Biography of Lawrence J. Boatner, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Mr. Lawrence J. Boatner has been engaged in the contracting business in Forrest
City and the surrounding area since 1927. He started helping his father at age
11, and was born in Centerville, Miss. on Mar. 14, 1889, the son of the late
Jacob & Julia Emma (Phares) Boatner. On Dec. 6, 1941 he married Miss Mamie Hunt,
daughter of Archie & Marie (Marcy) Hunt of near Tupelo, Miss., they have one
son. He has built many structures in the Hughes area as well as Forrest City,
including cotton gins, and had operated gins during the season for 12 years in
the Memphis area.


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

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