"Frank" Brooks Harper - Son of "Marvin" H.
Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper
(Harper-Page 10)

The picture above is of "Frank" Brooks Harper and his wife "Ruth" Mae
Guthrie Lawhon Harper. The picture was taken at the home of "Marvin"
H. Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper, the parents of
"Frank" Brooks Harper. The picture was taken as part of the 50th
wedding celebration for "Marvin" H. Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle
Brooks Harper.

















Headstone for "Frank" Brooks Harper and his wife "Ruth" Mae Guthrie
Lawhon Harper. The headstone is located at the Harper burial site in
Mount Zion Cemetery located in Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri.

For more information on the burial sites of "Frank" Brooks Harper and
his wife "Ruth" Mae Guthrie Lawhon Brooks click on the links below:






"Frank" Brooks Harper was born August 19, 1907 in Dunklin County,
Gibson, Missouri and died October 3, 2000 in Garland County, Hot
Springs National Park, Arkansas.  He married "Ruth" Mae Guthrie
Lawhon December 3, 1942 in Saint Paul United Methodist Church in
Abilene, Texas.  She was born June 24, 1905 in Craighead County, Black
Oak, Arkansas, the daughter of Andrew J. and Mollie Guthrie, and died
May 22, 1996 in Garland County, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas.
After their deaths both "Frank" Brooks Harper and his wife "Ruth" Mae
Guthrie Lawhon Harper were cremated and their ashes are buried
beside each other in the Harper burial site at Mount Zion Cemetery in
Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri.

Notes for "Frank" Brooks Harper:

Before WWII "Frank" Brooks Harper was running an insurance
business.

Camp Barkeley  

Named for Private David B. Barkeley of the 89th Division, who died on a
secret scouting expedition behind German lines during the Meuse-
Argonne Battle of World War I. Among famous units trained here were
the 45th and 90th Infantry Divisions and the 11th and 12th Armored. A
medical replacement training center, the largest in the country, was also
established here, with 15 battalions. In May, 1942, the Medical
Administrative Corps Officer Candidate School was activated and
graduated about 12,500 candidates.

Information on Camp Barkeley can be found by clicking on the link
below:

Information on Camp Barkeley

During World War II "Frank" Brooks Harper was stationed at Camp
Barkeley to go to officers training school. Camp Barkeley was located a
few miles south of Abilene, Texas. While "Frank" Brooks Harper was
stationed at Camp Barkeley he married "Ruth" Mae Guthrie Lawhon on
December 3, 1942 at the Saint Paul United Methodist Church in Abilene,
Texas. Dr. J. O. Haynes officiated the wedding ceremony of "Frank"
Brooks Harper and "Ruth" Mae Guthrie Lawhon Harper.

On February 12, 1942, the War Department issued an order for the
acquisition of land near Durham, North Carolina, to be used as a training
and cantonment facility during World War II. Eventually, the Army
acquired 40,384.39 acres.

As it turned out, Camp Butner was only used for training exercises
during a short span of 18 months, from early 1942 to June of 1943. The
units who trained at Camp Butner included the 78th, or  “Lightning”
division, the 89th, and 4th Infantry as well as some artillery and
engineering units. The installation was also used as a redeployment
center, and was home to one of the Army’s largest general and
convalescent hospitals. The site included facilities for ammunition storage
as well. Finally, Camp Butner also housed prisoners of war starting in
September 1943.

Information for Camp Butner can be found by clicking on the link below:

Information on Camp Butner

During 1943 "Frank" Brooks Harper was the adjutant of the 144th
Station Hospital at Camp Butner and was promoted to 1st lieutenant.  

"Frank" Brooks Harper left WWII as a major in the medical
administrative corps.

Notes for "Ruth" Mae Guthrie Lawhon Harper:

Was the manager of the Steele Telephone Exchange in Pemiscot County,
Steele, Missouri.

Child of "Frank" Brooks Harper and "Ruth" Mae Guthrie Lawhon
Harper is:
William Brooks (Brooksey) Harper, born September 1, 1943.

Notes for William Brooks (Brooksey) Harper:
William Brooks (Brooksey) Harper was adopted by "Frank" Brooks
Harper as his son. He is actually the grandson of "Ruth" Mae Guthrie
Lawhon Harper through her son Elbert C. Lawhon, Jr. who was the son
she had with her first husband, Elbert C. Lawhon, Sr..

William Brooks (Brooksey) Harper was born September 1, 1943.  He
married Sharon Denise Harper who was born on October 11, 1953.

Children of William Harper and Sharon Harper are:
1) Scott Edward Harper Welborn who was born June 1, 1973.
2) Mindy Harper Welborn
3) Heath Daniel Harper who was born on January 29, 1974. Heath Daniel
Harper married Meredith Lea Chatham on May 13, 2000  in Dallas
County, Dallas, Texas. Meredith Lea Chatham was born in 1975.

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