Life History

Notes

• U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  Bobby Ray Terry
  Residence Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  Age 18
  Birth 31 Jan 1928 Konawa, Oklahoma, USA
  Employer Maritime Service Merchant Marines
  Next of Kin Joe Terry
  6' 1" 160  lbs, Brown Eyes, Brown Hair, Ruddy Complexion
  Registration 11 Feb 1946
  
  A California Death Index record provides information on Bobby Ray (Robert).  He was born into this family in 1928, but does not appear in the 1930 census.  Terry descendant and researcher Sharon Terry suggests he and his older brother Eugene were living with an older sibling.
  
  California, Death Index, 1940-1997
  Bobby R Terry, Robert R Terry
  Birth 30 Jan 1928 Oklahoma
  Death 14 Sep 1964 Nevada County
  Mother's Maiden Name Lovin
  Social Security #566301538
  
  There is another Bobby Ray Terry who is the son of Orville Terry and Verna East.  It is eerie that they are reported to have been born about the same time.
  
  But no Bobby Ray appears in their 1930 census.
  
  "My paternal grandparents were Joe Terry and Carrie Belle Lovin Terry.  Their children were Elsie, Myrtle, Gertie, Leo, Otto, Augusta, Gladys, Eugene, Agnes and Robert (Bobby)."
  --  Sharon Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 March 2016
  
  U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
  Bobby Terry
  Gender Male
  Birth Date 30 Jan 1928
  Death Date 14 Sep 1964
  ARMY, Enlistment 14 Aug 1953, Release 21 Jun 1955
  SSN 566301538
  
  The Find a Grave memorial for Bobby Ray does not report his parents, but cites the matching Death record above, which reports his mother's maiden name is named Lovin.
  
  Bob Ray Terry
  Birth Jan 30, 1928 Oklahoma
  Death Sep 14, 1964 Nevada County, California
  "Robert Terry" - birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Lovin, from California Death Index Records.
  Inscription California PFC US Army, Korea
  Burial Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Butte County, California, Parklawn, K-8
  Created by Adriana Aug 29, 2012
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #96208311, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TER&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=6&GScntry=4&GSsr=2001&GRid=96208311&
  
  "I believe several [Terry family members] got into boilermaker work including my dad and Bobby.  Bobby was killed when a rock hit him under his hard hat (back of his neck) during his lunch break.  The rock was dislodged from the hill above him when someone was working with equipment up there."
  --  Sharon Terry, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 14 March 2016
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Bobby Terry
  Born 30 Jan 1928
  Died Sep 1964
  SSN 566-30-1538 issued California (Before 1951)

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 3. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
• 4. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
• 5. Social Security Death Index
• 6. Sharon Terry