Clovis Wray Burns (1916 - 2001)

Born 14 Jun 1916 in Fulton County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Clinton Harrison (Dietzel) Burns — married 19 May 1940 in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States

Died 24 May 2001 at age 84 in Southhaven, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Clovis Wray Burns was born on Jun 14, 1916 in Fulton County, Kentucky, USA as the second child of Charles Edward Burns and Fannie J Bishop. ^[1]

He had two siblings, namely: Ruth Day, and Infant brother.

He died on May 24, 2001 in Southhaven, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 84). ^{[2] [3]}

Race: (White) He lived in Kentucky, USA. His Social Security Number was issued in Kentucky, USA He lived in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, USA in 1920. He lived in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, USA in 1930. He lived in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky in 1935. He lived in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 23; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son). He served in the military on Mar 29, 1943 in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He lived in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA in 1990 (Age: 74).

The 1940 Census says he was 23 yrs. old and a meat clerk in a grocery store.

LNAB

Name: Clovis Wray Burns [Clovis W Burns] SSN: xxx Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 14 Jul 1916 Birth Place: Fulton, Kentucky Father Name: Chas E Burns Mother Name: Fannie J Bishop Death Date: 24 May 2001 Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Mar 1938: Name listed as CLOVIS WRAY BURNS; 05 Jun 2001: Name listed as CLOVIS W BURNS^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQR-G542 : 10 February 2023), Clovis Wray Burns, .
2. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4L-2V6X : Sat Mar 09 12:22:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Clovis Wray Burns and Frances Swords, 25 May 2001.
3. ↑ Obituary for CLOVIS WRAY BURNS
4. ↑ Source Information, Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171497266/clovis_w-burns: accessed April 7, 2024), memorial page for Clovis W “Coby” Burns (14 Jul 1916–24 May 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171497266, citing Forest Hill Cemetery-South, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Janet (contributor 47749650).
• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHV-GC5Q : accessed 21 January 2016), Clovis W Burns, 14 Jun 1916; citing Birth, Fulton, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
• "Kentucky, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7R-3YCW : Sun Mar 10 16:03:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Clovis Wray Burns and S E Boyd, 16 October 1940.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8PQ-4H1 : 5 December 2014), Clovis W Burns, enlisted 29 Mar 1943, Ft Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, 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 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4JH-2YP : Sat Mar 09 03:05:12 UTC 2024), Entry for Clovis Wray Burns and Clinton Harrison Dietzel, 19 May 1940.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSS-1MP7 : Wed Mar 20 13:09:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Clovis W Burns and Clinton Burns, 10 April 1950.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RY-R76 : accessed 21 January 2016), Clovis W Burns in household of Charlie E Burns, Ward 3, Fulton, Magisterial District 1, Fulton, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-3, sheet 61A, family 245, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1307.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6K-85L : accessed 21 January 2016), Clovis W Burns in entry for Charles E Burns, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHLZ-BYW : accessed 21 January 2016), Clovis Burns in household of C E Burns, Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,570.