Ezra, child of S A Fann, was born on 21 July 1915 in Cumberland, North Carolina.[1] Both parents are shown on another record, though the surname is misspelled: Ezra, son of Sam A and Mathi (sic) (Mattie) J Faun (sic) (Fann), but with the same vital information. This record also shows Sam Fann's birthplace origins as Cumberland County, and Mattie Jane Bryant's as Johnston County.[2]
By the 1920 census, his mother Mattie Jane (Bryant) Fann was deceased and his father had remarried to Sallie Boyette.[3]
Ezra had completed high school, remained single and found work as a commercial salesman upon joining as a Private in the Amry Air Corps in Roanoke, Virginia 20 Sep 1941.[4] He left the service 15 Dec 1945, discharged at Randoph Field, Randolph Air Force Base, Bexar, Texas. According to a supplementary memorial stone pictured on FindAGrave,[5] his final rank was SSGT and he served during World War II.
A couple of years after leaving the service, he married on 19 Jun 1948 in Richmond, Virginia, Donnie Ruth Lee, daughter of Arthur T and Sarah (Wilkins) Lee.[6]
From an obituary cited on FindAGrave, he was a retired Pentecostal Holiness minister, having served 25 years, but also a Holmes College of the Bible graduate. For a time, Ezra owned Fann's Typewriters, where he was an IBM typewriter mechanic. He and his wife were married 60 years. Ezra was mentioned and vital details displayed on a memorial in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina, United States with a death date of 26 November 2008.[5]
Sources
↑Birth:
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
citing vol. 2, p. 31, Cumberland, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh
FamilySearch Record: VHN5-HBK (accessed 11 November 2023)
Ezra B Fann born on 21 Jul 1915, child of S A Fann, in Cumberland, North Carolina.
↑Birth:
"North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
citing Digital film/folder number: 008513955_002_M9M8-M13; Image number: 55
FamilySearch Record: 8F99-6T6Z (accessed 11 November 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C3SY-R9VM-X
Ezra B Faun born on 21 Jul 1915, son of Sam A Faun & Mathi J Faun, in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States.
↑1920 Census:
"United States Census, 1920"
citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Line: 52; Digital film/folder number: 004966789; FHL microfilm: 1821293; Image number: 687; Sheet number: 18; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N02072-4
FamilySearch Record: MZKP-JYL (accessed 11 November 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRXY-8D9
Ezra Fame (4), single son, in household of Sam A Fann (31) in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. Born in North Carolina.
↑Military:
"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland
FamilySearch Record: K8PX-4YR (accessed 11 November 2023)
Name: Ezra B Fann; Marital Status: Single, without dependents; Race: White; Military Service Date: 20 Sep 1941; Military Service Place: Roanoke, Virginia, United States; Birth Date: 1915; Birth Place: NORTH CAROLINA; Arc Identifier: 1263923; Branch Alpha Orig: AC; Branch Code: Air Corps; Branch Code Orig: 20; Civil Occupation: Salesmen and sales agents, except to consumers; Civil Occupation Orig: 185; Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men); Component Orig: 1; Education: 4 years of high school; Education Orig: 4; Enlistment Day: 20; Enlistment Month: Sep; Enlistment Month Orig: 09; Enlistment Place: ROANOKE VIRGINIA; Enlistment Place Orig: 3387; Enlistment Term Orig: 0; Enlistment Year: 1941; Enlistment Year Orig: 41; Event Type: Military Service; Grade Alpha Orig: PVT; Grade Code: Private; Grade Code Orig: 8; Major Force Of Assign: 3; Military Occupation: 6812; Reel Box Card: 01171.117; Serial Number: 13035531; Source: Civil Life; Source Orig: 0.
↑ 5.05.1Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #181963140 (accessed 11 November 2023)
Memorial page for Rev Ezra Bryan Fann (21 Jul 1915-26 Nov 2008), citing Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by REALTORINAZ (contributor 48628101).
↑Marriage:
"Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
citing Digital film/folder number: 101167783; Image number: 126
FamilySearch Record: QK9N-2WCR (accessed 11 November 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9TR-2K8C
Ezra B Fann (32) marriage to Donnie Ruth Lee (23) on 19 Jun 1948.
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