Individual Details
Jack David Briles
(6 Jun 1930 - 22 Mar 2005)
As per Worthie Elwood Briles during a phone conversation with his daughter Susan Marie Briles Kniebes on January 27, 2003, Jack was born on the Kennedale Farm. According to Jack's brothers Elwood and Con Briles, the Kennedale farm was about 8 miles farther east than the family's earlier home in Glendarden. Elwood and Con describe the Glengarden area as being in the southern part of Fort Worth and south of the old Masonic Home, which was an orphanage. For more information on that farm, see the "Notes" for Worthie Elwood Briles.
[On a current (2005) Texas map, Kennedale is south of Interstate Highway 20, south of Lake Arlington, south of the east side of Fort Worth, and southwest of Arlington.]
Jack entered in National Guard during the Korean War and remained in it for a number of years after the war was over. Susan Marie Briles Kniebes and her brother David Elwood Briles recall playing "army" with a number of "National Guard leftovers" that Uncle Jack provided, including helmets, canteens, and trenching tools, which they used to dig "fox holes" in the woods behind their house on Marsteller in College Station, Texas.
Most of Jack's working life was spent as a butcher, including being in charge of the butcher-shop portion of a number of large supermarkets, including the Worth Food Market and Piggly Wiggly.
Both before and after he and his wife Jean retired, they spent many enjoyable days and weeks camping with their various recreational vehicles.
Jack (like his sister Bonnie) inherited his father's artistic abilities: he created a number of very good paintings during his life.
The Social Security Death Index agrees with Jack's birth date given above; however, it gives his death date as 21 March 2005. His SS Card # was 466-34-6767 and was issued in Texas.
[On a current (2005) Texas map, Kennedale is south of Interstate Highway 20, south of Lake Arlington, south of the east side of Fort Worth, and southwest of Arlington.]
Jack entered in National Guard during the Korean War and remained in it for a number of years after the war was over. Susan Marie Briles Kniebes and her brother David Elwood Briles recall playing "army" with a number of "National Guard leftovers" that Uncle Jack provided, including helmets, canteens, and trenching tools, which they used to dig "fox holes" in the woods behind their house on Marsteller in College Station, Texas.
Most of Jack's working life was spent as a butcher, including being in charge of the butcher-shop portion of a number of large supermarkets, including the Worth Food Market and Piggly Wiggly.
Both before and after he and his wife Jean retired, they spent many enjoyable days and weeks camping with their various recreational vehicles.
Jack (like his sister Bonnie) inherited his father's artistic abilities: he created a number of very good paintings during his life.
The Social Security Death Index agrees with Jack's birth date given above; however, it gives his death date as 21 March 2005. His SS Card # was 466-34-6767 and was issued in Texas.
Events
| Birth | 6 Jun 1930 | Rural Tarrant County, Texas |  | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jun 1950 | Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas - Sybil Jean Anz | | ||
| Death | 22 Mar 2005 | Granbury, Hood County, Texas | | ||
| Burial | 25 Mar 2005 | Holly Hills Memorial Park, Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Sybil Jean Anz (1932 - 2000) |
| Child | Mark David Briles (1957 - ) |
| Child | Le Ann Briles (1959 - ) |
| Child | Britt Briles (1969 - ) |
| Father | Worthie Harwood Briles (1894 - 1979) |
| Mother | Leona Hays Connally (1896 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Worthie Elwood Briles (1918 - 2016) |
| Sibling | Connally Oran Briles (1919 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Bonnie Bell Briles (1922 - 2014) |
| Sibling | Van Gordon Briles (1926 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Leona Jean "Jeanie" Briles (1935 - 2020) |
Endnotes
1. Original Briles Family Genealogy Information Collected by Worthie Elwood Briles, Susan Marie Briles Kniebes, Sara Jean Br.
2. Obituary of S. Jean Anz Briles.
3. Funeral card for Jack Briles from the Wiley Funeral Home, Grandbury, Texas.