Contact the Warden's Secretary at Huntsville Prison for information.
THE SAD STORY OF JESSE MONROE HUMPHREY, JUNIOR. AROUND 1937 HE BECAME SO UNCONTROLABLE THAT HE WAS DECLARED A JUVENILE DELINQUENT AND SENT TO A STATE FACILITY IN GATESVILLE, TEXAS. NEXT IS A STORY FROM THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS. IN 1944 AS AN 18 YEAR OLD YOUTH HE AND 6 OTHERS WERE CAUGHT AND ADMITTED TO ROBBERY IN ABILENE, TEXAS. JESSE JR. TOLD THE JUDGE HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS AWAITING HIS CALL. HE served in the army DURING WW 2, BUT WAS IN CONSTANT TROUBLE. After his discharge he stole his father's construction tools. He was convicted and spent 2 years in a Texas prison. He CONTINUED AS A THIEF and ROBBER. AROUND 1950 HE JOINED A CIRCUS IN OHIO. STOLE A CAR, CROSSED the STATE LINE. WAS CAUGHT, CONVICTED AND SPENT 9 YEARS IN OHIO STATE PRISON. He then became a drug addict then a drug dealer. In mid 1960s his wife and son were killed in a car accident in OKLAHOMA. He received a life sentence in 1970 after becoming a 3 time offender, served in TEXAS PRISON AT HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS. AS A PART OF HIS ATTEMPTED REHABILITATION AND TO MAKE SOME MONEY, HE DID LEATHER WORK, BILLFOLDS, WOMENS PURSES AND JACKETS. HE HAD THEM SENT TO HIS AUNT LEEORA HUMPHREY GOOCH (JESSE HUMPHREY SR'S SISTER) FOR HER TO SELL FOR HIM. I OBSERVED HIS WORK AND THEY WERE OF HIGH QUALITY AND SOLD WELL. AUNT LEEORA DIED IN 1976 AND NO ONE IN THE FAMILY EVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. Birth data from the Texas state indicies 1925. CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN.
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives his enlistment into the Army as 26 Nov. 1942 and date of release as Sept. 11, 1943.
THE SAD STORY OF JESSE MONROE HUMPHREY, JUNIOR. AROUND 1937 HE BECAME SO UNCONTROLABLE THAT HE WAS DECLARED A JUVENILE DELINQUENT AND SENT TO A STATE FACILITY IN GATESVILLE, TEXAS. NEXT IS A STORY FROM THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS. IN 1944 AS AN 18 YEAR OLD YOUTH HE AND 6 OTHERS WERE CAUGHT AND ADMITTED TO ROBBERY IN ABILENE, TEXAS. JESSE JR. TOLD THE JUDGE HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS AWAITING HIS CALL. HE served in the army DURING WW 2, BUT WAS IN CONSTANT TROUBLE. After his discharge he stole his father's construction tools. He was convicted and spent 2 years in a Texas prison. He CONTINUED AS A THIEF and ROBBER. AROUND 1950 HE JOINED A CIRCUS IN OHIO. STOLE A CAR, CROSSED the STATE LINE. WAS CAUGHT, CONVICTED AND SPENT 9 YEARS IN OHIO STATE PRISON. He then became a drug addict then a drug dealer. In mid 1960s his wife and son were killed in a car accident in OKLAHOMA. He received a life sentence in 1970 after becoming a 3 time offender, served in TEXAS PRISON AT HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS. AS A PART OF HIS ATTEMPTED REHABILITATION AND TO MAKE SOME MONEY, HE DID LEATHER WORK, BILLFOLDS, WOMENS PURSES AND JACKETS. HE HAD THEM SENT TO HIS AUNT LEEORA HUMPHREY GOOCH (JESSE HUMPHREY SR'S SISTER) FOR HER TO SELL FOR HIM. I OBSERVED HIS WORK AND THEY WERE OF HIGH QUALITY AND SOLD WELL. AUNT LEEORA DIED IN 1976 AND NO ONE IN THE FAMILY EVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. Birth data from the Texas state indicies 1925. CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN.
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives his enlistment into the Army as 26 Nov. 1942 and date of release as Sept. 11, 1943.
Contact the Warden's Secretary at Huntsville Prison for information.
THE SAD STORY OF JESSE MONROE HUMPHREY, JUNIOR. AROUND 1937 HE BECAME SO UNCONTROLABLE THAT HE WAS DECLARED A JUVENILE DELINQUENT AND SENT TO A STATE FACILITY IN GATESVILLE, TEXAS. NEXT IS A STORY FROM THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS. IN 1944 AS AN 18 YEAR OLD YOUTH HE AND 6 OTHERS WERE CAUGHT AND ADMITTED TO ROBBERY IN ABILENE, TEXAS. JESSE JR. TOLD THE JUDGE HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS AWAITING HIS CALL. HE served in the army DURING WW 2, BUT WAS IN CONSTANT TROUBLE. After his discharge he stole his father's construction tools. He was convicted and spent 2 years in a Texas prison. He CONTINUED AS A THIEF and ROBBER. AROUND 1950 HE JOINED A CIRCUS IN OHIO. STOLE A CAR, CROSSED the STATE LINE. WAS CAUGHT, CONVICTED AND SPENT 9 YEARS IN OHIO STATE PRISON. He then became a drug addict then a drug dealer. In mid 1960s his wife and son were killed in a car accident in OKLAHOMA. He received a life sentence in 1970 after becoming a 3 time offender, served in TEXAS PRISON AT HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS. AS A PART OF HIS ATTEMPTED REHABILITATION AND TO MAKE SOME MONEY, HE DID LEATHER WORK, BILLFOLDS, WOMENS PURSES AND JACKETS. HE HAD THEM SENT TO HIS AUNT LEEORA HUMPHREY GOOCH (JESSE HUMPHREY SR'S SISTER) FOR HER TO SELL FOR HIM. I OBSERVED HIS WORK AND THEY WERE OF HIGH QUALITY AND SOLD WELL. AUNT LEEORA DIED IN 1976 AND NO ONE IN THE FAMILY EVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. Birth data from the Texas state indicies 1925. CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN.
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives his enlistment into the Army as 26 Nov. 1942 and date of release as Sept. 11, 1943.
THE SAD STORY OF JESSE MONROE HUMPHREY, JUNIOR. AROUND 1937 HE BECAME SO UNCONTROLABLE THAT HE WAS DECLARED A JUVENILE DELINQUENT AND SENT TO A STATE FACILITY IN GATESVILLE, TEXAS. NEXT IS A STORY FROM THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS. IN 1944 AS AN 18 YEAR OLD YOUTH HE AND 6 OTHERS WERE CAUGHT AND ADMITTED TO ROBBERY IN ABILENE, TEXAS. JESSE JR. TOLD THE JUDGE HE HAD JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS AWAITING HIS CALL. HE served in the army DURING WW 2, BUT WAS IN CONSTANT TROUBLE. After his discharge he stole his father's construction tools. He was convicted and spent 2 years in a Texas prison. He CONTINUED AS A THIEF and ROBBER. AROUND 1950 HE JOINED A CIRCUS IN OHIO. STOLE A CAR, CROSSED the STATE LINE. WAS CAUGHT, CONVICTED AND SPENT 9 YEARS IN OHIO STATE PRISON. He then became a drug addict then a drug dealer. In mid 1960s his wife and son were killed in a car accident in OKLAHOMA. He received a life sentence in 1970 after becoming a 3 time offender, served in TEXAS PRISON AT HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS. AS A PART OF HIS ATTEMPTED REHABILITATION AND TO MAKE SOME MONEY, HE DID LEATHER WORK, BILLFOLDS, WOMENS PURSES AND JACKETS. HE HAD THEM SENT TO HIS AUNT LEEORA HUMPHREY GOOCH (JESSE HUMPHREY SR'S SISTER) FOR HER TO SELL FOR HIM. I OBSERVED HIS WORK AND THEY WERE OF HIGH QUALITY AND SOLD WELL. AUNT LEEORA DIED IN 1976 AND NO ONE IN THE FAMILY EVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN. Birth data from the Texas state indicies 1925. CAUSE OF DEATH IS UNKNOWN.
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives his enlistment into the Army as 26 Nov. 1942 and date of release as Sept. 11, 1943.
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