John G. Minniece Jr. was born on February 2nd, 1908 in Meridian, MS.His parents were John G. Minniece Sr. and Mary Minniece. His parents had four children. they were John (1908 - 1944), Thomas Young Minniece (October 19, 1912 -???), Houston Minniece (May 9, 1910 - November 19, 1993), and Mary Minniece (March 6, 1906 - January 27, 1997). John went to Mississippi A&M before going to West Point.
His father, John Gresham Minniece Sr., was a superintendent in the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, and his wife was the first woman to serve on that board for Lauderdale County in Mississippi. She ran against a man backed by the mayor, and this man received only one vote. This one vote came from the mayor himself, who later decided to make the vote unanimous for Mrs. Minniece. Their daughter, Mary Minniece, was born on March 6, 1906. She married Dr. Marcus Leroy Rush Jr. who died as Captain Marcus Leroy Rush. They had a child together named Leta Michelle Rush on August 23, 1933. |