Harry James Monroe Gurley (1909 - 1981)

Born 19 Mar 1909 in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., Texas, United States

Husband of Viola Irene (Thornton) Gurley — married 24 Oct 1930 in Nueces, Texas, USA

Died 5 Jun 1981 at age 72 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Harry James Monroe Gurley was born on March 19, 1909 in Honey Grove, Fannin County,^[1] Texas. ^[2] He was the son of James Wilson Gruley (1876-1970) and Sudie Jane (Sellers) Gurley (1888-1975)^[3] He completed his first year of High School.^[4] At age 20, he was on his own, working as a Deck Hand on a Dredge boat, in Nueces, Texas.^[5]

He married Violia Irene Thornton^[3]on October 24, 1930, in Nueces, Texas^[6]. They had two children during their marriage.

1. Private
2. Elizabeth Jane Gurley Graham (1943-2006)^[7]

They made their home in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas in 1840, where he was a Leverman, for the State Dredge Boat. At this time he and Viola had their child James-8, her father Cleo Thornton-54, sister Bettie-12, and brothers, L V-10, and Arvin L-6, in the home with them.^[4]

In 1942 he was working for the Game, Fish, & Oyster Comissioner of Texas.^[1]

He died on June 5, 1981, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, at the age of 72,^[3] and was buried in Mooresville, North Carolina in the Glenwood Memorial Park Cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Ancestry's U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men Ancestry Record 2238 #19506685
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Harry James Gurley (19 Mar 1909–5 Jun 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #69781896, citing Glenwood Memorial Park, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Scooter T (contributor 48110330).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4WK-6HZM : 14 February 2020), Harry James Gurley, 1981.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1940 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Rockport, Aransas, Texas; Roll: T627_3979; Page: 3A; Household 36; Line 1-8; May 2, 1940; Enumeration District: 4-4; Ancestry's 1940 Census Image
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNWT-D3Z : accessed 17 March 2021), Harry Gurley, Precinct 1, Nueces, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 39B, line 58, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2381; FHL microfilm 2,342,115.
6. ↑ Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015; Nueces County Clerk's Office; Corpus Christi, Texas; Nueces County, Texas, Marriage Records; Ancestry's Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records Ancestry Record 9168 #22272646
7. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDP9-34D : 1 January 2015), Harry James Gurley in entry for Elizabeyh Jane Gurley, 20 Feb 1943; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.