Burford Ancestors - Generation 4 - Juanita Virginia Burford

Juanita Virginia Burford was born 06 September 1916 in Brushy Lake, near Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas

Juanita was the daughter of Alexander and Lora Gibson Burford

PHOTO: Lora Burford (seated), Juanita, Helen, Judy

(this is a photograph of a photograph, so it's a little bit skewed)

Juanita Burford married Melvin Lee Hombs 28 December 1935 in White County, Arkansas, son of William Hombs and Grace Tucker.  He was born 22 August 1915 in Troy, Missouri, and died 31 July 1999 in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. 

CHILDREN of JUANITA BURFORD and MELVIN HOMBS are:  

i. Lee Burford Hombs, born 10 October 1937, Arkansas; died 1939, Arkansas.

ii. James 'Jim' Wesley Hombs, born 23 November 1939, Searcy, White County, Arkansas.

iii. Richard Gerald 'Jerry' Hombs, born 11 August 1941, Los Angeles, California; died May 2024.

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Juanita Burford Hombs died 29 February 2004, age 87.

Mel Hombs died 31 July 1999, age 79.

They are buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California

I don't have a picture of their graves.

Lee Burford Hombs died of pneumonia when he was one year old. He is buried in Weir Cemetery, Searcy, White County, Arkansas. His grave is next to John Wesley Hombs, who was Mel's uncle.