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Irl Lunsford

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Irl Lunsford

Birth
Death
15 Oct 1946 (aged 59)
Burial
Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
516
Memorial ID
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Irl Lunsford married Charlie Read in 1907. They divorced about 1918. Irl, age 51, married Marie Fletcher, age 18, in 1937. They lived in Florida until his death in 1946. She married Bill Mayhue (d 2014). Both Bill and Marie (d 2003) are buried in the Covington City Cemetery.

He lied to his wife about his financial situation, abandoned his wife and child, left them to live with her parents. Although he had claimed draft exemption because of his wife and daughter, he later joined the military at age 31 to avoid his family obligations.

Sources for Marie: US Census 1940, Florida Census 1945, and Social Security Death Index. FindAGrave Memorial# 37756848. She died in 2003.
Irl Lunsford married Charlie Read in 1907. They divorced about 1918. Irl, age 51, married Marie Fletcher, age 18, in 1937. They lived in Florida until his death in 1946. She married Bill Mayhue (d 2014). Both Bill and Marie (d 2003) are buried in the Covington City Cemetery.

He lied to his wife about his financial situation, abandoned his wife and child, left them to live with her parents. Although he had claimed draft exemption because of his wife and daughter, he later joined the military at age 31 to avoid his family obligations.

Sources for Marie: US Census 1940, Florida Census 1945, and Social Security Death Index. FindAGrave Memorial# 37756848. She died in 2003.

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IRL
LUNSFORD
GEORGIA
PVT
308 Motor Transport Bn
WORLD WAR I
JANUARY 22, 1887
OCTOBER 15, 1946



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