Person:Rufus Brock (6)

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Rufus Marion Brock
b.16 DEC 1909 AL
d.18 NOV 1984 Jackson Co., IN
Parents and Siblings
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m. 5 FEB 1906
  1. George Washington BROCK1908 - 1953
  2. Rufus Marion Brock1909 - 1984
  3. Otto Frank BROCK1912 - 1933
  4. Jewell BROCK1913 - 1917
  5. Irene Matilda BROCK1916 - 2003
  6. Leonard Mcwhorter BROCK1918 - 1986
  7. Paul Henry BROCK1921 - bef 2005
  8. Warner Hardin BROCK1923 - 2003
  9. Calvin Lee BROCK1925 - 1992
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Nov 1929
  1. Living BROCK
  2. Rufus Lee Brock1931 - 2006
  3. Infant BROCK1936 - 1936
  4. Morris L. Brock1937 - 2007
  5. Margaret Ann Brock1941 - 1962
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Facts and Events
Name Rufus Marion Brock
Gender Male
Birth? 16 DEC 1909 AL
Marriage 13 Nov 1929 Keener, ALto Bizzie Lee Beard
Death[1] 18 NOV 1984 Jackson Co., IN
Burial[2] 21 NOV 1984 Riverview Cemetary, Seymour, Jackson Co., IN
Reference Number? 1890


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Childhood

Rufus Marion was the second of 9 children born to Patrick Henry, AKA "Pat" and Jessie Adaline, AKA "Addy" (Morgan) Brock. He was born December 16, 1909 in Alabama. He was born into a farming family, but he had no desire to farm. In 1929 he met and married Miss Bizzie Lee Beard in Keener, Alabama.




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Adult Years

Like his brothers he did a tour in the Navy during the war. When he returned home he was still not interested in farming. He found work in a factory, and when it announced it would be building a factory in Indiana, he and his family moved north. This was in 1950. His eldest son was 15.


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Obituary

Seymour Daily Tribune - November 21, 1984

Rufus M. Brock
Rufus M. Brock, 74, of 721 E. Third St. in Seymour died at 11:14 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Jackson County Hospital at Seymour after being ill six weeks.

Mr. Brock had retired from Arvin Industries.

Funeral will begin at 1:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 21 at the Voss Funeral Home at Seymour with the Revs. William Klakamp and Vernon Pruiett officiating. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery at Seymour.

Persons may call at the funeral home after 11:30 a.m. today.

Born Dec. 16, 1909, at Collinsville, Ala., Mr. Brock was a son of Pat and Adline Morgan Brock. he moved from Alabama to Jackson County in 1950.

He is survived by his wife, the former Bizzie Lee Beard, who he married at Gadston, Ala., on Nov. 13, 1929.

Mr. Brock was preceded in death by a son and a daughter.

A member of Calvary Baptist Church at Seymour, he was a Navy veteran of World War II.

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Photographs

Rufus M. Brock in the 1930's
Rufus in the 1940's
Rufus in the Navy during the war.
1920 Census
Gravestone
References
  1. ↑ Obituary, in Familytwigs/Obituary, Secondary quality.
  2. ↑ Gravestone, in Familytwigs/Grave Photo, Primary quality.
  3.   Family Bible of Bizzie Lee Brock, in Familytwigs/Bible, Primary quality.
  4.   Census, in 1920 U.S. Census, Sheet No. 7B, January 16, 1920, Primary quality.

    1920 Census: DeKalb County, Alabama
    January, 16, 1920
    Sheet 7-B
    Brock, H. Patrick 35, Brock, Addie 34, Brock, George W. 12, Brock, Rufus M. 10, Brock, Otto F. 7, Brock, Irene 3, Brock, Leonard H. 1

  5.   Will, in Last Will and Testament of Rufus M. Brock, December 27, 1979, Primary quality.
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