. Thanks! :-)
last updated on 8/7/2017.
Oxford, Vera, June 13, 1920-2008
Oxford, James L., Nov. 23, 1908-Aug. 5, 1995, military marker as footstone "James Lee Oxford" "PFC US Army World War II"; "Married 1956"
*The above was added by "Descendant Seeker" who originally put the time and effort in to create this Memorial Site. Thanks!
---------------------
Uncle Lee was a good-natured man with the slightest bit of mischief in his soul. ;-P
He served his country overseas, in France and possibly other areas of Europe, during WWII, in the United States Army. At the time War was declared, in 1941, Lee Oxford was already 33 years of age.
Lee married Vera Stribling in 1956 and they lived the remainder of their years together at Warren's Bluff, near Lexington, Tennessee. Lee and Vera's union was never blessed with children.
I recently learned that Uncle Lee worked in the sawmill for James Belton Robison, Sr and he also worked with Mr. Robison in town at his shop/store in his younger days. 28 March 2017
The only job I ever knew him to have was the one he retired from, road maintenance. He drove a tractor with a bush hog behind it, in Henderson County, and kept the roads mowed during the warm weather months. I am not sure what he did in the cold weather months. I suppose he worked on equipment and helped with keeping the roads clear when it snowed?
Uncle Lee had Parkinson's Disease and passed from this life on to his eternal reward because of congestive heart failure due to his Parkinson's Disease.
---------------------
In the 1910 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Father: T Cortez Oxford 28yr b.TN
Mother: L Martha 27yr b.TN
Son: S John 6yr b.TN
Daughter: J Sarah 4yr b.TN
Son: L James 2yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Carroll County, Tennessee
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In the 1920 US Census the Oxford household consisted of:
Mother: Martha Lee 37yr b.TN
Son: Sam 16yr b.TN
Daughter: Sarah 14yr b.TN
Son: Leo 11yr b.TN
The residence is listed as Henderson County, Tennessee
---------------------
I found Uncle Lee's obituary Newspaper Clipping today - 28 March 2017. (The Lexington Progress - Published Wednesday, 9 August 1995 )
"JAMES LEE OXFORD, 86, RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE
Lexington - services for James Lee Oxford, 86, will be at 2PM today at Reed's Chapel. Burial will be in Rockhill cemetery.
Mr. Oxford a retired city of Lexington worker, died Sunday at Lexington Methodist Hospital of Heart disease.
He was married to Vera Mae Stribling-Oxford.
He had a sister, Sarah Young of Linden."
---------------------
James L Oxford -
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: James L Oxford
Name: (Original) OXFORD JAMES L
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 24 Nov 1942
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place: Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Race: White
Citizenship Status: citizen
Birth Year: 1908
Birthplace: TENNESSEE
Education Level: Grammar school
Civilian Occupation: Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor
Marital Status: Single, with dependents
Military Rank: Private
Army Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Army Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference: Civil Life
Serial Number: 34495455
Affiliate ARC Identifier: 1263923
Box Film Number: 08083.230
Citing this Record -
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," James L Oxford, enlisted 24 Nov 1942, Ft Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
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*A SPECIAL "THANK YOU!" to DESCENDANT SEEKER for letting me have Uncle Lee's Memorial Site. Thanks! :-)
last updated on 8/7/2017.
Inscription
PFC US Army World War II
Married 1956
