Person Page - 1286

     He was born on 13 May 1896 at Flint City, Morgan County, Alabama, USA.^2,1,3
     Floyd Pelfrey died on 26 April 1977, in a local convalescence hospital, at Yuba City, Sutter County, California, USA, at age 80.^4,5
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Floyd Pelfrey.
     Floyd Pelfrey was buried on 29 April 1977 at Sutter Cemetery, Sutter, Sutter County, California, USA.⁵
     His name was also recorded as Floyd Pelfry.¹
     He was commonly known as Floy.^2,4
     Floyd appeared on the 1910 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Lela Pelfry, listed as a farm laborer on the "home farm."¹
     Floy appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Louise Pelfrey.²
     In the obituary of Cecil Pelfrey who died 6 June 1963, his brother, Floyd Pelfrey, of Yuba City, was listed as a survivor.⁶
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Sacramento Bee published in Sacramento, California, 28 April 1977.⁵

     He was born in 1901 or 1902 at Alabama, USA, estimation based upon census data.^1,2 He was born on 21 December 1901 at Alabama, USA.⁴ Homer married Onema (?) circa 1924.⁵
     Homer Pelfrey died on 26 November 1976 at Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA, at age 74.³
     Homer appeared on the 1910 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Lela Pelfry, listed as a farm laborer on the "home farm."²
     Homer appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Louise Pelfrey.¹
     Homer and Onema Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Antioch, Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 5 April 1930, described as a farmer.⁶
     Homer and Onema Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 12 April 1940, described as a farmer.⁷
     In the obituary of Cecil Pelfrey who died 6 June 1963, his brother, Homer Pelfrey, of Fresno, was listed as a survivor.⁸

     He was born on 23 December 1903 at Alabama, USA.^1,3,2
     Josephus Pelfrey died on 8 December 1992 at Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, USA, at age 88.^4,5,6,7
     His name was also recorded as Josephuse Pelfrey according to the Texas Death index.⁵
     He was commonly known as Joe Pelfrey.^4,7,8
     Josephus appeared on the 1910 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Lela Pelfry.³
     Josephus appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Louise Pelfrey.¹
     In the obituary of Cecil Pelfrey who died 6 June 1963, his brother, Joe Pelfrey, of Littlefield, Texas, was listed as a survivor.⁹
     In the obituary of Floyd Pelfrey who died 26 April 1977, his brother, Joe Pelfrey, of Texas, was listed as a survivor.⁸

     He was born on 28 December 1908 at Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.^2,3,4
     Adell Pelfrey died on 25 December 1984 at Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA, at age 75.⁴
     Adell appeared on the 1910 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Lela Pelfry.³
     Adel appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Louise Pelfrey.²
     In the obituary of Cecil Pelfrey who died 6 June 1963, his brother, Adell Pelfry, of Fresno, was listed as a survivor.⁵
     In the obituary of Floyd Pelfrey who died 26 April 1977, his brother, Adell Pelfrey, of Fresno, was listed as a survivor.¹

     She was born circa 1908 at Oklahoma, USA.¹ Onema married Homer Pelfrey circa 1924.²
     Homer and Onema Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Antioch, Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 5 April 1930, described as a farmer.¹
     Homer and Onema Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 12 April 1940, described as a farmer.³

     He was born on 13 September 1925 at Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.^1,2,3,5,6 Wilburn married Mary Sue Lee circa January 1944 at Kentucky, USA.^6,7 Wilburn Leonard Mays and Mary Sue Lee were divorced. . I presume they divorced since he remarried in 1956.⁸ Wilburn married Ruby Belle Ellithorp on 16 February 1956.^9,10
     Wilburn Leonard Mays died on 30 June 1990 at Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at age 64.^1,11,3,5
     Wilburn Leonard Mays was buried at Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.^12,10,13
     

Military Service

     Wilburn Leonard Mays began military service on 13 October 1943 or 3 November 1943 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA, joining the U.S. Army. His service number was 38566289.^5,14 Wilburn Leonard Mays ended his military service on 4 October 1944 due to a preexisting disease, not related to his line of duty.

End of Military Service section.⁵

     Wilburn L. appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, Thomas and Ruby A. Franklin.²
     Wilburn Leonard Mays, of Maysville, registered for the draft on 13 September 1943 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at the age of 18. He was employed with various farmers. He listed his next-of-kin/contact person as his step-father, T. C. Franklin. He was described as 6' and 168 lbs, with blue eyes, blonde hair and a ruddy complexion. He had scars on his forehead and right leg.¹⁵
     Wilburn L. and Mary Sue Mays appeared on the 1950 U.S. Federal Census of Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 1 April 1950, described as a laborer, in the "Com Labour" industry (perhaps "common"). Their children: Roger Dale, were listed as living with them. He was seeking work, and had not worked the last week.⁶
     In the obituary of Mary Sue Wofford who died 1 May 2010, her first husband, Wilburn Mays was referenced.¹⁶

     He was born on 29 January 1899 at Pratt, Alabama, USA.^2,1
     Benjaman Alexander Pelfrey died on 27 June 1982 at Maysville, Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at age 83.¹
     Ben A. appeared on the 1910 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, William and Lela Pelfry, listed as a farm laborer on the "home farm."²
     In the obituary of Cecil Pelfrey who died 6 June 1963, his brother, Ben Pelfrey, of Maysville, Oklahoma, was listed as a survivor.³
     In the obituary of Floyd Pelfrey who died 26 April 1977, his brother, Ben Pelfrey, of OKlahoma, was listed as a survivor.⁴

     He was born on 18 March 1881 at Georgia, USA.^1,3,4 Zacariah married Katherine Dobbs circa 1906.^3,5
     Zack Jesse Pelfrey died on 27 December 1941 at Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA, at age 60.¹ Alternatively, he died on 30 December 1941 at age 60 according to his grave marker.²
     He was commonly known as Zach.⁴
     Zack and Kate Pelfrey appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 19 January 1920, described as a farmer. Their children: Pauline and Arnold, were listed as living with them.³
     Zack J. and Kate E. Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 16 April 1930, described as a farmer. Their children: Willie P., Joseph A., Virgil H. and Ruby J., were listed as living with them.⁵
     Zack Pelfrey appeared on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census of Tulare Twp., San Joaquin County, California, enumerated 18 April 1940, described as a widower, and a farm laborer on a farm. Their children: Arnold and Virgil, were listed as living with them.⁴

     He was born on 11 June 1884 at Georgia, USA.^1,3,2 Alternatively, he may have been born circa 1886 at Georgia, USA.⁴ Albert married Allie L. Rice circa 1906.^4,3,2
     Albert Ross Pelfrey died on 6 September 1932 at Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at age 48.¹
     He was commonly known as Ross Pelfrey.³
     Albert Ross Pelfrey, of R.F.D.3, Elmore City, Garvin County, registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at the age of 34. He was a farmer. He listed his next-of-kin/contact person as his wife, Allie Levisa Pelfrey. He was described as tall and stout with gray eyes and brown hair.²
     Albert R. and Allie L. Pelfrey appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 22 January 1920, described as a farmer on his own farm.⁴
     Ross and Allie Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Antioch, Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 11 April 1930, described as a farmer working on his own account. Their children: Stella, were listed as living with them.³

     She was born on 26 July 1893 at Alabama, USA. Note that her Find A Grave memorial page claims she was born in Mississippi, and the 1940 census gives it as Oklahoma.^2,3,4,5 Allie married Albert Ross Pelfrey circa 1906.^2,3,6 Allie married J. I. Huckaby on 28 August 1935 at Church of Christ, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.^7,8,5
     Allie Huckaby died on 27 January 1951, at her home, at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at age 57.^4,9
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Allie L. Rice was buried on 29 January 1951 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.^4,9
     Allie Levisa Pelfrey was listed as next-of-kin/contact on the draft registration of her husband, Albert Ross Pelfrey.⁶
     Albert R. and Allie L. Pelfrey appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 22 January 1920, described as a farmer on his own farm.²
     Ross and Allie Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Antioch, Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 11 April 1930, described as a farmer working on his own account. Their children: Stella, were listed as living with them.³
     The following article appeared in the Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Pauls Valley Democrat, 29 August 1935 :

     John and Allie Huckaby appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated circa June 1940, described as a farmer. Her daughter, Stella, was listed as living with them. Other sources clarify that Stella was his step-daughter, hence the different surname.⁵
     In the obituary of J. I. Huckaby who died 24 January 1944, his wife, Allie Huckaby, was listed as a survivor.⁸
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Daily Oklahoman published in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 30 January 1951.⁹

     She was born on 3 July 1925 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.³ Alternatively, she may have been born circa July 1926 at Oklahoma, USA, since she was age 3 years and 9 months in the 1930 census.² Stella married Lowell E. Lovin, Their marriage licence was issued about 03 Jul 1941, circa July 1941 at Oklahoma, USA.^5,6
     Stella Jeannette Lovin died on 29 November 2000 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, at age 75. Note that her Find A Grave memorial page gives Wagner County, Oklahoma as her place of death.^3,1,7
     Stella Jeannette Pelfrey was buried on 2 December 2000 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA.¹
     Stella appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Antioch, Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of her parents, Ross and Allie Pelfrey.²
     Stella appeared on the 1940 Federal Census Whitebead Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of her step-father John Huckaby and mother Allie.⁸
     In the obituary of J. I. Huckaby who died 24 January 1944, his step daughter, Stella Lovin at his home address, was listed as a survivor.⁴
     In the obituary of Allie Huckaby who died 27 January 1951, her daughter, Stella Lovin, of Pauls Valley, was listed as a survivor.⁹
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Daily Oklahoman published in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1 December 2000.⁷

     She was born circa 1890 at Alabama, USA.^2,3 Katherine married Zacariah Jesse Pelfrey circa 1906.^2,3
     Zack and Kate Pelfrey appeared on the 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 19 January 1920, described as a farmer. Their children: Pauline and Arnold, were listed as living with them.²
     Zack J. and Kate E. Pelfrey appeared on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census of Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma, enumerated 16 April 1930, described as a farmer. Their children: Willie P., Joseph A., Virgil H. and Ruby J., were listed as living with them.³

     She was born on 14 February 1915 at Oklahoma, USA.^2,1,4,5 Willie married Oliver Davis circa 1921.⁴
     Pauline W. Davis died on 6 December 1999 at Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, USA, at age 84.⁴
     The following selected information is extracted from her obituary.
     Willie P. Pelfrey was buried on 10 December 1999 at Sunset Lawn Memorial Garden, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA.⁴
     She was commonly known as Pauline.⁶
     Pauline appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of her parents, Zack and Kate Pelfrey.²
     Willie P. appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of her parents, Zack and Kate E. Pelfrey.¹
     Oliver and Pauline Davis appeared on the 1940 U.S. Federal Census of Tulare County, California, enumerated April 1940, described as a laborer on a ranch, living in a campground near Alila. Their children: Billy Doyle, were listed as living with them. In 1935 they were living in rural Garvin County, Oklahoma.⁵
     In the obituary of Arnold J. Pelfrey who died 5 April 1979, his sister, Pauline Davis, of Rio Linda, was listed as a survivor.⁶
     In the obituary of Billy Doyle Davis who died 15 August 1990, his parents, Ollis (sic) Davis and Pauline Davis were listed as surviving him.⁷
     See the footnotes below for a link to her obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Sacramento Bee published in Sacramento, California, 9 December 1999.⁴
     In the obituary of Oliver Davis, who died 10 May 2000, his wife, Pauline Davis, was listed as predeceased.⁷

     He was born in September 1919 at Oklahoma, USA.^4,1,3 Joseph married Lucille Adams.⁵
     Arnold J. Pelfrey died on 5 April 1979 at Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA, at age 59.⁵
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Arnold J. Pelfrey.
     Joseph A. Pelfrey was buried at Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA.⁶
     He was also known as Arnold J. Pelfrey.^5,7
     Arnold appeared on the 1920 Federal Census Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, Zack and Kate Pelfrey.²
     Joseph A. appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, Zack and Kate E. Pelfrey.¹
     Arnold appeared on the 1940 Federal Census Tulare Twp., San Joaquin County, California in the household of his parents, Zack, and he was listed as a farm laborer on a farm.³
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper The Sacramento Bee published in Sacramento, California, 6 April 1979.⁵

     He was born on 5 October 1922 at Oklahoma, USA.^3,1,2
     Virgil H. Pelfrey died on 29 April 1973, in a local hospital, at Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA, at age 50.³
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Virgil H. Pelfrey.³
     Virgil H. appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Elmore Twp., Garvin County, Oklahoma in the household of his parents, Zack and Kate E. Pelfrey.¹
     Virgil appeared on the 1940 Federal Census Tulare Twp., San Joaquin County, California in the household of his parents, Zack, and he was listed as a farm laborer on a farm.²
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Reno Gazette-Journal published in Reno, Nevada, 1 May 1973.³
     In the obituary of Douglas Earl Pelfrey who died 30 November 1998, his parents, Virgil Pelfrey were listed or implied as predeceased.⁴