John Leslie Ware...the mystery deepens

So last night I found something kind of cool on Ancestry.  If I could save the image, I would, but they won't let me. So I will recreate it for y'all:

I found a WWI registration card that made me go, "hmmm":

SER Numb: 1632  Order Number: 2336

JAY  LESLIE  WARE

Permanent Home Address:
2 (looks like a 2) R.F. (undecipherable--maybe a D?) Salem, Lee, AL

Age in Years:
3__(undecipherable second number)

Date of Birth:
August 15, 1881

Native Born, White

Present Occupation: ENGINEER (This perplexed me. Chris told me I'm thinking too modern. "Engineer probably meant he ran a machine.")
EMPLOYER:
Leo Moreman (I looked him up. Found that at 34, Leo was a road foreman)
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS:
Waverly, Lee, Alabama
NEAREST RELATIVE:  
Daisy E. Ware---wife
Opelika, AL

I AFFIRM I HAVE READ AND VERIFIED ANSWERS AND THEY ARE TRUE:
Signature:
JAY LESLIE WARE

Medium Height, Medium Build, Blue eyes, Light hair

Registrar: Roy D. Clarke (?)

September 15(second number is hard to read) 1918

Are you Jay Leslie? J.Leslie? John Leslie? SPEAK UP! I'm listening!

In other related news: I found this out:

He lived at 814 1/2 Avenue A in Opelika, AL, according to a 1923 directory.

This is the building. It's Alabama Office Supply now.

John Leslie Ware...Where in the heck did he come from?

I'm searching for information on the parents of John Leslie Ware. Supposedly he was born in Tyler, Texas, but we are not sure. He married Mamie Cribbs on June 7, 1924 and had a son named Herbert Leslie Ware on September 18, 1925. They moved to Lee County, Alabama.

Who are John Leslie Ware's parents???
This is a picture of John Leslie Ware with his first five children with Daisy Newman. His second wife was Mamie Cribbs.

WHERE DID YOU COME FROM, JOHN???