Wilma B. Curphey and Melville Houston Flournoy

MELVILLE HOUSTON FLOURNOY, son of ALMA PALMORE IRVINE and SAMUEL HOLLOWAY FLOURNOY, was born June 23, 1890 in Hardin, Ray, Missouri,¹⁰³⁹³ and died May 27, 1974 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.¹⁰²³⁰ He is buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

He married WILMA B. CURPHEY on August 5, 1918 in Jackson County, Missouri.⁸⁰³⁷ She was born January 9, 1894,⁴⁵⁶ and died May 13, 1989.⁴⁵⁶ She is buried in Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Jackson, Missouri.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Edward Erwin Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melville H. Flournoy)
  • William Campbell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melville H. Flournoy)
  • Jacob Clements Descendant Report (Ancestor of Melville H. Flournoy)

Children of WILMA B. CURPHEY and MELVILLE HOUSTON FLOURNOY:

1. LOIS MARION FLOURNOY, b. March 9, 1922, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri;⁴⁵³² m. CHARLES WILLIAM SCHROEDER on December 30, 1945 in Jackson County, Missouri⁸⁰³⁷; d. September 1, 1999.⁴⁵³²
2. HOUSTON RALPH FLOURNOY, b. September 26, 1929, Missouri;⁶⁸⁹⁹ m. SANDRA KAY ECKHART on February 6, 1953 in Missouri⁸⁰³⁷; d. February 28, 2015, La Habra, Orange, California.⁴⁷¹⁷



Personal Information

• Melville Houston Flournoy was a member of the Van Brunt Boulevard United Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. ¹⁰²³⁰

Obituaries

Kansas City Star, May 28, 1974¹⁰²³⁰

M. HOUSTON FLOURNOY

M. Houston Flournoy, 83, of 2417 Quincy, died yesterday at Trinity Luther Hospital. He was born in Hardin, Mo., and had lived here about 70 years. He was a retired salesman. He was a member of the Brunt Boulevard United Presbyterian Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Wilma Flournoy of the home; a son, Houston R. Flournoy, La Habra, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Lois Schroeder, 12004 E. 62nd; a brother, W. R. Flournoy, Modesto, Calif., and four grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Washington Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Earp Truman Road Chapel.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 23, 190010232	Crooked River, Ray, Missouri	Samuel Holloway Flournoy Alma Palmore Irvine Samuel Irvine Flournoy Melville Houston Flournoy William Raymond Flournoy
April 18, 19104386	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Samuel Holloway Flournoy Alma Palmore Irvine Samuel Irvine Flournoy Melville Houston Flournoy William Raymond Flournoy
April 14, 1930480	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Melville Houston Flournoy Wilma B. Curphey Lois Marion Flournoy Houston Ralph Flournoy
April 18, 19402881	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri	Melville Houston Flournoy Wilma B. Curphey Lois Marion Flournoy Houston Ralph Flournoy