Jewell Nelle Burriss was the 4th child of Clarence and Edith Harper Burris. She was born in Bandera, Texas and moved with the family in 1924 to San Antonio. She graduated from Main Ave High School. She held the typing record for many years of 115 words per minute. After high school, Jewell worked at Cotton King in San Marcos.
She contracted tuberculosis as a young woman and spent some time in a sanitarium in Denver. After she recovered, she returned to San Antonio and worked for Public Service as the Executive Secretary in the Commercial Department for over twenty years.
Jewell returned to college and got a B.S. in mathematics. She was proficient in math and science and was head statistician at the School of Aero Space Medicine. Jewell took an interest in helping her nieces and nephews with schooling and encouragement.
After she retired, she took up the hobby of ceramics and enjoyed that and her family. Jewell died in June 1988 and is buried with her parents and grandparents in City Cemetery #1.
She contracted tuberculosis as a young woman and spent some time in a sanitarium in Denver. After she recovered, she returned to San Antonio and worked for Public Service as the Executive Secretary in the Commercial Department for over twenty years.
Jewell returned to college and got a B.S. in mathematics. She was proficient in math and science and was head statistician at the School of Aero Space Medicine. Jewell took an interest in helping her nieces and nephews with schooling and encouragement.
After she retired, she took up the hobby of ceramics and enjoyed that and her family. Jewell died in June 1988 and is buried with her parents and grandparents in City Cemetery #1.
Jewell Nelle Burriss was the 4th child of Clarence and Edith Harper Burris. She was born in Bandera, Texas and moved with the family in 1924 to San Antonio. She graduated from Main Ave High School. She held the typing record for many years of 115 words per minute. After high school, Jewell worked at Cotton King in San Marcos.
She contracted tuberculosis as a young woman and spent some time in a sanitarium in Denver. After she recovered, she returned to San Antonio and worked for Public Service as the Executive Secretary in the Commercial Department for over twenty years.
Jewell returned to college and got a B.S. in mathematics. She was proficient in math and science and was head statistician at the School of Aero Space Medicine. Jewell took an interest in helping her nieces and nephews with schooling and encouragement.
After she retired, she took up the hobby of ceramics and enjoyed that and her family. Jewell died in June 1988 and is buried with her parents and grandparents in City Cemetery #1.
She contracted tuberculosis as a young woman and spent some time in a sanitarium in Denver. After she recovered, she returned to San Antonio and worked for Public Service as the Executive Secretary in the Commercial Department for over twenty years.
Jewell returned to college and got a B.S. in mathematics. She was proficient in math and science and was head statistician at the School of Aero Space Medicine. Jewell took an interest in helping her nieces and nephews with schooling and encouragement.
After she retired, she took up the hobby of ceramics and enjoyed that and her family. Jewell died in June 1988 and is buried with her parents and grandparents in City Cemetery #1.
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