Oscar Lee Palmer is my grandfather, he was born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee and the first child of eight children born to John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his wife Laura M Brown. Oscar had 8 siblings, including his half brother Luther (listed below).
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his third wife Laura Brown's children are:
1. Oscar Lee Palmer, 28 Sep 1892 - 10 Mar 1972
2. Clarence Albert Palmer, 21 Oct 1895 - 08 Dec 1967
3. Robert Lee Palmer, 22 Jun 1897 - 30 Jun 1952
4. John Mancil Palmer, Jr, 22 Mar 1899 - 05 Jun 1969
5. Marvin Leslie Palmer, 23 May 1901 - Feb 1969
6. Ethel Palmer, 19 Dec 1904 - 25 Mar 1936
7. Walter Jefferson Palmer, 14 Jan 1906 - 12 Dec 1990
8. Alice Palmer, abt Dec 1909 - bef May 1920
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his wife Amanda Lemon-Meredith's son Alvin Luther Palmer was born in 1883 in Tennessee -- Alvin Luther Palmer married Minnie O Acuff on 27 Dec 1905 and their sons are Edgar Palmer and Garland Eugene Palmer.
Oscar Lee Palmer first marriage was to Martha Evelyn Evans, she died in Luxora, AR in September 1918 from the Spanish flu when my Mother, Edith Louise Palmer, was 9 months old. Her burial location is unknown for certain but she may have been buried in the "old cemetery" in Luxora where only a few very large headstone remain and is now considered a Park or Playground for the children who now live there or in Violet Cemetery in Osceola where many of her family members/ancestors are buried.
The following obit has (my grandfather) Oscar L Palmer's birth place as Luxora, AR but according to his World War One and World War 2 Draft Registration Cards he states he was born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, TN.
Obit in the Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas
Monday March 13, 1972
Oscar Palmer
Oscar L Palmer, 80, a retired farmer and resident of West Covina, Calif., died Friday in California.
Born in Luxora, he was a Blytheville area resident most of his life.
He is survived by a son, Frank Palmer, West Covina; A daughter, Mrs. Louise Pickens, Chicago; A brother, Walter Palmer, Paragould; Ten grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Cobb Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Marvin House, Leon Jordon, Elmer Cockran, Joe Jones, Bud Harshman and Lewis Tillman.
PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECT IF YOU HAVE CORRECTIONS OR CONNECTIONS TO ANY OF THESE PALMER LINES.
My email address: [email protected]∼See findagrave # 31536164
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his third wife Laura Brown's children are:
1. Oscar Lee Palmer, 28 Sep 1892 - 10 Mar 1972
2. Clarence Albert Palmer, 21 Oct 1895 - 08 Dec 1967
3. Robert Lee Palmer, 22 Jun 1897 - 30 Jun 1952
4. John Mancil Palmer, Jr, 22 Mar 1899 - 05 Jun 1969
5. Marvin Leslie Palmer, 23 May 1901 - Feb 1969
6. Ethel Palmer, 19 Dec 1904 - 25 Mar 1936
7. Walter Jefferson Palmer, 14 Jan 1906 - 12 Dec 1990
8. Alice Palmer, abt Dec 1909 - bef May 1920
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his wife Amanda Lemon-Meredith's son Alvin Luther Palmer was born in 1883 in Tennessee -- Alvin Luther Palmer married Minnie O Acuff on 27 Dec 1905 and their sons are Edgar Palmer and Garland Eugene Palmer.
Oscar Lee Palmer first marriage was to Martha Evelyn Evans, she died in Luxora, AR in September 1918 from the Spanish flu when my Mother, Edith Louise Palmer, was 9 months old. Her burial location is unknown for certain but she may have been buried in the "old cemetery" in Luxora where only a few very large headstone remain and is now considered a Park or Playground for the children who now live there or in Violet Cemetery in Osceola where many of her family members/ancestors are buried.
The following obit has (my grandfather) Oscar L Palmer's birth place as Luxora, AR but according to his World War One and World War 2 Draft Registration Cards he states he was born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, TN.
Obit in the Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas
Monday March 13, 1972
Oscar Palmer
Oscar L Palmer, 80, a retired farmer and resident of West Covina, Calif., died Friday in California.
Born in Luxora, he was a Blytheville area resident most of his life.
He is survived by a son, Frank Palmer, West Covina; A daughter, Mrs. Louise Pickens, Chicago; A brother, Walter Palmer, Paragould; Ten grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Cobb Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Marvin House, Leon Jordon, Elmer Cockran, Joe Jones, Bud Harshman and Lewis Tillman.
PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECT IF YOU HAVE CORRECTIONS OR CONNECTIONS TO ANY OF THESE PALMER LINES.
My email address: [email protected]∼See findagrave # 31536164
Oscar Lee Palmer is my grandfather, he was born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee and the first child of eight children born to John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his wife Laura M Brown. Oscar had 8 siblings, including his half brother Luther (listed below).
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his third wife Laura Brown's children are:
1. Oscar Lee Palmer, 28 Sep 1892 - 10 Mar 1972
2. Clarence Albert Palmer, 21 Oct 1895 - 08 Dec 1967
3. Robert Lee Palmer, 22 Jun 1897 - 30 Jun 1952
4. John Mancil Palmer, Jr, 22 Mar 1899 - 05 Jun 1969
5. Marvin Leslie Palmer, 23 May 1901 - Feb 1969
6. Ethel Palmer, 19 Dec 1904 - 25 Mar 1936
7. Walter Jefferson Palmer, 14 Jan 1906 - 12 Dec 1990
8. Alice Palmer, abt Dec 1909 - bef May 1920
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his wife Amanda Lemon-Meredith's son Alvin Luther Palmer was born in 1883 in Tennessee -- Alvin Luther Palmer married Minnie O Acuff on 27 Dec 1905 and their sons are Edgar Palmer and Garland Eugene Palmer.
Oscar Lee Palmer first marriage was to Martha Evelyn Evans, she died in Luxora, AR in September 1918 from the Spanish flu when my Mother, Edith Louise Palmer, was 9 months old. Her burial location is unknown for certain but she may have been buried in the "old cemetery" in Luxora where only a few very large headstone remain and is now considered a Park or Playground for the children who now live there or in Violet Cemetery in Osceola where many of her family members/ancestors are buried.
The following obit has (my grandfather) Oscar L Palmer's birth place as Luxora, AR but according to his World War One and World War 2 Draft Registration Cards he states he was born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, TN.
Obit in the Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas
Monday March 13, 1972
Oscar Palmer
Oscar L Palmer, 80, a retired farmer and resident of West Covina, Calif., died Friday in California.
Born in Luxora, he was a Blytheville area resident most of his life.
He is survived by a son, Frank Palmer, West Covina; A daughter, Mrs. Louise Pickens, Chicago; A brother, Walter Palmer, Paragould; Ten grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Cobb Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Marvin House, Leon Jordon, Elmer Cockran, Joe Jones, Bud Harshman and Lewis Tillman.
PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECT IF YOU HAVE CORRECTIONS OR CONNECTIONS TO ANY OF THESE PALMER LINES.
My email address: [email protected]∼See findagrave # 31536164
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his third wife Laura Brown's children are:
1. Oscar Lee Palmer, 28 Sep 1892 - 10 Mar 1972
2. Clarence Albert Palmer, 21 Oct 1895 - 08 Dec 1967
3. Robert Lee Palmer, 22 Jun 1897 - 30 Jun 1952
4. John Mancil Palmer, Jr, 22 Mar 1899 - 05 Jun 1969
5. Marvin Leslie Palmer, 23 May 1901 - Feb 1969
6. Ethel Palmer, 19 Dec 1904 - 25 Mar 1936
7. Walter Jefferson Palmer, 14 Jan 1906 - 12 Dec 1990
8. Alice Palmer, abt Dec 1909 - bef May 1920
John Mancil Palmer, Sr and his wife Amanda Lemon-Meredith's son Alvin Luther Palmer was born in 1883 in Tennessee -- Alvin Luther Palmer married Minnie O Acuff on 27 Dec 1905 and their sons are Edgar Palmer and Garland Eugene Palmer.
Oscar Lee Palmer first marriage was to Martha Evelyn Evans, she died in Luxora, AR in September 1918 from the Spanish flu when my Mother, Edith Louise Palmer, was 9 months old. Her burial location is unknown for certain but she may have been buried in the "old cemetery" in Luxora where only a few very large headstone remain and is now considered a Park or Playground for the children who now live there or in Violet Cemetery in Osceola where many of her family members/ancestors are buried.
The following obit has (my grandfather) Oscar L Palmer's birth place as Luxora, AR but according to his World War One and World War 2 Draft Registration Cards he states he was born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, TN.
Obit in the Courier News, Blytheville, Arkansas
Monday March 13, 1972
Oscar Palmer
Oscar L Palmer, 80, a retired farmer and resident of West Covina, Calif., died Friday in California.
Born in Luxora, he was a Blytheville area resident most of his life.
He is survived by a son, Frank Palmer, West Covina; A daughter, Mrs. Louise Pickens, Chicago; A brother, Walter Palmer, Paragould; Ten grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Cobb Funeral Home chapel, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Marvin House, Leon Jordon, Elmer Cockran, Joe Jones, Bud Harshman and Lewis Tillman.
PLEASE EMAIL ME DIRECT IF YOU HAVE CORRECTIONS OR CONNECTIONS TO ANY OF THESE PALMER LINES.
My email address: [email protected]∼See findagrave # 31536164
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
