Jentry Nace Southard1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 21791, (1912 - 2002)
FatherNathan Thomas Southard (22 Nov 1879 - 25 Dec 1964)
MotherIda Mae Cummings4 (24 Feb 1883 - 1 Nov 1931)

Key Events:

Birth: 15 Dec 1912, Quinten, Oklahoma5,6,7
Marriage: 30 Jul 1930, Los Angeles Co., California, Louise Gertrude Nutting (10 Jan 1910 - 11 Feb 1951)8,9,10
Divorce: between 1942 and 1946, Louise Gertrude Nutting (10 Jan 1910 - 11 Feb 1951)11,12
Marriage: 8 Jul 1946, California, Marielle Suiter (12 Sep 1921 - 8 May 2004)13,14
Marriage: 3 Jul 1970, Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nevada, Marielle Suiter (12 Sep 1921 - 8 May 2004)15
Divorce: May 1975, Orange Co., California, Marielle Suiter (12 Sep 1921 - 8 May 2004)16
Marriage: 6 Jan 1976, Smith Co., Texas, Rhio Reigh Ricketts (18 Sep 1917 - 6 Aug 1988)17
Marriage: 1989, Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach (30 Jul 1921 - 30 Jun 1999)18,19,20
Death: 23 Feb 200221
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Jentry Nace Southard was born on 15 Dec 1912 in Quinten, Oklahoma.5,6,7
     His parents were apparently divorced before 1917.22 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Pawnee, Pawnee Co., Oklahoma, in the household of his mother, Ida Mae Cummings, and stepfather, Isaac Daniel Zack Hawkins.23
     Jentry appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, at 1347 South Hill St., enumerated 5 Apr 1930, as a guest in the Mercer hotel, with four married couples and 79 other single and divorced men and women.24
     Jentry married first Louise Gertrude Nutting on 30 Jul 1930 in Los Angeles Co., California.8,9,10
     He was a printer in a print shop in Los Angeles.24
     Jentry and Louise moved to Oregon between 1935 and 1940. They appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Klamath Falls, Klamath Co., Oregon, at 1021½ Main, enumerated 5 Apr 1940, as lodgers in the home of Inez Funderburk. They reported they has lived in Los Angeles in 1935.25
     Jentry and Louise moved returned to southern California soon after that.
     He was a metal polisher in a stove works by 1940, when he reported he had worked 26 weeks the prior year, earning $1,040.25,26 He registered for the draft for World War II on 16 Oct 1940, while living at 1326 S. McBride Ave., Los Angeles, California, reporting he was employed by Gaffers and Sattler, a manufacturer of stoves and ranges, in Los Angeles.27
     Jentry enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army 17 Mar 1942 in Los Angeles.28
     Jentry and Louise were divorced between 1942 and 1946, apparently, as he remarried in 1946.11,12
     Jentry returned to his occupation as polisher at a stove manufacturer after the war. He reported in the 1950 census he had worked 48 hours there the prior week.29
     Jentry married second Marielle Suiter, daughter of Acy Hunter Suiter and Mary Loretta Jinkins, on 8 Jul 1946 in California. She had previously been married to Thomas J. Edwards.13,14
     Jentry and Marielle appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Downey, Los Angeles Co., California, at 11943 Pantheon, enumerated 17 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm. Their three children were listed as living with them.30
     Jentry remarried Marielle Suiter on 3 Jul 1970 in Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nevada. Whether they had been divorced in the meantime or this was a re-affirmation of vows is unknown.15
     Jentry and Marielle were divorced in May 1975 in Orange Co., California.16
     Jentry married third Rhio Reigh Ricketts, daughter of Glenn W. Ricketts and Georgia A. Keeler, on 6 Jan 1976 in Smith Co., Texas. She had previously been married to Robert Everrett Grogan.17 Her birth name was Mildred Alice, but she had changed her name by Dec 1953, when she registered her new name with the Social Security Administration. After her divorce in 1966, all records found for her used that name.31,32,33
     His forth wife died on 6 Aug 1988 in San Bernardino Co., California.34,35
     Jentry married fourth Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach, daughter of William Henry Grosenbach and Laura Angelina Glabe, in 1989. She was the widow of William Rhodes Lacey and Melvin Woodrow Heath.18,19,20
     By 1998 Jentry and Phyllis were living at 22325 US Highway 18, Apple Valley, California.36,37
     Phyllis died on 30 Jun 1999.38,39
     Jentry died on 23 Feb 2002 at age 89.21

Children:
     There were no children with Louise Gertrude Nutting

Children:
     Children with Marielle Suiter

Jentry and Marielle's other children are still living (Jan 2024).
  • Carl Dean Southard40,30 (5 Dec 1944 - 4 Nov 2010)

Children:
     There were no children with Mildred Alice Ricketts

Children:
     There were no children with Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach

Citations

  1. [S8085] Zack Hawkins household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pawnee Co., Oklahoma, shows name as Gentry Suthard.
  2. [S8089] Mercer Hotel, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows name as Jentry N. Southard.
  3. [S8091] Jentry Nace Sourthard, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, First Registration, shows name as Jentry Nace Southard.
  4. [S8085] Zack Hawkins household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pawnee Co., Oklahoma, shows her as wife and him as step-son of head of household.
  5. [S8085] Zack Hawkins household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pawnee Co., Oklahoma, shows age 7 and state.
  6. [S8091] Jentry Nace Sourthard, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, First Registration, shows date, town, and state.
  7. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N. Southard, Soc. Sec. No. 560-12-7258, shows date.
  8. [S8084] "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard and Louise G Nutting.
  9. [S8090] Inez Funderburk household, 1940 U.S. Census, Klamath Co., Oregon, shows married.
  10. [S8091] Jentry Nace Sourthard, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, First Registration, shows her as his wife.
  11. [S1356] "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard, shows him as married at enlistment 17 Mar 1942.
  12. [S8084] "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N. Southard and Marielle Edwards, shows he remarried Jul 1946.
  13. [S8084] "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N. Southard and Marielle Edwards.
  14. [S13113] Gentry Southerd household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows married.
  15. [S1357] "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard and Marielle S Southard.
  16. [S1272] "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard and Marielle Suiter.
  17. [S1202] "Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard and Rhio R Ricketts.
  18. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times, shows her name as Phyllis Southard.
  19. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach, Soc. Sec. No. 333-20-4043, shows her listed as Phyllis W Stouthard in Jun 1989.
  20. [S8069] "U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002," Ancestry.com, record for Phyllis Southard, phone no. 760-247-3760, Apple Valley, California, residence years 1998-2000, shows Jentry N Southard as her spouse.
  21. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N. Southard, Soc. Sec. No. 560-12-7258, shows date and last residence, as 92307 Apple Valley, San Bernardino, California.
  22. [S8086] Marriage Record, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, 29:33, Isaac Daniel Hawkins and Ida May Southard, shows she remarried Oct 1917.
  23. [S8085] Zack Hawkins household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pawnee Co., Oklahoma.
  24. [S8089] Mercer Hotel, 1930 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  25. [S8090] Inez Funderburk household, 1940 U.S. Census, Klamath Co., Oregon.
  26. [S1356] "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard, shows civil occupation as "Semiskilled filers, grinders, buffers, and polishers (metal)."
  27. [S8091] Jentry Nace Sourthard, Selective Service Registration Card, World War II, First Registration.
  28. [S1356] "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," Ancestry.com, record for Jentry N Southard.
  29. [S13113] Gentry Southerd household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California, shows occupation as metal polisher and industry as stove mann.
  30. [S13113] Gentry Southerd household, 1950 U.S. Census, Los Angeles Co., California.
  31. [S13119] Glenn W. Ricketts household, 1920 U.S. Census, Dodge Co., Nebraska, shows name as Mildred A. Ricketts.
  32. [S13118] Robert Everrett Grogan, WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, shows name as Mildred Alice Grogan.
  33. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Rhio Ricketts Grogan, Soc. Sec, No. 570-48-7740, shows name as Rhio Ricketts Grogan effective Dec 1953, as Rhio R Southard effective 15 Mar 1976.
  34. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Rhio Reigh Southard, Soc. Sec, No. 570-48-7740, shows date and county.
  35. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Rhio Ricketts Grogan, Soc. Sec, No. 570-48-7740, shows date.
  36. [S8069] "U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002," Ancestry.com, record for Phyllis Southard, phone no. 760-247-3760, Apple Valley, California, residence years 1998-2000, shows addresss.
  37. [S8054] LeRoy W. Grosenbach obituary, Santa Maria Times, shows town and state.
  38. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Phyllis Wilora Grosenbach, Soc. Sec. No. 333-20-4043, shows date.
  39. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Phyllis W Southard, Soc. Sec. No. 333-20-4043, shows date and last residence of 92307 Apple Valley, San Bernardino, California.
  40. [S921] "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," Ancestry.com, record for Carl Dean Southard, shows surname as Southard and mother's maiden name as Suiter.