Henry Wilson Purser (1910 - 1977)

Born 25 Dec 1910 in Simpson County, Mississippi

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Glisson) Purser — married 30 Dec 1933 (to before 1940) in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi

Husband of Candis Olivia (Matthews) Purser — married 10 Nov 1941 in Taylorsville,, Mississippi

Died 18 May 1977 at age 66 in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA

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Wilson Purser is buried in Mendenhall Cemetery.

Biography

Wilson Purser was born on Dec 25, 1910 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA as the second child of Hiram Eulysses Purser and Ella Mary Margaret Dilmore. He had five siblings, namely: R. T., Ernie, Lamar, Vera Mae, and Ollie Audrey. He died on May 18, 1977 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, USA (V. A. Hospital , Age at Death: 66).

Wilson Purser was buried in Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA (Mendenhall City Cemetery). His Social Security Number was issued in Mississippi, USA He lived in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920. He lived in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930. He served in the military (US Army, World War II) between Feb 04, 1942–Dec 07, 1945 in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, USA.

Wilson Purser and Candis Olivia Matthews had the following children (see obituary for others):

1. Jimmy Wilson Purser Sr was born on Dec 15, 1948. He died on Jan 03, 2005 in Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 56).

Note: His SSDi has his birth date as Dec. 25, 1909 but both his headstone and military marker also his military records has his birth date as Dec. 25, 1910.

Bio by Myrtis added after a GEDCOM import.^[1]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Mendenhall City Cemetery/Mendenhall, Simpson, Mississippi, USA^[2]

Military Service

Military Service:

Date: 04 FEB 1942

Place: Camp Shelby, Mississippi, USA^[3]

Obituary

Hattiesburg American, Tuesday, May 24, 1977, p. 2

Services were held for Wilson Purser

MENDENHALL - Services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Upton Funeral Home for Wilson Purser, 67, of Mendenhall, who died Wednesday at the V.A. Hospital in Jackson.

The Rev. Hueston Adkins and the Rev. David Yeager officiated. Interment was in Mendenhall Cemetery.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Candis Purser; six sons, Larry and Jimmy W., both of Puckett, Billy of Clinton, Jack, Joe Daniel and Stanley Purser, all of Mendenhall; two daughters, Mrs. Peggy Kirkland and Mrs. Brenda K. Bridges, both of Mendenhall; two brothers, R.T. of Batesville and Lamar Purser of Magee; three sisters, Mrs. Ernie Austin and Mrs. Ollie Pearson, both of Magee, and Mrs. Bera [s/b Vera] Harper of Pearl, and 11 grandchildren.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Purser-142 was created by Myrtis Bishop through the import of Dilmore.ged on Sep 18, 2014.
2. ↑ See findagrave for personal photo for Wilson Purser and his wife
3. ↑ Source: #S276 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Wilson Purser
4. ↑ Published Hattiesburg American, Tuesday, May 24, 1977, p. 2

• R. T. Purser and wife Bessie along with extensive information from son Ralph Purser -- Vivian Marshall
• Headstone & military marker
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLCC-K6T : accessed 25 November 2015), Wilson Purser, May 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing). Note: has birth date as 25 Dec 1909
• U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.; Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.: Data: Name: Wilson Purser, Birth Date: 25 Dec 1910, Death Date: 18 May 1977, SSN: xxx, Enlistment Date 1: 4 Feb 1942, Release Date 1: 7 Dec 1945
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TG-8M4 : accessed 25 November 2015), Wilson Purser, enlisted 04 Feb 1942, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, 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.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-8K8 : accessed 24 November 2015), Wilson Perser in entry for Hiram E Perser, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTX-1QB : accessed 24 November 2015), Wilson Purser in household of Harm Purser, Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm