Homer Coleman Forrester Jr. (1919 - 2010)

Born 6 Jun 1919 in Blue Ridge, Fannin, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Jan 2010 at age 90 in Marion, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States

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Served in the US Marine Corps overseas during World War II

Biography

Homer was born in 1919. He was the son of Homer Forrester and Thelma Butts. ^{[1] [2]}

He enlisted in the US Marine Corps on 31 Aug 1940 at Cincinnati, Ohio and was discharged on 19 Nov 1946 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina with the rank of private first class, and with service as a "Recan NCO" and a "Clerk Gen." At the time of his discharge, he listed his home of record as Murphy, North Carolina. According to his record, Homer served overseas for 2 years, 7 months, and 15 days. ^[3]

According to Hull-Butts family tradition related by Homer's first cousin Mona (Hull) Bennett, Homer married on 17 Nov 1945 to Evonne Davidson in a double ceremony with his sister Thelma Doris who married Joseph Merle Causby, and that Homer and Evonne moved to Jackson, Tennessee; but no records for Homer and Evonne could be found.

Homer and Evonne must have been divorced by about 1949 and Homer married second in 1950 to Maggie Sue Lawrence. According to the obituary posted to her Find A Grave memorial, they had children:

1. Lawrence Coleman, m. Suzanne ____
2. Glenn Randall, m. Julie Parker
3. Susan Lee, m. Donald Glenn Jackson

Homer passed away in 2010 ^[4] and was buried at Ridgecrest Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM68-FLC : accessed 26 August 2017), Homer C Forrester Jr. in household of Homer C Forrester, Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 8B, line 84, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 742; FHL microfilm 2,340,477.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YK-SHK : accessed 26 August 2017), H C Forrester in household of Homer C Forrester, Hazard, Magisterial District 4, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97-11, sheet 5A, line 7, family 83, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1348.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WK-FB27 : accessed 26 August 2017), Homer Coleman Forrester, 19 Nov 1946; citing Camp Lejeune, Onslow, North Carolina, United States, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh; FamilySearch digital folder 007327439.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBFJ-7YQ : 12 January 2021), Homer C Forrester, 30 Jan 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #91908409 for Homer Coleman Forrester Jr. (6 Jun 1919–30 Jan 2010), citing Ridgecrest Cemetery, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Frances Donnelly (contributor 47111837) .

See also:

• "North Carolina, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRG-JD8B : 2 May 2023), Homer Coleman Forrester, 1940-1945; citing from database by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, box 120, household ID 763962, ARC 5557837, National Archives and Records Administration--National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri.; FHL microfilm 100,854,692.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJTX-RWKR : 30 July 2020), Homer C Forrester, 2007.