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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

James Oliver Durant

Obituary

Graveside services for James Oliver Durant, 72, of Llano, Texas, will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, July 23, 2021, at Rock Springs Cemetery with Bruce Sieffert officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, July 22, at Laird Funeral Home.

James “Jimmy” Oliver Durant entered his Heavenly Home on Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Marble Falls, Texas, after courageously fighting the good fight with cancer. Jimmy was born on November 26, 1948, in Fairfield, Texas, to his loving parents, James and Mable Durant.

Jimmy grew up in the small town of Central Heights where he excelled at basketball and FFA and spent many hours fishing and hunting in the beautiful woods of East Texas. At the age of 19, Jimmy enlisted into the United States Army and swore his allegiance to defend and protect our great country. During this time, he earned many decorations and medals as a soldier in the Vietnam war; Vietnam Service Medal with one Silver Service Star, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Rifle Marksman, Pistol Marksman, and Sharpshooter with M-60 Tank Weapons. Throughout his whole life, Jimmy was proud to be an American and serve his country. He became a Texas Forest Ranger after the Army for some time and ended his career by retiring as a Sheriff’s Deputy from Nacogdoches Sheriff’s Department. He was also a Third-Degree Master Mason of Milam Lodge No. 2 in Nacogdoches, Texas where he has been a member since 1972.

Jimmy was a God-Fearing man who loved The Lord with all his heart. He will be remembered saying that he was “dipped under the waters of the Southern Baptist Church and sprinkled with Holy Waters of the United Methodist Church” – he wouldn’t trade his faith for anything in the world. Jimmy taught his children to share the same pride for his country and God. He taught them how to fish and hunt, to love deeply and strongly, and to always maintain their faith in the Good Lord.

In his later years, Jimmy became an avid gardener and thoroughly enjoyed getting his hands covered in soil and growing the biggest tomatoes so he could can them at home. He enjoyed woodworking as well and made many walking canes that he would gift to his family members. These canes have been held very dearly in their hearts and each has their own unique touch from Jimmy that will be cherished forever.

Jimmy is survived by his mother, Mable Durant; daughter, Cheryl Durant; sisters, Betty Durant-Sieffert and husband, Bruce, and Jean Durant-Bryant; grandchildren, Brad-Michael Barnes and Callie Barnes with their father, Brian Barnes, Kade Durant, and Madison Durant; special friend, Dyanne Stengel from Llano, Texas; and faithful dog, Sissy.

Jimmy is preceded in death by his father, James Lawrence Durant; and son, James Michael Durant.

Serving as honorary pallbearers are Brad-Michael Barnes, Brian Barnes, Kade Durant, Jeff Harrell, James “Puddin” Eddings, Baker Clifton, and Joe Evans.

James Oliver “Jimmy” Durant

BIRTH: 26 Nov 1948
Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas, USA
DEATH: 18 Jul 2021 (aged 72)
Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas, USA
BURIAL: Rock Springs Cemetery
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Monday, May 1, 2023

James Lawrence Durant

Name	James Lawrence Durant
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	19
Relationship to Draftee	Self (Head)
Birth Date	8 Jun 1923
Birth Place	Buffalo, Texas, USA
Residence Place	Buffalo, Leon, Texas, USA
Registration Date	20 Jul 1942
Registration Place	Buffalo, Leon, Texas, USA
Employer	None
Height	5 10
Weight	146
Complexion	Ruddy
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Blue
Next of Kin	B F Durant

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

Name	James L Durant
Race	White
Marital Status	Single, without dependents (Single)
Rank	Private
Birth Year	1922
Nativity State or Country	Texas
Citizenship	Citizen
Residence	Leon, Texas
Education	4 years of high school
Civil Occupation	Actors and actresses
Enlistment Date	30 Jun 1942
Enlistment Place	Houston, Texas
Service Number	18116509
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Component	Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of
Source	Civil Life
Height	67
Weight	136

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954

Name	James L Durant
Race	White, includes Mexican (White)
Rank	Enlisted Man
Admission Age	21
Birth Date	abt 1922
Admission Date	Aug 1943
Discharge Date	May 1944
Military Branch	Medical Dept., General or Unspecified incl Enlisted Man
Diagnosis	FirstLocation: Fibula, shaft; SecondDiagnosis: Neuralgia, other; CausativeAgent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified
Type of Injury	Casualty, battle
Medical Treatment	Fracture, compound, closed, treatment of, with splints or casts
Injured in Line of Duty	In line of duty
Type of Discharge	Discharged, Sec. II, AR 615-360 (line of duty, Yes)
Length of Service	1 Year(s), 2 Month(s)
Service Number	18116509

James L Durant

BIRTH: 8 Jun 1922
DEATH: 12 Jul 2006 (aged 84)
BURIAL: Rock Springs Cemetery
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

Friday, April 28, 2023

Wilson Tilman Corley

Name	Wilson T Corley
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	22
Relationship to Draftee	Self (Head)
Birth Date	17 Oct 1917
Birth Place	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Residence Place	Appleby, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Registration Date	16 Oct 1940
Registration Place	Appleby, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
Employer	None
Height	5 7
Weight	146
Complexion	Ruddy
Hair Color	Brown
Eye Color	Blue
Next of Kin	C E Corley

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954

Name	Wilson T Corley
Gender	Male
Race	Caucasian, includes Mexican (White)
Admission Age	30
Birth Date	abt 1920
Admission Date	Sep 1950
Discharge Date	Sep 1950
Discharge Place	DOA: Coded form individual medical record
Military Branch	Non-Army: Air Force
Military Unit	Unit code not required. Army personnel admitted in US, and all Navy, USMC, and AF personnel
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Drowning; Location: Unknown, code not applicable; CausativeAgent: Aircraft accidents involving powered heavier-than-air craft: Other termination of flight
Medical Treatment	Specialized treatment not required to be reported
Type of Discharge	Separations from service: Death
Service Number	06283135
Notes	Not evacuated to US: Not former prisoner of enemy

Name	Wilson T. Corley
Gender	Male
Death Age	33
Birth Date	17 Oct 1916
Residence Place	Nacogdoches
Death Date	26 Sep 1950
Death Place	Japan
Obituary Date	4 Nov 1950
Obituary Place	Tyler, Texas, USA
Newspaper Title	Tyler Morning Telegraph
Father	Corlev
Siblings	Ray E. Jones Audrey Corley Raymond Corley Jack Corley Arthur Corley Dom oi Appje Dy

American Battle Monuments Commission

Full Name

Wilson T Corley

Birth Date

Unknown

State of Residence

Unknown City, Unknown

Death Status

Non-hostile Air Crash

Death

Died September 26, 1950 in Japan

Death Date

26 Sep 1950

Rank

Master Sergeant, U.S. Air Force

Service Number

AF6283135

Conflict Period

Korean War

Served for

United States of America

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Name	Wilson T Corley
Birth Date	17 Oct 1917
Service Number	6283135
Unit	8 AF Fighter. Bomber Wing Nacogdoches, Texas 2517th AAF B Unit
Company	8th AF Installation Sq.
Enlistment Date	28 Jan 1950
Death Date	26 Sep 1950
Cemetery	Rock Springs Cemetery
Cemetery Location	Nacogdoches, Texas, USA

Wilson Tilman Corley Sr.

BIRTH: 17 Oct 1916
DEATH: 26 Sep 1950 (aged 33)
BURIAL: Rock Springs Cemetery
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA

The Flag of the Kingdom of Spain 1519 to 1821

The Spanish Flag of Castile and Leon flew over Texas for three hundred years. Spanish involvement in Texas began with Alonzo Alverez de Pineda's mapping of the Texas coast in 1519. Then, in 1542 Luis de Moscoso came to Nacogdoches and East Texas with the remnants of the Hernando de Soto expedition that had begun four years earlier in Florida. Spain's claim to Texas went back to the DeSoto-Moscoso Expedition, which claimed all of southeastern United States as Spanish Florida. Spain's occupation of Texas began in 1690 with the founding of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas on the Neches River. It continued in 1716 with the founding of six missions from the Neches River to Los Adaes in Western Louisiana, and 1721 with the founding of Presidio Nuestra Señora de Pilar de los Adaes----near present day Robeline, Louisiana. Los Adaes was the first capital of the Province of Texas. Texas was under the Spanish flag until Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821. Interestingly, the first flag used by the Spanish to claim Texas was not the familiar flag of Castile and Leon; it was a banner that had the Virgin of Guadalupe on one side and the crucified Christ on the other.

The Flag of the Kingdom of France 1685 to 1689

France's claim to a part of Texas went back to 1682, when Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, explored the Mississippi and claimed all the land in its drainage for France. For some mapmakers and politicians, this included Texas. He named this land Louisiana. La Salle came to Texas in 1685, after he accidentally sailed past his destination at the mouth of the Mississippi. He established Fort St. Louis and a French settlement on Garcitas Creek off Matagorda Bay. The settlement was ill fated from its beginning. LaSalle was murdered by his own men near Navasota in 1687, and the settlers and soldiers who remained at Fort St. Louis were killed or captured by the Indians in 1689. The Spanish found Fort St. Louis and burned it to the ground in 1690. This French intrusion into Spanish territory caused the Spanish to begin the occupation and settlement of East Texas to prevent further French invasions.

The Flag of the Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition 1812 to 1813

Bernardo Gutiérrez and Lieutenant Augustus Magee flew their green flag of the new Republic of Texas over the Stone Fort in Nacogdoches in August of 1812. The Republican Army of the North, as these filibusters called themselves, had come from Natchitoches to Nacogdoches to recruit and train troops with the help of Samuel Davenport. They stayed for two months, drilled an army of over five hundred men, and then marched on to capture Goliad and San Antonio. Magee died at Goliad, and his place was taken by Samuel Kemper. Kemper and Gutiérrez captured San Antonio and issued a Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas on April 6, 1813. This brief time of Texas Independence was over when the Spanish general Joaquín de Arredondo destroyed the remains of the Republican army at the Battle of Medina on August 18, 1813. Augustus Magee and Samuel Davenport, who were in charge of the militia in Nacogdoches, were both Irishmen. That might have governed their choice of the Emerald Green flag as the Republican army's standard.

The Flag of the Dr. James Long Expedition 1819 and 1821

Some Americans believed that Texas was part of Louisiana as claimed by LaSalle in 1682 and should have been included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. One of those was Dr. James Long of Natchez, Mississippi, who came to Nacogdoches in June of 1819. Dr. Long proclaimed himself the president of his newly declared Republic of Texas. Dr. Long's red-striped Lone Star flag flew but briefly over the Stone Fort and his Republic of Texas. The Spanish caught Long when he went to Galveston, where he was seeking the assistance of pirate Jean Lafitte. There they defeated him and his meager army and chased him back to Louisiana. Dr. Long returned to Texas with a small army in 1821 and quickly captured the poorly manned garrison at Goliad. However, he was soon under siege by Spanish troops from San Antonio, who recaptured Goliad and took him captive. Dr. James Long was taken to Mexico City, jailed, then freed, and then murdered under mysterious circumstances by a Mexican soldier.

The Flag of the Mexican Federal Republic 1821 to 1836

Spanish Nacogdoches came under the Mexican flag in 1821, when Mexico finally won its independence from Spain. Mexico, in order to prove its ownership of Texas, began settling its eastern parts with the Anglos as early as December 1821. In that year Stephen F. Austin was allowed to bring the first of his Old Three Hundred Settlers into his grant on the Brazos. Thereafter, Americans poured through Nacogdoches, the Gateway to Texas, in search of cheap land. By the time of the Texas revolution in 1836, Anglos greatly outnumbered the Spanish-Mexican population. The Mexican flag that flew over Nacogdoches and still flies over Mexico was adopted in 1825. It has three vertical green, white, and red fields of equal width. In the center of the white field is the Mexican eagle sitting on a nopal cactus holding a snake in its beak. In Mexican legend, this was a sign to the Aztecs that they had reached the land that was to be their home.

The Flag of the Fredonia Rebellion 1826 to 1827

For a brief while, the flag that flew over Nacogdoches was the red-and-white banner of Haden Edward's thirty-seven-day Fredonia Rebellion. Edwards had obtained a grant from Mexico to settle eight hundred families in East Texas in the Nacogdoches area. Unfortunately for him, most of the land had already been settled---legally and illegally---by the early Spanish, by Indians, and by Anglo squatters. His intrusion caused such a disturbance that the Mexican government revoked his grant. Disappointed over the loss of his grant, on December 16, 1826, Haden and his brother Benjamin rode into Nacogdoches, planted their flag in front of the Stone Fort, and proclaimed the Republic of Fredonia. They had formed an uncertain alliance with the Cherokees, thus the reason for the red and white colors of the flag. The flag carried the words "Independence Freedom and Justice" and the Signatures of sixteen of the original Fredonians. The Fredonian army consisted of no more than thirty men, the Cherokees never joined them, and Stephen F. Austin raised a militia to put down the East Texas rebellion. The Fredonians gave up their cause on January 22, 1827, and retreated eastward across the Sabine.

The Flag of the Republic of Texas 1836 to 1846

Mexican Texas became the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna on the plains of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. The first official flag was a white upside-down star on a blue background with T-E-X-A-S written between the points of the star. This flag never flew. The second flag of the Republic was adopted by the first Texas congress in December 1836. It bore a single, large gold star on a blue field. This flag was the same design as the "Bonnie blue flag that bears a single star" that was so popular among the Southern troops during the Civil War. The Lone Star flag that we now use was designed by Texas Senator William H. Wharton and was officially adopted by the Senate under President Mirabeau B. Lamar in 1839. The new flag kept the white star on the blue field, but now the blue field was a vertical stripe which occupied one-third of the flag, and it was balanced by horizontal white and red stripes, on the other two-thirds. This Texas flag has been prominently displayed for over 150 years.

The Flag of the Confederate States of America 1861 to 1865

For four years, the Stars and Bars flew over Nacogdoches and Texas. After years of conflicts of interest between the North and the South over states rights, slavery, and the right of secession, the Civil War began in March of 1861. Texas seceded and joined the Confederate States of America. It sent its Texas brigades into battle, and suffered for four years with the rest of the Confederacy before General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. The most enduring of the Confederate flags during the War was the Stars and Bars with the square of blue holding a circle of the seven original seceding states. Texas was the seventh star. Because the Confederate Stars and Bars and the Union Stars and Stripes were easily confused in the heat of battle, General P. G. T. Beauregard introduced a Confederate battle flag. This was a square red flag with a white-bordered blue cross running diagonally from corners to corners. The cross contained thirteen stars representing the eleven Confederate states plus Kentucky and Missouri. This battle flag became the flag most closely identified with the Southern cause. The Confederate Stars and Bars came down in Texas after April 1863 and Appomattox, and the United States Stars and Stripes have been flying over this State ever since.

The Flag of the United States of America since 1846

On February 19, 1846, the Lone Star flag was lowered over the Texas state capitol in Austin, and the Stars and Stripes was raised. The Republic of Texas had become the State of Texas. From the beginning of the Republic in 1836, the majority of the Texians, most of whom had come directly from the States, had wanted Texas to join the Union. But many in the Union did not want Texas in the United States. Some did not want one more Southern slave-holding state, and some were afraid of causing a war with Mexico. Nevertheless, on July 4, 1845, the Texas congress voted to accept the articles of annexation offered by United States President James K. Polk, and on December 29, 1845, the congressional resolution proclaiming Texas as a state in the Union was signed by President Polk. The Old Glory that was raised above the Texas state capitol on the following February 19, 1846, had twenty-eight stars in four rows of seven stars each. Except for the four years of the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, these Stars and Stripes have since 1846 flown over the State of Texas.

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