General Information

Birth
3 AUG 1916
Marion County, Mississippi
Death
25 JUL 2009
Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Burial
Blackshear City Cemetery, Pierce County, Blackshear, Georgia

Notes

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010

Name: Joseph Rankin

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1916

Death Date: 25 Jul 2009

Branch 1: ARMY

Enlistment Date 1: 11 Sep 1942

Release Date 1: 29 Jan 1946

U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2015

Name: Joseph F Rankin

Gender: Male

Age at Death: 92

Birth Date: 3 Aug 1916

Residence (at time of death): Tazewell, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 25 Jul 2009

Obituary Date: 9 Aug 2009

Spouse: Bess Lewis Rankin

Parents: William Edward and Clara Ford Rankin

Children: Sally and Steven Mainwaring of West Brandywine, PA

Siblings: Tom Rankin and Johnny Rankin; Wilma Swords, Virgene Hoilday and Lucille Miller

Parents

William Edward Willie Rankin
- Father
1890 - 1943
Birth
4 JAN 1890
Death
8 SEP 1943
Burial
Sandy Hook Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi
Clara E. Ford
- Mother
1890 - 1961
Birth
3 JAN 1890
Death
14 MAY 1961
Burial
Sandy Hook Cemetery, Marion County, Mississippi

Spouse

Bess Lewis
- Wife
1920 - 2012
Birth
23 APR 1920
Death
28 AUG 2012
Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Burial
Blackshear City Cemetery, Pierce County, Blackshear, Georgia

Children

Joseph Ford Joe Rankin Jr.
- Son
1944 - 2021
Birth
10 NOV 1944
Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi
Death
11 FEB 2021
Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA
Burial
Cremation
Sally Rankin
- Daughter