Major Works
The Falkners of Mississippi by Murry C. Falkner
- The Falkners of Mississippi: A Memoir (1967)
- Published in American Heritage and Southern Review
Biography
Murry C. Falkner (called Jack) is the brother of world-famous William Faulkner. He was born in 1899 in Ripley, Mississippi. The family moved to Oxford, Mississippi, in 1905. There were four boys: William, John, Murray and Dean. All four became pilots as they were fascinated by flying. Dean died in a tragic crash at an early age. Murry Falkner served in the Marines during World War I in France until 1919, where he was injured. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He attended the University of Mississippi where he earned a law degree in 1922. He worked part-time in the Oxford post office and as a lawyer in his uncle’s law office. In 1924, he worked for the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. A few months later, he became a special agent for the FBI for 30 years. During World War II, he served in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps. His memoir The Falkners of Mississippi: A Memoir (1967) gives insight into the life of his famous brother and the entire family. His brother William changed the spelling of the last name to Faulkner. Murry Faulkner died in Mobile, Alabama, in 1975.
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