Rankin Whitsitte Gelaspie

1914 - 1983  (69 years)

• Name	Rankin Whitsitte Gelaspie  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	17 Sep 1914	Clark County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military Draft Registration	1942	Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  	Draft Registration - WWII; Married
  Census	1950	Clark County, Kentucky, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Bertha
  Death	3 Oct 1983	Clark County, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Burial	Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I28995	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Bertha Mae Heflin,   b. 15 Nov 1915, Clark County, Kentucky, USA d. 9 May 1997, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1933	Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F12900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Sep 1914 - Clark County, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 25 Dec 1933 - Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII; Married - 1942 - Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Bertha - 1950 - Clark County, Kentucky, USA Death - 3 Oct 1983 - Clark County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Kentucky, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 240. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Kentucky, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 240 [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clark, Kentucky; Rol. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clark, Kentucky; Rol [S8976] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Bertha and Rankin Gelespie • Lexington Herald-Leader 1 Jan 1933, Bertha Mae Heflin and Rankin Whittsitt Gelispie - Lexington Leader; Publication Date: 1/ Jan/ 1933; Publication Place: Lexington, Kentucky. https://www.newspapers.com/image/683155752/?article=bda06e34-4625-43cc-bde1-1494c9736d9d&focus=0.6154019,0.04534426,0.74319637,0.43815848&xid=3398