12672. Glenn John Conger
Glenn John CongerRESIDENCES: 8629 Martony Lange; Berkely, MO
Marjorie VolkerProblem: Surname listed as, Voelker and Volker in CFA I.
Walter BenderDIVORCE: The marriage of Mr. Bender and Yvonne Conger ended in divorce.
Rex Leland HammerlyDIVORCE: A marriage of Rex Hammerly to an unknown person ended in divorce.
RELATIONSHIP: Rex Leland Hammerly and his wife, Yvonne Conger, were first cousins. Their common ancestor was, William Lemuel Conger. According to their aunt, Nora (Conger) Belford, "They had quite a crush on each other when Yvonne graduated from high school in 1948, but both married other partners and both subsequently divorced. They met again after many years and decided they would get married after all."
OCCUPATION: Engr and Arts
APPEARANCE-TRAITS: Sculptor, painter, inventor, philospher, guitarist, writer -- and poor speller.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 744 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
12676. James W. Conger
James W. CongerOCCUPATION: Frt Bill Clk
ORGANIZATIONS: Member National Railway Historical Society
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Baptist
RESIDENCES: 1150 Jameson Road; Memphis, TN 38122
Sarah M. ParchmanCHURCH_AFFILIATION: Baptist
16751. James Gordon Conger
James Gordon CongerRESIDENCES: 28816 Greencastle; Farmington, MI 48024
Shirley Mae AndersonNAME-CONFLICT: Shirley Ann Anderson
16752. Jerry Ronald Conger
Jerry Ronald CongerBIRTH: 3 Mar 1936, CFA I, p. 267 and CFA II, p. 701; 2 Mar 1936 elsewhere
HEALTH_HISTORY: Jerry Ronald Conger was a quadriplegic, resulting from a broken
neck sustained in a diving accident, in the Ohio River, at the age of 15.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 416 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)OCCUPATION: Writer, who typed with a mouth stick
RESIDENCES: Box 571; Rosiclare, IL 62982
BIOGRAPHY: Rosiclare, Illinois Man, 36, Writes (Hard Way) - Disabled But Busy
Jerry Conger, 36, is a writer.He also is a quadriplegic. For the past 20 years he has not walked, played basketball, turned the pages of a book with is fingers. When he was 15, he dived to the bottom of the Ohio River and broke his neck.
He has no use of his legs or the fingers of his hands. His vehicle is a wheelchair. He can move his arms to some extent and is able, with the help of arm splints, to feed himself.
In the ensuing years the Rosiclare native has discovered his goal in life - to become a published author. He always has been interested in writing, but he became seriously interested about 10 years ago.
He devotes his afternoons to long sessions at his carriageless electric typewriter which is stationed in the living room of the home he shares with his mother, Mrs. Hazel Conger. Conger types by using a mouthstick.
The mouthstick is a quarter inch dowel stick capped with a teeth-moulded acrylic mouthpiece and tipped with an eraser. It was while he was in therapy at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Peoria, IL that an occupational therapist suggested the mouthstick.
The instrument has opened up a new world for Conger. It is the world of the mind. It is a world where he can go anywhere he wants, do whatever he feels like, and create a universe all his own. In the past 10 years he has written novels, a few dozen short stories, and a number of poems, as well as numerous other articles. It is with the articles and poems he has had success. An article he did on himself appeared in the June 1971, issue of "The Exceptional Parent." This is a magazine for parents of children with disabilities.
In the article he told of his mouthstick and his love for writing and his philosophy about himself. He does not live in the past, although the past is an important part of life for him and he draws some of his fiction from it. But this is not his dwelling place. He writes and his writing keeps him geared toward the future.
Conger was in the hospital for three months after his accident but he was able to receive his diploma with the rest of his graduating high school class. After high school, he took a number of correspondence courses through the University of Illinois. The courses included rhetoric, literature, and psychology.
Serious fiction is what interests Conger the most. He turns out an average of 2,000 words each afternoon. So far he has not been successful with having his fiction published. Fiction is the hardest market to break into and, with so many magazines folding, Conger finds the obstacles on the road to being published are large.
But he keeps writing. Two more articles have been accepted by "The Exceptional Parent." He received mention in recent issues of "Time" and the "Saturday Review" in connection with the new magazine. "Time" carried a quote from his article -- "One Adjusts to Realities. I Try to Forge Ahead."
Although fiction is his first love, Conger also writes articles which require a good deal of research. Although the Rosiclare library is small, there is a good library system in Illinois which allows libraries to borrow from larger libraries such as the one at Springfield. The research for his articles also comes from government books and brochures.
A writer must be willing to accept any assignment. Perhaps the oddest assignment Conger tackled was an article on the louse. Robert Burns wrote a poem on the louse, so Conger decided maybe there was a louse market somewhere out there in publishing land. To his dismay one magazine informed him that it had already published an article on the louse.
Like Ireland's famed Christy Brown, the author who is completely paralyzed and types out joyous novels such as "Down All the Days" with his left foot, Conger has overcome numerous obstacles. He is not bitter. He is not angry over what has come to be his fate. He adjusts as best he can.
In his article for "The Exceptional Parent," Conger wrote: "One does not accept the unacceptable. One adjusts to realities, living always with hope. I try to forge ahead as everyone else does, fully aware that life may never be full, but determined never to accept less than I must. This doesn't mean I never despair. Depression, a sense of frustration and failure, lurk just outside conscious thought, ready to spring when something goes wrong."
(Source: Sun-Democract, 23 Mar [1972?] by Barry Eysman, Staff Writer - The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
REFERENCE: There are samples of some of Jerry Conger's writing in CFA I, p. 267-272.
16753. Norman Eugene Conger
Norman Eugene CongerOCCUPATION: Electronics tech
RESIDENCES: Phoenix, AZ
Janet Marie MyrickOCCUPATION: Telephone clerk
12690. Armella Conger
Armella CongerNAME-CONFLICT: (Mary) Armella Conger, CFA II, p. 379
16754. Bobby Joe Moore
Bobby Joe MooreMILITARY: Chief Warrant Officer, is in full time service with the Nevada National Guard. Twenty-nine years of service as of Feb 1982.
Norman Leon SuitsCONFLICT-BIRTH: His birth place was listed in CFA as, Cave In Rock, Hardin Co., KY.
The 1995 Rand McNally Commercial Atlas doesn't list such a place in Kentucky. There is however, a Cave In Rock (Cave-In-Rock), Hardin Co., IL. Both spellings shown in the atlas.
12694. Taft Lester Holt
RELATIONSHIP: Grandfather of researcher Kenneth Allgood
12701. Ralph Clifton Conger
Ralph Clifton CongerAKA: Probably called, Clifton; Ralph on the SSDI; Clifton in his obituary
OCCUPATION: farmer
RESIDENCES: Rt. 2; Eddyville, KY 42038
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
OBITUARY: [Ralph] Clifton Conger
Clifton Conger, 75, of Eddyville, [KY] died Tuesday March 18 [1997] at 11 a.m. at his home in Lyon County, [KY].A member of Fairview United Methodist Church and a World War II Army veteran, he was a son of the late Henry E. and Margaret Glascow Conger.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charley Ben Conger and Alton Conger, and two sisters Willie White and Mattie Lee Castleberry.
Survivors include his wife, Juanita Conger, two sons, Scottie Conger and Darrel Conger both of Eddyville; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; three sisters, Elsie Davenport and Newton Cash, both of Princeton, and Edna White of Eddyville and several nieces and nephews. ...
Burial followed in Providence Cemetery in Lyon County.
(Source: unknown - published in the Dec 2000 issue of Conger Confab, p. 293 & 292)
SSN:
Individual: Conger, Ralph
Social Security #: 406-14-8651
Issued in: Kentucky
Birth date: Aug 22, 1921
Death date: Mar 18, 1997
ZIP Code of last known residence: 42038
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Eddyville, Kentucky
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-K, Ed. 7, Social Security Death
Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 13, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.54153.6]
Juanita Rose ScottOCCUPATION: Factory worker
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
COMMENT: Living as of Mar 1997
16757. Ralph Scott Conger
Ralph Scott CongerAKA: Scottie Conger in the obituary of his father
RESIDENCES: As of Mar 1997, Eddyville, KY
16758. Darrell Eltie Conger
Darrell Eltie CongerNAME-CONFLICT: Darrel [sic] Conger in the obituary of his father
OCCUPATION: Carpenter
MILITARY: 807th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserves
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
RESIDENCES: Rt. 2; Eddyville, KY 42038; still in Eddyville, KY as of Mar 1997
Caroletta Elizabeth VinsonCHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
12704. Eunice Augusta Davis
Eunice Augusta DavisAPPEARANCE-TRAITS: Liked to serve and read. She helped her mate in his church work.
James Franklin MillerOCCUPATION-CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Free-Will Baptist minister for 51 years, pastoring churches in Missouri, Texas, North Carolina and Texas. He was Missouri State Free-Will Baptist Moderate for 10 years, National Moderate for 5 years, served on the Board of Trustees of Free Will Baptist College at Nashville, TN.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 376 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
16765. Lee Roy Miller
Lee Roy MillerMILITARY: 8th Air Force during WWII, stationed in England
EDUCATION: B.S. from Kirksville State Teacher's College [Kirksville, MO]; M.A. George Peabody, Atlanta, GA
OCCUPATION: Retired in May 1985 after 30 years teaching; work in aircraft for 6 years.
Carla Bell SandersOCCUPATION: Library clerk
HOBBIES: Likes to sew and make quilts
RESEARCHER: Taught genealogy classes
ORGANIZATIONS: Member Uvedate Chapter of DAR
Loren CollinsMILITARY-DEATH: Died in France during WWII
16768. John Wilson Miller
NEVER_MARRIED: .
16775. Unknown Davis
SEX: Male child .
16778. Howard James Davis
Howard James DavisDIVORCE: The marriage of Howard James Davis and Judy Scott ended in divorce.
Linda LeirSPOUSE: Linda Leir was the 2nd spouse of Howard James Davis.