On another of my pages, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019, I posted an entry titled "JED DARREL TERRY: A LEAF DROPS FROM THE FAMILY TREE" when I learned of the passing of this cousin and fellow researcher. (See http://www.lawrencecountyrecord.com/content/jed-darrel-terry and at https://www.bennettwormington.com/obituary/jed-terry).
Terry grew up and received his education in Purdy, graduating in 1949. He attended California State University in Long Beach, Calif., graduating in 1959. He then graduated from American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. While in California he worked at the Union Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles. He served in the Air Force during the Korean War from 1952-1956.
He spent most of his career with Citibank/Citicorp in New York, Brazil and Chicago. While in Chicago he was named Who’s Who in the Midwest, was a director of Citicorp Savings and served on the presidents council of the Museum of Science and Industry.
His passion was family history and he wrote books on the Terry and Burg families. He was a member of the National Genealogical Society, Ozarks Genealogical Society and Barry County Genealogical and Historical Society. He also was secretary of Arnhart Cemetery Association. He enjoyed playing tennis and golf and was invited to play in the PGA golf tournament pro-am at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, Calif. He loved his farm and enjoyed making and riding trails on his ATV’s.
Surviving are: son, David Terry, of Ridgedale; daughter, Diane (Kevin) Bayly of Laurel, Md.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Preceding him in death were: his parents; sisters, Lucile, Louise, Maxine; brothers, Charles, Famous, Eugene, Fulton, Ward, Ed; and one granddaughter.
Services were held at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home March 16, 2019. Burial with military honors was at Arnhart Cemetery in Purdy. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett."
His two volume set, The Terry Family Letters include not just family trees researched and supported by evidence current to the publishing (1995-1996), but also copies of documents, original letters (some dating to the late 1840's) by family members to family members, and photographs. These comprise historical and family tree information.
His historical books on the Terry family are vastly important works. They contain the photocopy images of original letters dating to the middle of the 1800's between Terry family members (and their Reed spouses) in Red River County, Texas and Arkansas and Barry County, Missouri. These are all annotated, have accompanying family group sheets and contain family information as well as social and historical details related to the time and setting of the writers of the letters.
They can be found in several university and family history library collections. Search for them using WorldCat to locate copies near to you. See elsewhere this blog an index to letters.
Significant for my line of William Terry and Barbara Ennis was a letter that referred to people in Anderson (both Anderson Co. TN and Anderson, Perry Co., Indiana applied to the residences of John Terry father of William, a mention of a brother Josiah in Tennessee and when a check was made only one fit the bill and was a son of John Terry). In addition, as other lines were connected their information fleshed out the lines with greater surety.
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