Ernest Harper

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Biography

MSgt. Ernest Harper served in the United States Air Force in the Korean War
Service started: 1 Oct 1945
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Jack was born to Zelemma Corley and Jasper Harper in Crowville, LA. His mom died when he was about 2 years of age, and his father, with older children, asked for and got help from a community church. As it happens, Jack's future wife's family, I.Y. And Mary Orell Lanier, childless at the time, took Jack into their home and kept him until sometime after Minnie's birth. My grandmother (Orell) said my father was in love with my mother from the minute she was born, sitting and holding her (though only 4), singing to her, etc. After Jasper remarried, he took Jack home. My dad said his older sister Elsie was more the mother he'd never really known, but he maintained close relations with Orell and with his older sister Lennie.*

Jack Enlisted in the he US Air Force on 1 Oct 1945 at Camp Shelby, Forest, MS.

Jack bought 60 acres of farmland in Covington County, MS, and settled his family there in 1957 when he retired from the AIr Force. The farm eventually grew to 100 acres. Jack farmed, grew hay in several large plots, and ran a small cattle herd on the rest. They built & ran commercial chicken houses for a large poultry company, working with these until his death.

Sources

• Personal memories as told to Lin Harper (daughter) by her grandmother Mary Orell Lanier.

Social Security Death Certificate: [1]

1920 Federal Census, Franklin Parish, LA: [2] Jasper W Harper Gender: Male Birth: Circa 1880 - Louisiana, United States Residence: 1920 - Franklin, Louisiana, USA Age: 40 Marital status: Married Race: White Ethnicity: American Father's birth place: Louisiana, United States Mother's birth place: Louisiana, United States Wife: Lemma Harper Children: Elsie Harper, Henry Harper, Lennie Harper, Leon Harper Census: County:FranklinSheet:16-AImage:699 State:LouisianaFamily:297 Date:1920Line:1 See household members Household Relation to head; Name; Age Head; Jasper W Harper; 40 Wife; Lemma Harper; 32 Daughter; Elsie Harper; 15 Son; Henry Harper; 12 Daughter; Lennie Harper; 10 Son; Leon Harper; 2 years, 6 months Boarder; Frank Nelson; 22

1930 US Federal Census [3] Ernest Harper Gender: Male Birth: Circa 1917 - Louisiana, United States Residence: 1930 - Police Jury Ward 4, Franklin, Louisiana, USA Age: 13 Marital status: Single Race: White Language: English Father: Jasper W Harper Father's birth place: Louisiana, United States Step- Mother: Della Harper Step-Mother's birth place: Louisiana, United States Siblings: Henry A Harper, Elsie M Simmons, Mason Simmons Census: Township:Police Jury Ward 4Enum. District:0009Line:63 County:FranklinSeries:T626Image:802 State:LouisianaRoll:793 Date:1930 Sheet:11-B See household members Household Relation to head; Name; Age Head; Jasper W Harper; 50 Wife; Della Harper; 39 Son; Henry A Harper; 23 Step-daughter; Elsie M Simmons; 15 Son; Ernest Harper; 13 Step-son; Mason Simmons; 13 Marriage Info: [Family Bible now in possession of Stephanie Michele Harper Tredway, granddaughter of Jack and Minnie, residing in Texas.}

Army Enlistment 1945: [4]

Burial 1979: Find A Grave Memorial Find A Grave: Memorial #25789158