James Leonard ROOKE1,2,3,4,5,7,6,8
31st Mar 19351,2,3,4,5,6 - 11th Jun 20123,4,5
Life History
31st Mar 1935 |
Born in Rockport, Aransas, Texas.1,2,3,4,5,6 |
31st Oct 2003 |
Death of Mary Lois RICE in Watauga, Carter, Tennessee.7,3,9 |
11th Jun 2012 |
Died in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee.3,4,5 |
15th Jun 2012 |
Buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee.4,5 |
Notes
- Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
James Leonard Rooke
Birth 31 Mar 1935 Aransas County
Father's Name Chris C Rooke
Mother's name Bessie Clinton
James was enumerated in the 1940 census in his grandfather Clinton's household, where his mother had moved with the children after she and James' father Christopher Columbus Rooke divorced.
1940 Federal Census, Aransas County, Texas, 9 May, Rockport Precinct 2, District 4-4, page 5A, Liberty St, Hse #88, Owns $100
Clinton, Jimmie Head M W 48 Married Grade 7 b Texas same place in 1935 No Occup stated [b abt 1892]
[other Clinton family members listed here]
Rooke, Bessie daughter F W 30 Divorced H1 b Texas same place in 1935 Seamstress, PWA Sewing Room [b abt 1910]
Rooke, Fannie granddau F W 8 Grade 2 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1932]
Rooke, Chris Jr grandson M W 6 Grade 1 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
Rooke, James grandson M W 5 Grade 0 b Texas same place in 1935 [b abt 1935]
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
James L Rooke
Birth Date 31 Mar 1935
Phone Number 929-2956
PO Box 156, Watauga, TN, 37694-0156 (1993)
108 E 5th Av, Watuaga, TN, 37694 (1986)
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
James L Rooke
Born 31 Mar 1935
Died 11 Jun 2012
SSN # issued Texas (1952)
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U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
James Rooke
Residence Lakebridge Health Care Center, Tennessee
Death 11 Jun 2012
Source Location Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Spouse Mary Lois Rice Rooke
Children Courtney Stark and husband John of Winston Salem, NC and Col Jennifer Rooke of the Netherlands
Parents Chris C. Rooke and Bessie Clinton Rooke
Brothers and Sisters Chris Rooke
Military Service U.S. Army
Full Obituary:
Obituary for James Rooke
Mr. James Leonard Rooke, 77, died Monday, June 11, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center. James was a resident of Lakebridge Health Care Center before being hospitalized. A native of Rockport, Texas, he was the son of the late Chris C. and Bessie Clinton Rooke. James served in the U.S. Army.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his loving wife Mary Lois Rice Rooke; and brother Chris Rooke; and sister.
He is survived by his two daughters, Courtney Stark and husband John of Winston Salem, NC and Col. Jennifer Rooke of the Netherlands;
and granddaughter Delaney Stark of Winston Salem, NC.
Memorials may be made to Mountain States Hospice 101 Med Tech Parkway, #100, Johnson City, TN 37604.
A graveside service will be held, Thursday, 11am, at Mountain Home National Cemetery with Military Honors.
-- unidentified newspaper, Johnson City, Tennessee, Ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=James+Leonard&gsln=Rooke&msbdy=1935&msbpn__ftp=Rockport%2c+Aransas%2c+Texas&msddy=2012&msfng0=Christopher+Columbus&msfns0=Rooke&msmng0=Bessie+Estelle&msmns0=Clinton&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=ig1&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=12&ftm=1&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=131606167&recoff=11+12+37+70+83+84+95+96+97&db=USCemFuneral&indiv=1&ml_rpos=2
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James Leonard Rooke
Birth Mar. 31, 1935
Death Jun. 11, 2012
SP3 US ARMY KOREA
Burial Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, Plot: SECTION SS SITE 1091
Created by Mr. Tom Aug 20, 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial #95697870, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rooke&GSiman=1&GScid=109428&GRid=95697870&
Sources
- 1. 1940 Federal Census, Aransas County, Texas
- 9 May, Rockport Precinct 2, District 4-4, page 5A, Liberty St, Hse #88, Owns $100
- 2. Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
- 3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 4. Obituary of James Leonard Rooke, unidentified newspaper, Johnson City, Tennessee, Ancestry.com
- 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 6. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
- 7. U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
- 8. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
- 9. Obituary of Mary Lois Rice Rooke, Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton, Tennessee, November 2, 2003
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