Mary Elizabeth "Mattie" (Powell) Gookin-Gates-Spencer
Married three times.
See her information towards bottom of page.
Her first marriage to William Aubrey Gookin
They had two sons:
Walter Allen Gookin
Birth: Aug. 12, 1921, Corinth, MS
Death: Jan. 5, 1944, Bordeaux, France
K. I. A. WWll Plane shot down
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Walter was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces~339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service # O-808985.
Missing in Action.
He entered the Service from Mississippi
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Lost over France body nonrecoverabl
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Coton, Cambridgeshire, England
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Parents of Walter Allen Gookin and Ben Marcus Gookin:
William Aubrey Gookin
b. 1892 Corinth, MS
d. 1951 Memphis, TN
Married: April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Martha Elizabeth Powell
b. 1902 Dallas, TX
d. Jan. 29, 1964 Louisville, MS
bur. Henry Cemetery
Their second son:
Ben Marcus Gookin
b. 1927 Memphis, TN
d. 1996 Louisville, MS
After their Father died their Mother married two more times. Neither of these marriages produced children.
Md. #1: William Aubrey Gookin (2 sons)
April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Md. #2: Franklin Reed Gates Jan. 1, 1931
Memphis, TN (no children born to this union)
Md. #3: Joseph Leeman Spencer 1947,
Corinth, MS (no children born to this union)
Married three times.
See her information towards bottom of page.
Her first marriage to William Aubrey Gookin
They had two sons:
Walter Allen Gookin
Birth: Aug. 12, 1921, Corinth, MS
Death: Jan. 5, 1944, Bordeaux, France
K. I. A. WWll Plane shot down
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Walter was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces~339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service # O-808985.
Missing in Action.
He entered the Service from Mississippi
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Lost over France body nonrecoverabl
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Coton, Cambridgeshire, England
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Parents of Walter Allen Gookin and Ben Marcus Gookin:
William Aubrey Gookin
b. 1892 Corinth, MS
d. 1951 Memphis, TN
Married: April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Martha Elizabeth Powell
b. 1902 Dallas, TX
d. Jan. 29, 1964 Louisville, MS
bur. Henry Cemetery
Their second son:
Ben Marcus Gookin
b. 1927 Memphis, TN
d. 1996 Louisville, MS
After their Father died their Mother married two more times. Neither of these marriages produced children.
Md. #1: William Aubrey Gookin (2 sons)
April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Md. #2: Franklin Reed Gates Jan. 1, 1931
Memphis, TN (no children born to this union)
Md. #3: Joseph Leeman Spencer 1947,
Corinth, MS (no children born to this union)
Mary Elizabeth "Mattie" (Powell) Gookin-Gates-Spencer
Married three times.
See her information towards bottom of page.
Her first marriage to William Aubrey Gookin
They had two sons:
Walter Allen Gookin
Birth: Aug. 12, 1921, Corinth, MS
Death: Jan. 5, 1944, Bordeaux, France
K. I. A. WWll Plane shot down
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Walter was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces~339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service # O-808985.
Missing in Action.
He entered the Service from Mississippi
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Lost over France body nonrecoverabl
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Coton, Cambridgeshire, England
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Parents of Walter Allen Gookin and Ben Marcus Gookin:
William Aubrey Gookin
b. 1892 Corinth, MS
d. 1951 Memphis, TN
Married: April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Martha Elizabeth Powell
b. 1902 Dallas, TX
d. Jan. 29, 1964 Louisville, MS
bur. Henry Cemetery
Their second son:
Ben Marcus Gookin
b. 1927 Memphis, TN
d. 1996 Louisville, MS
After their Father died their Mother married two more times. Neither of these marriages produced children.
Md. #1: William Aubrey Gookin (2 sons)
April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Md. #2: Franklin Reed Gates Jan. 1, 1931
Memphis, TN (no children born to this union)
Md. #3: Joseph Leeman Spencer 1947,
Corinth, MS (no children born to this union)
Married three times.
See her information towards bottom of page.
Her first marriage to William Aubrey Gookin
They had two sons:
Walter Allen Gookin
Birth: Aug. 12, 1921, Corinth, MS
Death: Jan. 5, 1944, Bordeaux, France
K. I. A. WWll Plane shot down
Disposition: Nonrecoverable
Walter was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces~339th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service # O-808985.
Missing in Action.
He entered the Service from Mississippi
Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters
Burial: Lost over France body nonrecoverabl
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Coton, Cambridgeshire, England
Plot: Tablets of the Missing
Parents of Walter Allen Gookin and Ben Marcus Gookin:
William Aubrey Gookin
b. 1892 Corinth, MS
d. 1951 Memphis, TN
Married: April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Martha Elizabeth Powell
b. 1902 Dallas, TX
d. Jan. 29, 1964 Louisville, MS
bur. Henry Cemetery
Their second son:
Ben Marcus Gookin
b. 1927 Memphis, TN
d. 1996 Louisville, MS
After their Father died their Mother married two more times. Neither of these marriages produced children.
Md. #1: William Aubrey Gookin (2 sons)
April 4, 1920, Corinth, MS
Md. #2: Franklin Reed Gates Jan. 1, 1931
Memphis, TN (no children born to this union)
Md. #3: Joseph Leeman Spencer 1947,
Corinth, MS (no children born to this union)
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