Orville Hooper James b. 16 Jul 1911 Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Jun 1985 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Orville Hooper James

1911 - 1985 (73 years)

Name	Orville Hooper James [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Birth	16 Jul 1911	Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10]
	Orphaned at a young age
Gender	Male
Census	1920	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [5]
	Relation to Head: Inmate; Residence Marital Status: Single (Orphan at the Odd Fellows Home)
Census	1930	Fort Davis, Canal Zone, Panama [3]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Soldier
Census	1940	Fort Bragg, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Soldier US Army
Military Service	16 Nov 1945	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA [8, 10, 11, 12]
	US Army - WWII; Sergeant
Census	1950	New Providence, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [9]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Pearlene
Residence	1955	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [6]
Residence	1959	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [7]
Death	23 Jun 1985	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [1, 4, 10]
Burial	Odd Fellows Cemetery, New Providence, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [10]
	Pearlene Thomas and Orville James, buried together
		Burial-JAMES Orville and Perlene Pearlene Thomas and Orville James, buried together -- IOOF Home Cemetery, New Providence TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197166141/ orville https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97597801/ myrl
Person ID	I26015	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Robert High James, b. 5 Dec 1879, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA d. 14 Apr 1914, Silver Point, Putnam, Tennessee, USA (Age 34 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Ora Ellen Taylor, b. 6 Aug 1883, Tennessee, USA d. 26 Apr 1959, Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	7 Jan 1906	Putnam County, Tennessee, USA [13, 14]
Family ID	F2122	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Pearlene Myrl Thomas, b. 26 Feb 1923, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 18 May 2009, Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 86 years)

Marriage 9 Sep 1943 New Providence, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [11, 15]

Children

	1. Living
	2. Living

Family ID F11266 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 16 Jul 1911 - Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Inmate; Residence Marital Status: Single (Orphan at the Odd Fellows Home) - 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Soldier US Army - 1940 - Fort Bragg, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
	Marriage - 9 Sep 1943 - New Providence, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Military Service - US Army - WWII; Sergeant - 16 Nov 1945 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Pearlene - 1950 - New Providence, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - 1955 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - 1959 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Death - 23 Jun 1985 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA

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Ancestors

~b Yarbrough-M (Vet)
Yarbrough Male Ancestor (Veteran)

Burials

Burial-JAMES Orville and Perlene
Pearlene Thomas and Orville James, buried together -- IOOF Home Cemetery, New Providence TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197166141/ orville https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97597801/ myrl

Sources

[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Manchester, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02895; Page: 35B; Enumeration District: 26-33.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Manchester, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02895; Page: 35B; Enumeration District: 26-33
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Fort Davis, Cristobal District, Panama Canal Zone; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 2342372.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Fort Davis, Cristobal District, Panama Canal Zone; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 2342372
[S9507] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Number: 408-54-0032; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: 1951.
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 7, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 141.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 7, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 141
[S284] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
[S284] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
[S1274] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;).

[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: New Providence, Mont.

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: New Providence, Mont

[S5030] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Yarbrough): JAMES Orville, (Name: SmithLC.com;), JAMES Orville Hooper 1911-1985 (Veteran).
"In God's Care"
Orville was the son of Ora and Robert James, and he was orphaned at a very young age. As an orphan, he lived at the Odd Fellows Home. Many records show his birthdate as 16 July 1908 because he lied about his age in order to join the US Army.
Pearlene Thomas and Orville James married 9 September 1943 in New Providence, Tennessee.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197166141/orville-hooper-james
[S9320] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Pearlene and Orville James • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 7 Sep 1943, Pearlene Myrl Thomas and S/Sgt Orville Hooper James - The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 7/ Sep/ 1943; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353474300/?article=4ea7dd50-b951-41c2-a8f0-3e502074fe96&focus=0.14216824,0.09627024,0.25726095,0.225978&xid=3398
[S2974] Fold3: Orville H James, Sergeant Orville Hooper James , World War II.
https://www.fold3.com/record/83189224-orville-h-james?xid=1945
[S40] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN ; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.

Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
[S11505] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Yarbrough): TAYLOR Ora Ray, (Name: SmithLC.com;), TAYLOR Ora Ellen James Ray 1883-1959.
Ora Ellen Taylor married (1) Robert James on 7 January 1906 in Putnam County, Tennessee. After he died, she married (2) Alfred Ray on 27 Dec 1917 in Putnam County, Tennessee.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128199925/ora-ellen-ray
[S5364] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Yarbrough): THOMAS Myrl McCormack, (Name: SmithLC.com;), THOMAS Myrle Pearlene James McCormack 1923-2009.
Pearlene M. James McCormack, 86, Clarksville, died Monday, May 18, 2009, at Gateway Medical Center.
She was born Feb. 26, 1923 in Trigg County, Ky, daughter of Huell Thomas and Asilee McGee Thomas. She was a homemaker, foster parent and a Baptist.
Survivors include her husband Charles R. McCormack, one son Ed(Anna)James, one stepson Terry(Betty) McCormack, one daughter Linda(James T.) Yarbrough, three step daughters, two brothers Homer(Jeanette) Thomas, Doris(Marilyn) Thomas, three sisters Janay(Vern) Dennison, Dorothy Kilgore, Louise Sumner, three grandchildren Jesse James, Janay Yarbrough, Dwayne Yarbrough, four great grandchildren, eleven step grandchildren, fourteen step great grandchildren, one step great great grandchild.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97597801/pearlene-mccormack

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