Individual Details

JAMES EDWARD PERSON was born July 26, 1908 in Carden Bottom, Yell County, Arkansas. His place of birth was the Bell farm near Lakeview. He is the first child of John Andrew and Bertha Armour Person. He was named for Jim Tisdale of Carden Bottom. He also has the same name as his great grandfather, the late James Person of Southampton County, Virginia. His grandfather was Edward Randolph Person. The family moved to White Oak mountain in Van Buren County in 1914. There he attended school at New Hope and Austin schools. In 1924 he attended school at Scotland, Arkansas. In 1925 the family moved to Carden Bottom and he finished high school May 29, 1931. He was the valedictorian of his graduating class. He is a carpenter and farmer by trade in 1968. He was married to Eathel Chism an January 27, 1930. They only lived together for a short time. James Edward Person, Jr. was born October 24, 1930. When Jr. was a baby, he and his mother moved with her family to California and he has never returned to Arkansas (1968). On June 25, 1934, he and Floy Marie Furr of Dover were married. They had no issue but reared a niece, Carol Jean Person. They moved to Pontoon on January 1, 1936 to farm the Hunt land and bought land near the Petit Jean Creek in 1956. James, Floy and Carol Jean joined the First Methodist Church in Dardanelle, Arkansas, on Easter Sunday,.April 10, 1955.

MASONIC RECORD OF JAMES EDWARD PERSON (C5)
Garden Bottom Lodge #542
Petitioned Lodge September in 1929
Received E A Degree October 3, 1929
Received F C Degree November 2, 1929
Received M M Degree January 4, 1930
Affiliated with Casa, Arkansas Lodge #537 in 1935
Affiliated with Bright Star Lodge #213 March 1943
Royal Arch Degree April 25, 1952 Chapter #64 in Dardanelle
High Priest 1969 - 1970
The super excellent Masters Degree November 20, 1953
Occidental Council #1, Little Rock, Arkansas
Served as Worshipful hlaster of Bright Star Lodge #213 in 1951 and 1960
Served as Chaplin from 1961 to 1966
32nd Degree February 17, 1962 :Sottish Rite - Valley of Fort Smith, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Served W. M. Grand Lodge F & A M of Arkansas as District Deputy Grand Master,
District #24
Under Grand Master Quinn D. La Fargue, Jr. 1963, Frank A. Smith 1964, J. Luther
Whitfield 1967
Holder of Certified Instructors Card #878
Bright Star Lodge #213 building committee appointed in 1964
members
Franklin Wesley
James E. Person
Cyrus S. Grover
Charter member of Council Oaks Chapter #589 Order of the Eastern Star
Served as Worthy Patron with
Worthy Matron Floy Person 1958
Worthy Matron Orra Ragsdale 1965
Chapter
Instituted April 23, 1953
Constituted December 14, 1953

Birth	26 Jul 1908	Carden Bottom, Yell County, AR
Marriage	25 Jun 1934	Yell County, AR - Floy Marie FURR
Death	28 Jul 1971
Burial		Brearley Cemetery, Dardanelle, Yell County, AR

Spouse

Floy Marie FURR (1911 - 1984)