He married Blonda Sherrill in 1950 in Batesville, Arkansas. They had two daughters.
He passed away in 2002. He is buried at Wideman Cemetery in Izard County, Arkansas.[1]
Sources
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/34703220/james-hayden-kankey : accessed 18 June 2021), memorial page for James Hayden Kankey (3 Mar 1925–24 Aug 2002), Find A Grave: Memorial #34703220, citing Wideman Cemetery, Izard County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Richelle Pate (contributor 47101732) .
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM21-1PV : accessed 19 June 2021), Mildred Kankey in household of Jim W Kankey, Guthrie, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 1A, line 30, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 73; FHL microfilm 2,339,808.
Jim W Kankey Head Male 48 Arkansas
Nora Kankey Wife Female 37 Arkansas
Mildred Kankey Daughter Female 11 Arkansas
Hayden Kankey Son Male 5 Arkansas
Vetral Mccollum Stepdaughter Female 16 Arkansas
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQV1-YPT : 8 January 2021), Mildred Kankey in household of James W Kankey, Wideman, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-12, sheet 1A, line 11, family 3, 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 144.
James W Kankey Head Male 59 Arkansas
Nora N Kankey Wife Female 47 Arkansas
Mildred Kankey Daughter Female 21 Arkansas
Hayden Kankey Son Male 15 Arkansas
Tom Forister Hired hand Male 32 Arkansas
James' Obituary in The Melbourne Times, August 28, 2002
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