In a message dated 9/24/2010 11:43:03 AM Central Daylight Time, bbcavner@sbcglobal.net writes: > He died Jan 4, 1974 in Grapevine, TX and my sister had promised him that > she > would see to it that he was buried by his second wife Clara Hood in > Lunenburg > Cemetery, Melbourne, AR. My brother and I had a military marker placed > there, > but his name is mis-spelled, since I had not learned the correct spelling > at the > time we got the marker. > I have him buried in Combs Cem in Melbourne. I do not have a second wife for him Jim S Descendants of Finas Harmon Bruce 1 Finas Harmon Bruce b: 22 Jan 1899 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR d: 04 Jan 1974 in Grapevine, TX Burial Place: AR, Izard Co., Melbourne, Combs Cem .. +Sarah Lou Dixon b: 05 Jan 1902 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR d: 17 May 1955 in OKlahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK Burial Place: OK, Okla Co., Del City, Sunnylane Cem . 2 Betty Jean Bruce b: 26 Aug 1931 in Seminole, OK ..... +Clyde Cavner . 2 Vernon Remel Bruce b: 15 Jul 1919 ..... 3 Roger Vernon Bruce

Hello Jim: Dad and mom were divorced in 1935, he married Clara Hood who was 17, a yer younger than my oldest brother Vernon. They were in Illinois, so guess that's where they married. she died about March 1940 in Illinois of Consumption. He married a woman whose last name was Wolf, supposedly had a pig farm in Northeastern Oklahoma. Then he married a woman named Jo in Texas. Don't have any dates of marriages or divorces. He was an Engineer and laid pipeline in Guam, Saudia Arabia, all over South America - worked as a supervisor of a construction crew.  The first time I saw him was in Tulsa, while visiting my sister. He was there maybe an hour. Then I saw him again in 1960 when my husband and I came back from Germany. He was living in Ft. Worth, TX and working at Carswell AFB as an Engineer. He had enphysema real bad and had to retire. He lived in a nursing home for about eight years before dying in 1974. I saw him maybe a dozen times in my life and needless to say, didn't really know him. My mom raised eight children by herself, she never remarried. She went to school and was in one of the first classes of Licensed Practical Nurses to graduate in Oklahoma City, OK. She was the wisest,most wonderful  person in the world and NEVER complained about anything and never said a bad word about my dad. Her marker has "A woman of valor", which is very appropriate. She was my best friend and I miss her so much still. Vernon, bJul 15, 1919, died 30 Nov 2007 in Oceanside, CA Hazel, bMar 15, 1921, died 21 May 2004 in Oklahoma City, OK Dwayne, bDec 16, 1922 died 1 Aug 1983 in Euless, TX Glen, bMay 26, 1926 died 30 Aug 1999 in The Dallas, Oregon Dale, bDec 8, 1927, Drumright, OK lives in Fresno, CA Betty,bAug 26, 1931, Seminole, OK  I live in Moore, OK Gerald, bOct 1, 1933, Seminole, Ok lives in Kingston, OK Bill, bDec 17, 1935, Seminole, OK lives in Choctaw, OK Mom and Dad were both born in Melbourne, AR, so were their parents. Mom's line is Jefferson Davis Dixon who married Florence Elizabeth Barnes. Dad's line is Gideon Price Bruce who married Mollie Graham Williams. Since they were all in Izard Co., AR the list has been real helpful in giving me information that otherwise I'd never have. Dr. Thomas Bruce wrote "The Bruce Web" which helped on my dad's side. Mary Cooper Miller and Joyce Walker have been so helpful with my Dixon/Cooper's. Thank you for writing. BettyC ________________________________ From: "JDSshipbld@cs.com" <JDSshipbld@cs.com> To: arizard@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, September 24, 2010 12:37:14 PM Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] Fw: Bruce/Dixon Information In a message dated 9/24/2010 11:43:03 AM Central Daylight Time, bbcavner@sbcglobal.net writes: > He died Jan 4, 1974 in Grapevine, TX and my sister had promised him that > she > would see to it that he was buried by his second wife Clara Hood in > Lunenburg > Cemetery, Melbourne, AR. My brother and I had a military marker placed > there, > but his name is mis-spelled, since I had not learned the correct spelling > at the > time we got the marker. >  I have him buried in Combs Cem in Melbourne.  I do not have a second wife for him Jim S Descendants of Finas Harmon Bruce                         1  Finas Harmon Bruce  b: 22 Jan 1899 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR  d: 04 Jan 1974 in Grapevine, TX    Burial Place: AR, Izard Co., Melbourne, Combs Cem ..  +Sarah Lou Dixon    b: 05 Jan 1902 in Melbourne, Izard Co., AR  d: 17 May 1955 in OKlahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK      Burial Place: OK, Okla Co., Del City, Sunnylane Cem .  2  Betty Jean Bruce    b: 26 Aug 1931 in Seminole, OK          .....      +Clyde Cavner              .  2  Vernon Remel Bruce  b: 15 Jul 1919          .....  3  Roger Vernon Bruce              ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message