Tombstone Tuesday~Pvt. Jesse Gwyn Boatwright, Jr.

Pvt. Jesse Gwyn Boatwright, Jr.
b. Apr. 14, 1927
d. Sep. 2, 1946

bu. Morven Cemetery¹

Photo Courtesy of Julius Burr

Jesse Gwyn Boatwright, Jr. was the only child of Jesse Gwyn Boatwright, Sr. and Mary Isabel Watts. Jesse died in an automobile accident on 2 September 1946.² Family folklore reports that he was with his cousin Bobby J. Purvis. I haven’t located the newspaper article for the accident that took Jesse Gwyn life but I’m still looking.



Jesse served in the Army during WWII. He enlisted 28 January 1846 and was discharged on 30 April 1946. His enlistment records shows he enlisted for the Panama Canal Department.³




He is buried along with his parents in the Morven Cemetery, Anson County, North Carolina.


Jesse Gwyn Boatwright was my 2nd Cousin once removed.








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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 June 2012); Memorial page for Pvt Jesse Gwyn Boatwright, Jr.; (14 April 1927–2 September 1946); Find a Grave memorial # 56974979, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
[1] State of North Carolina, death no. #17937 (2 September 1946), Gwyn Boatwright Jr.; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
[3] National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64, "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, Ancestry, Army Enlistment Gwyn Boatwright Jr.