In retirement, the Ralph B. Wood family lived in the Hermann House at 523 East Beach in Biloxi. Ralph B. Wood retired as the executive vice president of the Cuban American Sugar Company. Their daughter, Jane Kempe Wood (1917-1977), married James Wallace Pringle (1914-1971) in December 1938 at the Church of the Redeemer. Jane K. Wood and James W. Pringle had a daughter Jane Susie Pringle (b. 1942) who married Leo William Seal Jr. (1924-2008), former CEO of the Hancock Bank. All members of this family that are deceased were interred in Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi with the exception of Leo W. Seal Jr. who was buried in the .(The Daily Herald, October 26, 1967, p. 2)
The James W. Pringle family resided at 523 East Beach in Biloxi. Mr. Pringle once owned the Plymouth-DeSoto automobile agency at Gulfport. At the time of his demise, he worked in real estate at Gulfport, Mississippi. James was past commodore of the Biloxi Yacht Club and was a member of the Mithras carnival club. He was an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and belonged to the Skeet Club.
James Wallace Pringle (1914-1971) had married Jane Kempe Wood (1917-1977) in De-cember 1938. She was the daughter of Ralph Bouligny Wood (1884-1967) and Jane Kempe Farrar (1889-1982), both natives of New Orleans, and also residents of 523 East Beach at Biloxi. Ralph's brother was Albert Baldwin Wood (1879-1956), who was a brilliant electrical engineer and responsible for developing the large screw pumps, which have drained the city of New Orleans since 1915. Baldwin resided at 501 East Beach at Biloxi.
James W. Pringle expired at Howard Memorial Hospital at Biloxi, Mississippi on May 31, 1971. He was survived by his spouse and two children: Ralph Wood Pringle of Pascagoula, Mississippi and Jane Pringle Hurlbert of Mississippi City; three brothers, L.V. Pringle Jr. (1902-1974) and Victor B. Pringle (1909-1977) of Biloxi and Vivian Pringle m. Archibald Hewes of Gulfport.
REFERENCES:
The Daily Herald, 'R.B. Wood', October 26, 1967, p. 2.
In retirement, the Ralph B. Wood family lived in the Hermann House at 523 East Beach in Biloxi. Ralph B. Wood retired as the executive vice president of the Cuban American Sugar Company. Their daughter, Jane Kempe Wood (1917-1977), married James Wallace Pringle (1914-1971) in December 1938 at the Church of the Redeemer. Jane K. Wood and James W. Pringle had a daughter Jane Susie Pringle (b. 1942) who married Leo William Seal Jr. (1924-2008), former CEO of the Hancock Bank. All members of this family that are deceased were interred in Southern Memorial Park cemetery at Biloxi, Mississippi with the exception of Leo W. Seal Jr. who was buried in the .(The Daily Herald, October 26, 1967, p. 2)
The James W. Pringle family resided at 523 East Beach in Biloxi. Mr. Pringle once owned the Plymouth-DeSoto automobile agency at Gulfport. At the time of his demise, he worked in real estate at Gulfport, Mississippi. James was past commodore of the Biloxi Yacht Club and was a member of the Mithras carnival club. He was an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman and belonged to the Skeet Club.
James Wallace Pringle (1914-1971) had married Jane Kempe Wood (1917-1977) in De-cember 1938. She was the daughter of Ralph Bouligny Wood (1884-1967) and Jane Kempe Farrar (1889-1982), both natives of New Orleans, and also residents of 523 East Beach at Biloxi. Ralph's brother was Albert Baldwin Wood (1879-1956), who was a brilliant electrical engineer and responsible for developing the large screw pumps, which have drained the city of New Orleans since 1915. Baldwin resided at 501 East Beach at Biloxi.
James W. Pringle expired at Howard Memorial Hospital at Biloxi, Mississippi on May 31, 1971. He was survived by his spouse and two children: Ralph Wood Pringle of Pascagoula, Mississippi and Jane Pringle Hurlbert of Mississippi City; three brothers, L.V. Pringle Jr. (1902-1974) and Victor B. Pringle (1909-1977) of Biloxi and Vivian Pringle m. Archibald Hewes of Gulfport.
REFERENCES:
The Daily Herald, 'R.B. Wood', October 26, 1967, p. 2.
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