JUNIUR MARION FUTRELL
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
FROM FUTRELL FAMILY COLLECTION
JUNIUR MARION FUTRELL , SON OF JETHE FUTRELL , AND WIFE ARMINIA _______? FUTRELL, WAS BORN ON AUG. 14 , 1872 IN GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS . JUNIUS MARION FUTRELL ATTENDED LOCAL GREENE COUNTY ARKANSAS SCHOOLS. MR. FUTRELL THEN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN 1898 . WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 1893.
ON SEPT. 14 , 1893 , JUNIUS FUTRELL MARRIED MRS. TERA ANN SMITH , OF INDEPENDANCE COUNTY , ARKANSAS.
MR. FUTRELL BEGAN AS A SCHOOL TEACHER IN 1892 . HE BEING LATER A TEACHER , FARMER , AND CIRCUIT COURT CLERK , OF GREENE COUNTY , ARKANSAS . BEING ADMITTED TO THE ARKANSAS BAR IN 1913 . HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS REPRESENTATIVES IN 1897-1899, AND 1901-1903. WAS A STATE SENATOR 1913-1914 , PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE , 1913-1915 . MR. FUTRELL ACTED AS GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS FIVE MONTHS , FROM MARCH 13, 1913 TO AUGUST 1913. SERVED AS CIRCUIT JUDGE IN 1922 AND STATE CHANCELLOR , 1923-1933.
MR. FUTRELL WAS ELECTED GOVENOR OF ARKANSAS IN 1933 AND SERVED TWO TERMS , ENDING IN 1937.
AFTER HIS RESIGNATION AS GOVERNOR , MR. FUTRELL DID SPECIAL LEGAL WORK FOR DYESS COLONY , INC. IN LITTLE ROCK . MR. FUTRELL RESIDED AT 41RD WOODLAND AVENUE , LITTLE ROCK , ARKANSAS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 194?.
MR. FUTRELL AND WIFE TERA ANN (SMITH ) FUTRELL , HAD SIX CHILDREN
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