At the time of his birth, the family lived in the historic Ele Baggett home in Belton, and his father was doing business, along with W.J. Lee, as "Rankin & Lee".
They were owners of a furniture and hardware store and the Bell County Roller Mills.
A brother, Robert, was born in 1908.
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At the time of his birth, the family lived in the historic Ele Baggett home in Belton, and his father was doing business, along with W.J. Lee, as "Rankin & Lee".
They were owners of a furniture and hardware store and the Bell County Roller Mills.
A brother, Robert, was born in 1908.
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Inscription
FEB. 23. 1907
MAY. 3 1907
God's finger touched him
and he slept
RANKIN
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