Leonard James RUMERY

1923 - 1950  (26 years)

• Name	Leonard James RUMERY
  Birth	16 Aug 1923	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jan 1950	Mississippi
  Notes	He graduated from Treadwell in June of 1942. He won his wings as a pilot in the summer of 1944 and was promoted to flight officer at Turner Field in Georgia. As Second Lieutenant Leonard J Rumery, he was killed when his F-47, a Puerto Rican Air National Guard plane, went into a spin and crashed five miles northeast of Hernando, Mississippi. He had served three years as a flight officer in Army Air Corps during World War II. He piloted a C-47 and saw service in Italy and other Mediterranean areas. He had been employed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration’s air route control center in San Juan since July of 1948. Rumery had been on a holiday visit to the home of his mother and was flying back to San Juan.
  Person ID	I43921	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Leonard James RUMERY,   b. 9 Aug 1898, Tennessee d. 4 Mar 1936, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Flossie Verona SHOBE,   b. 16 May 1903   d. 18 Jun 1998, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1921	Shelby County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F2657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart