John Robert Farr, Jr. was born June 8, 1920 in Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ar. to John Robert Sr. & Lucy Mae Williams Farr. December 14, 1945 he married Vera Bernice Smith in Mississippi. July 1, 1941 John registered for the military draft at Greenwood, Sebastian Co., Ar. November 12, 1942, at Little Rock, Arkansas he enlisted with the US Army. He states he has completed grammar school and is a farmer, Much of his story about his service is below in his obituary, John Robert Furr, Jr. passed away April 21, 2011 in Byram, Hinds Co., Mississippi. His burial was in Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Hinds Co., Ms. Clarion Ledger Jackson, Mississippi April 27, 2011