Jimmie Ray Tharp

1950 - 1959  (9 years)

• Name	Jimmie Ray Tharp  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Census	1950	Thomas, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married
  Birth	10 Mar 1950	Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1959	Naylor High School, Naylor, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [4]
  		THARP-Jimmy R Jimmie Ray Tharp, Naylor High School, 1958
  Death	13 Apr 1959	Naylor, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Accidental Burning
  	3rd degree burns when spilled gasoline on clothing caught fire when matches in pocked ignited sliding down chute
  		Vital_Death-THARP Jimmy Missouri Death Certificate for Jimmy Ray Tharp - Pulmonary Edema (3rd degree burns over entire body and face) "Spilled gasoline on clothing caught fire when matches in pocked ignited sliding down chute"
  Burial	Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery, Briar, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Opal Brooks and James Tharp, buried together with young son, Jimmie
  		Burial-THARP Opal Roy and Jimmie Opal Brooks and James Tharp, buried together with young son, Jimmie - Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery, Briar MO + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50581952/ james https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28304578/ opal https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28304335/ jimmie
  		Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery (also known as Oak Ridge Cemetery) Briar, Ripley, Missouri Find a Grave: #2185578
  Person ID	I13343	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	James Roy Tharp,   b. 9 Apr 1906, Ripley County, Missouri, USA d. 30 Jan 2003, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, USA (Age 96 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Opal Irene Brooks,   b. 28 Feb 1909, Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, USA d. 28 Sep 1978, New Castle, Garfield, Colorado, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Dec 1931	Oregon County, Missouri, USA   [5]
  Family ID	F4877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Thomas, Ripley, Missouri, USA Birth - 10 Mar 1950 - Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, USA Death - Cause: Accidental Burning - 13 Apr 1959 - Naylor, Ripley, Missouri, USA Burial - - Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery, Briar, Ripley, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  Burial-THARP Opal Roy and Jimmie Opal Brooks and James Tharp, buried together with young son, Jimmie - Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery, Briar MO + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50581952/ james https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28304578/ opal https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28304335/ jimmie

  
  

  People

  THARP-Jimmy R Jimmie Ray Tharp, Naylor High School, 1958

  
  

  Vital & Legal Records

  Vital_Death-THARP Jimmy Missouri Death Certificate for Jimmy Ray Tharp - Pulmonary Edema (3rd degree burns over entire body and face) "Spilled gasoline on clothing caught fire when matches in pocked ignited sliding down chute"

  
  

• Sources

  [S10532] Find a Grave - US Index (Youth and Infants), THARP Jimmie Ray 1950-1959. Son of Opal Brooks and James Tharp - died by accidental burning - Birth 10 Mar 1950 - Death 13 Apr 1959 (aged 9) Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri - Burial: Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery, Briar, Ripley County, Missouri -- Memorial ID: 28304335 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28304335/jimmie-ray-tharp [S236] Ancestry.com, Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;). Web: Missouri, Death Certificates, 1910-1962 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Thomas, Ripley, Miss. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Thomas, Ripley, Miss [S135] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Naylor High School; Year: 1959. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Naylor High School; Year: 1959 [S7400] Find a Grave: BROOKS Opal Tharp 1909-1978, Opal Irene Brooks Wellington Tharp. - Birth: 28 Feb 1909, Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma - Death: 28 Sep 1978 (aged 69) New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado - Burial: Briar Oak Ridge Cemetery, Briar, Ripley County, Missouri - Memorial ID: 28304578 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28304578/opal-irene-tharp