Biography of James O. Upchurch, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Thirty years of experience have proved valuable to James O. Upchurch in
establishing a successful plumbing and heating business in Forrest City. He was
born in Columbia, Miss. on Nov. 3, 1901, the osn of James and Rachel Upchurch.
He was educated at the Buena Vista Miss. High School. On Feb. 10, 1924, he
received his first experience in his chosen trade as a member of Chisholm
Electric, Plumbing & Heating Co. in Tupelo, Miss. and stayed with them until
Nov. 15, 1935, when he started his own business. When World War II started, he
was working at the Ford-Bacon & Davis Ordnance Plant at Jacksonville, Arkansas.
On Dec. 22, 1946, he moved to Forrest City and started a business from scratch.
His wife, the former Miss Tommie L. Hogans, daughter of Mrs. Missouri Hogans of
Forrest City. They have two sons. He is a member of the Salem Baptist Church and
the I. P. O. E. W. Wonder State Lodge No. 478.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas