Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry family


Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry 90th birthday party


Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry 90th birthday party

Pictured are friends and family members of Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry of Banks, AR gathered to celebrate his 90th birthday in 1940. We know PE is the gentleman with the long beard and I recognize Ollie McMurry Durmon with the dark purse and hat. This and other pictures and an article written about the date advise that the following folks were there, can anyone help us pick out the names of any of these folks?

His children and their spouse: Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor (Buster) McMurry, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Withers McMurry, Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph McMurry, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Clifton McMurry, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Franklin McMurry, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hoyle (Bud) McMurry and Ms, Ollie Viola McMurry Durmon.

Others in attendance were: J. W. Nichols of Blue Springs, his half brother, John L. Taylor of Warren, Judge Harvey Rowland, the Rev. Cone Stell, pastor of the Banks Baptist church, the Rev. Earl Humble (young Ouachita College ministerial student), W. T. Armstrong (Agnes McMurry Armstrong’s father-in-law), Sheriff C. W. Hickman, T. J. Bratton (old friend and father-in-law of PE’s niece Mary Elizabeth Nichols Bratton), Mrs. Fannie Guice Richardson (daughter of his cousin Sarah Nichols Guice and granddaughter of James F Nichols) of Shreveport, La.; Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Bratton and children of El Dorado; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Oliver and Mrs. P. I. Lipsey of El Dorado; and Dott Godwin of Little Rock.


Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry family


Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry family

Pictured is Pinkney Euphrates/Euphratus McMurry his children: William Taylor (Buster) McMurry, John Joseph McMurry, Charlie Clifton McMurry, Jesse Franklin McMurry, Lee Hoyle (Bud) McMurry and Mrs. Ollie Viola McMurry Durmon.

This picture was taken in August 1940 at PE’s 90th birthday party in Sigman Grove.


Pinkney E. McMurry with kin and friends


Pinkney E. McMurry with kin and friends

Pinkney E. McMurry with kin and friends (per the back of the picture). Can you help us identify the others in the picture?


Pinkney E. McMurry with kin and friends


Pinkney E. McMurry with kin and friends

Pinkney E McMurry, John L Taylor (his half brother) and friends at his 90th birthday party in 1940. Can you help us identify who is pictured here?



Pinkney E. McMurry's daughters-in-law

Pinkney McMurry's daughters-in-law: Effie Ferguson McMurry, Ella Cook McMurry, Ivey House McMurry, Lizzie Wolfe McMurry, Exine Cook McMurry, and Eva Taylor McMurry.


Pinkney E. McMurry with his birthday cake


Pinkney McMurry with his birthday cake



Photos shared by Billie Dean Hooks, courtesy of his mother, Ida Durmon Hooks, and grandmother, Ollie McMurry Durmon; from their family photos.

Photos submitted to the web page courtesy of Diane Gardner.




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