Ensign James Ruemmeli McKelvey

Located at Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, OK.

In Loving Memory Of A Most

Devoted Son And Brother

Ensign James Ruemmeli McKelvey

U.S. Naval Reserve

Born June 9, 1922, Tulsa

Wounded in action May 3, 1945, off  Okinawa

On L.S.M. (R) 195 - Died May 25 at Guam

At Rest Here, April 10, 1948

1937 - 1941

Kemper Military School Member of Military and Scholastic Honor Societies

Cadet Lieutenant Distinguished Cadet Award

Reserve Officer's training corps - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Awarded certification of avaliablity for commission 2nd LIEUT. U.S. Army

1941 - 1944

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Member Student Chapter American Institute  Chemical Engineers

Engineering News Staff Gridiron Society Sigma Chi Fraternity

U.S.S. Prairie State Midshipman School N.Y. City

Comissioned Ensign February 24, 1944

Naval training school Pennsylvania State College

Certifcate Disel Engineering July 10, 1944

Amphibious Training  Command

- Little Creek, Virginia, October 15, 1944

Navy Station Charleston, South Carolina

Commissioned Engineer Officer of USM (R) 195 November 24, 1944

Asiatic Pacific Area Campaign Medal - American Area Campaign Medal

Purple Heart

And thus prepared to fulfill life's responsiblities to the glory

of God and fellowman he gave his todays that you and you might

have your tommorrows. Be on your guard that never again shall we

deliberately commit the folly of furnishing materials of war to

a nation known to be in the process of waging war against us.

Ensign

James Ruemmeli McKelvey

June 9, 1922 - May 25, 1945

Photo from http://okielegacy.org/journal/ezine/?vol=12&iss=5

Update: The West Family Crosses

In Sept of 2010 I posted a blog on the West Family Crosses. Thanks to my friend Theresa more information was found. 

CAPTAIN DIGBY B. WEST.

Captain Digby B. West, who became well known as one of the successful farmers of Arkansas, established his home in the vicinity of Berryville in 1889 and there resided to the time of his demise in 1902. He was fifty-six years of age when death called him, for his birth occurred in Ireland in 1846. He was a son of Dean West, who was a dean of the Episcopal church of Ardagh, Ireland, and later in Presteign, Wales. Digby B. West was the third in order of birth in a family of eight children.

He acquired a good education in an agricultural college at Cirencester, England, and was a magistrate in County Roscommon, Ireland, and also became captain of the Royal Longford Rifles of Ireland. He came to America in 1882, settling on a farm in Texas, and remained in that state for seven years, but his experience
there was anything but encouraging. His family were all sick and he lost considerable money while attempting to found a home in the Lone Star state. He had enough left to bring his family to Arkansas, when in 1889 he decided to try his fortune in this state and settled on a farm which he purchased near Berryville. Immediately he began to prosper and he continued to live on his farm throughout his remaining days, devoting his attention to the work of further improvement and development. In 1900 he set out a nice apple orchard of fifty acres and in 1920 Mrs. West shipped sixteen carloads of fine apples. It was in England, in 1868, that Mr. West was united in marriage to Miss Fanny Louisa Swindell, who was born in England, near London. She is a daughter of John S. and Mary Louisa (Bond) Swindell. Her father was a highly educated man, being a graduate of the Royal Engineers College of England, and he devoted his life to the profession of civil engineering. Mr. and Mrs. West became the parents of thirteen children, of whom eight are living: Francis married W. J. Jamison of Baltimore, and they are now living in Berryville. He has devoted his attention to the hotel and banking business and he also managed Deer Park Hotel, Maryland, in the summer seasons; Digby West, the second of the family, is mentioned elsewhere in this work; Sidney is an engineer on an ocean steamship and makes his home at San Francisco, California; Charles is a druggist of Minnesota; Fred is a railroad man, living at Eureka Springs, Arkansas; Heyrick C. follows farming in the vicinity of Berryville; Lucy is the wife of E. V. Wier, conducting a dry goods store in the vicinity of San Diego, California; John lives on his mother's farm and manages the orchard. All are members of the Episcopal church, but as there is no church of that denomination in Berryville, Mrs. West attends the Methodist Episcopal church and is pianist for the congregation. In politics Mr. West was an ardent democrat. Mrs. West lives in a comfortable home in Berryville. The family is most highly esteemed and Mr. West left to his wife and children not only a comfortable competence but also that priceless heritage of an untarnished name.

Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922

File at: http://www.files.usgwarchives.org/ar/carroll/bios/west4nbs.txt

Ceramic Photos - Couples

The following are all ceramic photos of couples I have come across. I am only posting the ones that appear more vintage because I could fill a whole album if I posted all that I have found.  Theses are some of the best vintage ones I have come across.

Avis Eileen McBride

April 10, 1917 - May 10, 1990

Married June 3, 1939

A.C. "Mac" McBride

July 28, 1904 - Aug 14, 1983

Located at Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery in Berryville, AR.

Easther L Beck

1886 - 1976

Clarence A Beck

1886 - 1940

Located at Horner Cemetery in Cassville, MO.

Linda Lou Phillips

June 21, 1943 - Sept 27, 2008

Married Feb 2, 1964

Bobby Gene Phillips

June 6, 1940 - May 21, 2005

Located at Howell Cemetery in Prairie Grove, AR. 

Delvin Alva Jenkins

Aug 25, 1919 - Mar 6, 1982

Located at Prairie Grove Cemetery in Prairie Grove, AR.

Betty Lou Smith

Mar 12, 1934 - Aug 28, 2010

Married Jan 9, 1954

Duward "Dude" E Smith

Dec 2, 1928 - Mar 25, 2007

Located at Rose Cemetery in Prairie Grove, AR.

Loyd Walker

1903 - 1960

Opal Walker

1906 - 1989

Located at West Fork Cemetery in West Fork, AR

John Henry Stubbs

Feb 22, 1936 - Still Alive

Married Oct 6, 1957

Patty Sue Stubbs

Sept 17, 1939 - May 29, 2006

Located at Centerton Cemetery in Centerton, AR.

Henry Welytok

July 17, 1926 - Feb 23, 2003

Married July 24, 1951

Jean Welytok

Dec 22, 1929 - Sept 21, 1998

Located at Maplewood Cemetery in Harrison, AR.

The West Family Crosses

This is the West's family plot. Located in Berryville Memorial Park Cemetery in Berryville, AR.

Isaac A. Clarke

Found this one at Berryville Cemetery in Berryville, AR.

Isaac A. Clarke

Founder of Clarke's

Accademy in 1867

Present building built

in 1878

In loving memory of

Isaac A. Clarke

1837-1907

His spirit lives on in all those

he left behind; a great host of

fortunate ones who called him

teacher and friend.

Erected by his students

Astronomers tell us the distance

of each star from earth, but no

 mathematician can calculate the

influence which a noble teacher

may exert upon posterity.

Bryan