James O. Phifer

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1920 Census
Name: James O Phifer
Age: 2 years 2 months
Birth Year: abt 1918
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1920: Civil District 4, White, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Forest Phifer
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's name: Mary L Phifer
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Farest Phifer 29
Mary L Phifer 26
Gertrude Phifer 6
Clifford W Phifer 4 years 4 months
James O Phifer 2 years 2 months

1930 Census
Name: James Phifer
Birth Year: abt 1918
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1930: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Street address: North Chancery Street
House Number in Cities or Towns: 307
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Forest Phifer 39
Mary Phifer 35
Gertrude Phifer 16
Clifford Phifer 14
James Phifer 12
Forest Phifer 9
Sue Phifer 0

Name: James Phifer
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1919
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Inferred Residence in 1935: McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee
Residence in 1935: Same House
Occupation: Salesman, nursery company
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 54
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 600
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Phifer 44
Gertrude Phifer 25
James Phifer 21
Forest Phifer 18
Sue Phifer 10
Virginia Phifer 8

OBITUARY

Nashville Tennesean; 8 May 1971, page 22

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. -Services for James Phifer, 53, 4425 Westlawn Drive, Nashville, an official of the Nashville office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Renewal, will be at 3 p.m. today at High Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. View Cemetery.

Phifer, a native of Warren County, died Thursday in Veterans Hospital, Nashville, of cancer. He held the rank of captain and was assigned to the Army intelligence section in the headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur during both World War II and the Korean war. He was a member of the Church of Christ.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Edith Womack Phifer; a son, James R. Phifer, New York City; three daughters, Mrs. Deborah Norman, Houston; and Mrs. Albert Palmer Jr. and Mrs. David Pack, Smithville, Tenn.; his mother, Mrs. Mary Boyd Phifer, McMinnville and three sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Brady and Mrs. Sue Brock, McMinnville, and Mrs. Virginia Patton

Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: James Phifer
SSN: 414-01-3573
BORN: 24 Dec 1917
Died: 6 May 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951)

Died:
Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Name: James Phifer
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Dec 1917
Death Date: 6 May 1971
SSN: 414013573
Enlistment Date 1: 13 May 1942
Release Date 1: 14 Jan 1946

James married Edith Womack. [Group Sheet]