HARVEY A. HUMPHREY

Harvey A. Humphrey, b January 7,1916 -was a son of Sandy Humphrey, b December 13, 1863, and his wife, Hester (Bryant) Humphrey, b December 4, 1873. Harvey was a 1936 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School in Marlin.

On May 11, 1941, Harvey was married to Ruth Lillian Parker, b August 31, 1916 in Reagan, Falls County, Texas - a daughter of Thomas William and Melvina E. (Dupree) Parker, natives of Bell and Falls Counties, respectively.

In 1945, Harvey entered the U.S. Navy, with rank STM l/C, serving for two years in Guam and the 30uth Pacific. He was employed subsequently by the U .S. Postal Department in Marlin - working there for thirty-five years before his recent retirement. He has served as a Scout Leader for eleven years, a Neighborhood Commissioner for four years with the Heart of Texas Boy Scouts of America; is treasurer of Hopeful Masonic Lodge #78, and a Past Worship Master of the Lodge. As a member of Davis Chapel United Methodist Church, Harvey is a Lay Leader and Chairman of the Board. He is on the Equalization Board, T.H.S. Advisory Board, Samaritan House Board, treasurer of the Associated Charity Board, and a member of Falls County Historical. Commission.

Ruth secured her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Elementary Education from Prairie View A&M University, and taught school four years in Reagan, four years in Kosse, and thirty-one years in the Marlin Independent School District, before her retirement. Ruth is a long-time member of Marlin Missionary Baptist Church, serving fourteen years as Church Clerk, organist for the Sunday School, and financial secretary of the Sunday School. She also has been a teacher of a Young People's Sunday School Class. She is Vice- Chairman of Falls County Historical Commission, a member of the Housing Board of Marlin, T.H.S. Auxiliary Board, Vice-President of the Retired Teachers Association, Past President of the Marlin Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

Harvey and Ruth were both among the founders of Falls County Historical Museum. They have owned their home for forty-five years. They had no children, but helped to rear a niece and a nephew.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 239 column 1 and page 240 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.