Birth: 30 July 1903
Chouteau, Mayes, Oklahoma, USA
Death: 13 Sep 1913
Place: Unknown
Memorial Place: Ridge Haven Memorial Gardens
Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee
Findagrave Memorial ID:
Homer Ewing Scurlock was the young son of Claud William Scurlock and Rosey Exile Carr Scurlock. His life appears only briefly in the surviving records, but briefly is still enough to tell us that he lived and that his name should be Re-membered.
Homer was born, 1903, in Oklahoma, during the early years of Claud and Rosey’s marriage. In 1910, he was living with his parents in Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma. By 1918, the Scurlocks had moved to Arkansas, and by 1920 Homer was no longer listed with the household. A photo taken c. 1914 of all the Carr cousins (Rosey’s, Nellie’s, and John’s Children) do not include Homer. In a letter from his sister Nellie (5 Sep 1981), She writes that Homer died 13 September 1913.
No confirmed death record has yet been found, and his exact date and place of death remain unknown.
His is one of those unspoken stories tucked deep into the family heart: a child who is present in one record and absent from the next. Yet, however brief his life, Homer was part of the Scurlock household.
Homer Ewing Scurlock’s life was short, and the records left only a small place for him. Ridge Haven makes that place larger. Here, his name is gathered back into the family garden, remembered as a child who lived, was loved, and is restored again to the family record.
Note: The image of the angel is an artistic memorial image created to honor Homer Ewing Scurlock. No confirmed photograph of Homer has yet been found.
