Friday, March 21, 2008

Robert Vernon Helms



This is the Zephyrhills basketball team in 1919. Another pose is posted at this link. It identifies those pictured here as the coach and principal Walter Roberts, Warren Haynes, Gerald Briggs, Curtis Geiger, Robert Helms, Frank Stebbins, Edwin Stebbins, Kenneth Storms, and Willie Stebbins.

Robert Vernon Helms is the one holding the basketball. He was the son of James Robert Helms and Olive Murphy. He was born 11 Oct 1901 in St. Francois Co., MO, and died 06 May 1946. He married Nancy Edith "Sugar" Partin, daughter of John Partin and Ida Frances Beasley. He is buried in Southern Memorial Park in Dade Co., FL.

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