Maternal Kin, Migration

Where we lived: Constable Hook, Bayonne, New Jersey.

My grandmother said that her aunt Emma was the first of the McNeelys to move to Bayonne, New Jersey. She and her husband, Irving Houser, who had a job with Standard Oil, settled there around 1910. Over the next 15-20 years, most of the McNeelys followed. The family settled in an area a few blocks square, not far from the refinery that dominated Bayonne life:

(1) 87-A West 16th Street (between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue C) — The “home house,” as they say. This was Minnie McNeely‘s house, I believe, though her mother Martha Miller McNeely was the nominal head. Luther McNeely and his wife lived here for a stretch, as did Irving “Jay” McNeely when he moved North after his mother’s death. Margaret Colvert Allen stayed in this house during the summers she spent in New Jersey, and it is likely that Sarah McNeely Green also spent time here. Louise Colvert Renwick and Launie Mae Colvert Jones finished high school in Bayonne, and they probably lived on West 16th, too.

(2) 79 West 19th Street (between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue C) — John McNeely, wife Laura and stepdaughter Marie lived here.

(3) 88 Andrew Street (between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue C) — another of John McNeely’s addresses.

(4) 92 Andrew Street (between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue C) — the home of Emma and Irving Houser and children.

(5) 95 Andrew Street (between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue C) — another of the Housers’ addresses.

(6) 392 Avenue C (corner of 17th) — Wallace Temple AME Zion Church, location of funerals of Martha M. McNeely, Wardenur Houser Jones, Henry A. Houser.

(7) 421 Avenue C (between Andrew Street and 18th) — another of the Housers’ addresses.

(8) 454 Avenue C (between 19th and 20th) — the home of Edward McNeely at the time of his death.

(9) 41 West 20th Street (between Avenue C and Broadway) — Friendship Baptist Church, location of John McNeely’s funeral.

(10) 73 Andrew Street (between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Avenue C) — perhaps the first of the Housers’ addresses.

Births Deaths Marriages, North Carolina, Other Documents, Paternal Kin, Photographs

Funeral Program Friday: Bettie Aldridge Saunders.

Betty Cecilia Aldridge Saunders was born in Dudley, Wayne County, North Carolina, the second daughter among John and Ora Bell Mozingo Aldridge‘s 11 children. She died in 1990 and was buried in the cemetery of the church to which Aldridges have belonged since the 1870s.

L. to R.: Horace “Snook” Henderson, Cecilia A. Saunders, William Saunders, Catherine Aldridge Davis, Frances Henderson Taylor, Carrie Lee Henderson Hill, ??, Johnnie “Dink” Henderson, Annabelle Henderson. Dudley NC, 1970s. Snook, Frances and Dink were Cecilia’s first cousins. Their mother, Nora Aldridge Henderson, was a sister of Catherine A. Davis and Cecilia’s father Johnnie Aldridge. Carrie was the Hendersons’ cousin on their father’s side.

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(The first of an occasional spotlight on these funeral staples.)

Births Deaths Marriages, Education, Migration, Military, Newspaper Articles, Other Documents, Paternal Kin, Photographs

Col. Oscar Randall.

There were surely many more veterans than that, I thought, and I started poking around my files, looking for men and women I might have missed. Oscar Randall was a possible World War I veteran, but his draft card cast doubt — he claimed a service exemption on the basis that he was “rejected by recruiting officer.”

Nonetheless, I Googled Randall and was stunned to find that not only did he serve, he led troops in battle in France during World War I, received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in Italy during the Second World War, and achieved the rank of colonel. The most amazing find: two photos of Randall from the Chicago Sun-Times archives for sale on eBay! I ordered them immediately, and they arrived in yesterday’s mail.

The first photo, taken after the First World War, depicts a smooth-faced, heavy-jowled man in officer’s uniform. Its reverse carries a scrap of newspaper article, as well as a note that the photo was copied from a portrait hanging in Randall’s living room.

The second photo, taken in 1982, shows a solemn-faced old man, silver hair swept back from his forehead, his eyes rheumy but mouth set firmly. Light from a window creates a dramatic chiaroscuro. On the back: a slightly longer clipping from the same article, detailing the colonel’s military achievements.

Oscar Randall was born 30 November 1896 in Washington DC, the first of George and Fannie Aldridge Randall‘s children born after their migration from Wayne County, North Carolina. After the War, he returned to college and received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois. (He served as president of Tau chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, while there.) Randall taught mathematics at Chicago’s DuSable High School for many years and also worked as a civil engineer for the city’s sanitation department. In the 1950’s, he served as Chief of the U.S. Military Mission to Liberia, which advised that country’s military on training and defense. He married twice, but had no children.

Oscar Randall died three years after his Chicago Sun-Times interview. He was 88 years old.

A memorial service for Oscar Randall, 88, a civil engineer, will be held at 11 a.m. June 9 in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 3301 S. Wabash Ave. Mr. Randall, of the South Side, died April 8 in Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center. A native of Washington, D.C., Mr. Randall graduated from the University of Illinois and worked for the Chicago Sanitary District for nine years. Mr. Randall also taught mathematics at Du Sable High School. In 1918 he joined the 8th Illinois infantry regiment, one of the nation’s first black-led military units. He also served in World War II. Survivors include his wife, Hilda; a stepdaughter, Vera Levy; two stepgrandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; three sisters; and a brother.

— Chicago Tribune, 23 May 1985.

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[Sidenote: Pete Souza, who photographed Cousin Oscar, is now Chief Official White House photographer for President Barack Obama and Director of the White House Photography Office.]

Migration, Other Documents

How we went North.

Births Deaths Marriages, North Carolina, Other Documents, Paternal Kin, Photographs

Perhaps even the custom.

A Social Note: Miss Florence [sic: should read “Frances”] Ann Henderson married her first cousin, Israel H. Wynn. This relationship was very common in her youth, perhaps even the custom, she believes. Rev. R.B. Johns officiated at her marriage on December 12, 1908 in her parents’ home. Many friends and relatives attended including Val Simmons, Milford and Freddie Carter, Mrs. Eva Kornegay, and Mrs. Tina Hagans. In fact, there were so many guests that the floor of the house gave way under the weight of the people.

— from the souvenir booklet commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First Congregational Church, United States of Christ, Dudley NC, 1870-1970.

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Frances Ann “Frankie” Henderson was the daughter of John H. and Sarah Simmons Henderson. Israel Henderson Wynn was the son of John’s sister Hepsie Henderson and her husband, Washington F. “Frank” Wynn. Marriages among descendants of Wayne County’s free families of color were certainly the custom in the 50 years or so after the Civil War, and cousin marriages (if not first cousin) were concomitantly common.

Copy of photograph in possession of Lisa Y. Henderson.

Births Deaths Marriages, Maternal Kin, Oral History, Photographs

Mildred Wardenur Houser Jones.

Wardenur was a pianist, and played an organ for WOR radio station in Jersey City. In Jersey somewhere. Honey, she was — girl, she could play the piano. And she played this organ, you know, they would have plays and have organ music, and she did that for them. She could play. And when I was up there one time, I went with her to take her piano lessons, and the lady said, ah, “What – you do play the piano or organ?” I said, “No, ma’am, I don’t….” Look like she looked at me like she thought I was about the worst she had ever seen. [Laughs.] And her father made her take piano lessons. And the teacher graded her, and if she got anything below a B, her father would punish her severely. But, honey, she could play a piano and organ. She was good.

But she took TB and died.

She was lovely — Wardenur. She was about 15 here, palling about with my grandmother, her older cousin, vying for the attention of the college boys mooning about them that summer in Bayonne.

New York Age, 21 June 1930.

Wardenur graduated from the Lee Music School a couple of summers later and in February 1931 finished Bayonne High School. A few years after that, her elopement was reported in the Age.

New York Age, 16 March 1935.

Happy times did not last long. Wardenur contracted tuberculosis, the disease that had killed her aunt Elethea and beloved cousin Jay, and spent her last months in a sanatorium. A short notice appeared in the 20 September 1941 issue of the Bayonne Times:

JONES – Mildred (nee Houser), of 421 Avenue C, on September 18, 1941, devoted wife of Willard Jones and beloved daughter of Irving and Emma Houser and sister of Henry and Irving Houser Jr. Reposing at Wallace Temple A.M.E. Zion Church from 9 p.m. Sunday until funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday, September 22. “Murray’s Service.”

She was 28.

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P.S. The taskmaster piano teacher was probably the inimitable Miss L.A. Lee of 100 Kearney Avenue, Jersey City, who, according to the Age, opened her well-regarded music school in 1907.

Births Deaths Marriages, North Carolina, Photographs

Family cemeteries, no. 1: Matthew Aldridge family.

A low brick wall, crumbling on its back edge, outlines the plot in Elmwood cemetery that holds the remains of Matthew W. Aldridge and his family. Elmwood, Goldsboro’s African-American cemetery, is easily overlooked by cars whizzing down US 117 Bypass South. A tree-shrouded branch divides a newer section from an older one behind, and it is in the latter that the Aldridge graves can be found.

Matthew W. Aldridge is here, and perhaps his wife, Fannie Kennedy Aldridge, though no stone for her is apparent. His marker is at the bottom right corner of the photo above.

Few other graves in the enclosure are marked, though one memorializes one of the eight of Matthew and Fannie Aldridge’s children that died in childhood. Only three daughters — Daisy Aldridge Williams, Fannie Aldridge Randolph, and Mamie Aldridge Abrams Rochelle — reached adulthood. Daisy, her husband Clarence and daughter Daszelle Williams are buried elsewhere in Elmwood.

Photos taken by Lisa Y. Henderson, March 2013.

Maternal Kin, Paternal Kin, Vocation

Where we worked: cafes, restaurants & eating houses.

Larry Artis, Norfolk VA – butcher, 1897.

Lloyd Artis, Norfolk VA –baker, 1897.

Celebus Thompson, Goldsboro NC — restaurant keeper, circa 1913.

Columbus E. Artis, Wilson NC — operated an “eating house” at 214 Goldsboro Street, circa 1912; proprietor of The Delicatessen, circa 1922.

Milford E. Carter — husband of Beulah Aldridge Carter; chef at the Lincoln Inn, Coatesville PA, circa 1917; New Britain CT, chef, circa 1924; Queens NY, restaurant chef, 1930s-1960s.

Tilithia Brewington King Goldbold Dabney, Norfolk VA — owned and operated Strand Cafe, 426 Brambleton Avenue, as early as 1920.

Mike Taylor, Wilson NC – cook, café (probably his son-in-law’s), circa 1920.

William I. Barnes, Wilson NC – husband of Madie Taylor Barnes; owned and operated café, circa 1920.

Barbara Brewington, Brooklyn NY — wife of Elijah Brewington; worked in a “tea room” circa 1930.

Luther McNeely, Bayonne NJ — restaurant chef, circa 1930.

J. Maxwell Allen, Washington DC — waiter in restaurant, circa 1930.

William J. Murdock, Statesville NC – husband of Bertha Hart Murdock; caterer, owned and operated Bill Bailey’s Steakhouse, 1930s-1944.

Bertha Hart Murdock, Statesville NC – managed husband’s restaurant/roadhouse, 1930s-1940.

Allen Aldridge, Goldsboro NC — Central Cafe, Center Street, circa 1940s.

Milford Aldridge, Goldsboro NC – Central Café, Center Street, circa 1940s.

Adam H. Artis – restaurant cook, 1960s.

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The first in an occasional series exploring the ways in which my kinfolk made their livings in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Births Deaths Marriages, Maternal Kin, Newspaper Articles, North Carolina, Oral History, Vocation

Bill Bailey’s life and times.

My grandmother did not mince words when it came to her aunt’s husband. William James “Bill Bailey” Murdock was “trashy.” “We couldn’t stand him,” she said. “He did everything illegal and got away with it.” I laughed, and thought, “Oh, Grandma. Really?”

Well, yes.

Consider this:

Statesville Landmark, 14 July 1903.

He was born William Bailey in Iredell County, the son of Lela Bailey, black, and John T. Murdock, white, both teenagers. His stepfather was Floyd Murdock, and he eventually adopted the surname, but he was known as “Bill Bailey” all his infamous life. His mother was a cook, and it is likely that he gained his culinary skills at her side. In 1920, he lived on Washington Street in Statesville’s Rabbit Town section with Lela and his first wife Hattie, biding his time as a flour mill laborer.

Two years later, Bill and his roadhouse merited their first in a long line of write-ups in the local newspaper:

Statesville Landmark, 27 November 1922.

Three months later, in March 1923, Ethel Wallace was arrested for shooting her husband — and the husband of her husband’s girlfriend — at Bill Bailey’s Emporium. Before this matter was even tried, Bill himself was arraigned on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon against Howard Houston. It didn’t stick. In February 1924, however, Bill plead guilty to bootlegging, was fined $50 and given two years’ probation. In January 1926, he was arrested for bootlegging again.

In December 1927, Bill was acquitted of assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of “a colored girl” named Veola Knox and of transporting and possessing liquor, but fined $50 for assaulting Jim Moore. Two years later, on the day after Christmas, someone “severely carved up” Alfred Hough, slashed his jugular, outside Bill Bailey’s.

In July 1931, Bill was charged with manufacturing and possessing “home brew” — a barrel and 18 cases worth — on his premises just beyond the southern Statesville city limits. In November 1932, Crawford Scott was shot in the shoulder just passing by the place. In 1934, three men were arrested for liquor possession at Bill Bailey’s, and 1936 brought this:

Statesville Landmark, 1 October 1936.

Nothing stuck. As the Depression wound down and the War picked up, Bill Bailey’s reputation shifted from gutbucket to speakeasy to wholesome purveyor of steaks and libations to Statesville’s white middle class. Shootings and cuttings disappeared from the pages of the Landmark to be replaced by jovial accounts of “delightful fried chicken suppers” at Bill’s “popular resort,” enjoyed by society ladies, sportsmen, company men, and civic boosters alike.

The bonhomie slammed to a halt on the night of March 28, 1944, when Bertha Hart “Aunt Bert” Murdock shot James Warren, a white serviceman out to celebrate leave with a juicy steak. My mother’s cousin N. asserts that Bill and Bert thought that their clientele, not to mention his father’s relatives — who’d kept Bill out of prison during Prohibition and rewarded his good cooking with steady patronage — would stand by them. It did not happen. The place shut down, and just over a year after wife’s conviction, Bill Bailey was dead.

Statesville Landmark, 6 December 1945.

Maternal Kin, Military, Paternal Kin

In honor and recognition.

John C. Allen Jr., U.S. Army, circa 1943.

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In honor of my family’s veterans, living and dead.

Paternal

ALDRIDGE, ANTHONY, SR., Army

ALDRIDGE, BLANCHARD K. (1894-1965), Pvt., 78 PROV OP MG TNG CTR, World War I

ALDRIDGE, EDISON M. (1934-1922), Army

ALDRIDGE, FITZGERALD W. (1917-1962), World War II

ALDRIDGE, FREEMAN L., SR. (1932-2008), Cpl., Army, Korean War

ALDRIDGE, GEORGE M. (1919-1995), Army

ALDRIDGE, JAMES E. (1919-1975)

ALDRIDGE [ALDRICH], Dr. JAMES T. (1886-1968), Army Medical Corps, World War I

ALDRIDGE, JOSEPH E. (1915-1988), S.Sgt., Army, World War II

ALDRIDGE, QUINTIN, Army

ALDRIDGE, RICHARD B. (1939-2013), Air Force

ARMSTRONG, HARVEY G., Army, Vietnam War

ARMSTRONG, IVEY L. (-2013), Army, Vietnam War

ARMSTRONG, JACKIE R., SR., Army, Vietnam War

ARTIS, ADAM H. (1920-1963), World War II

ARTIS, ADAM T., III (1911-2000), Pvt., Army, World War II

ARTIS, COLUMBUS E., II, Corp., Army, World War II

ARTIS, DANIEL (1841-??), Co. G, 14th US Colored Heavy Artillery, Civil War

ARTIS, FREDERICK J. (1890-1954), World War I

ARTIS, GEORGE R. (1931-2011), Sgt., Army

ARTIS, JESSE L. (1919-1960), TEC5, Army, World War II

ARTIS, LAMONT D. (1952-1972), Air Force, Vietnam War

ASHFORD, PAUL, Army, Vietnam War

BARFIELD, BRIGETTE, Sgt., Air Force

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BARFIELD, JOHN, Army

BARFIELD, JOSEPH F. (1933-2014), Army

BARFIELD, RICHARD J., Army

BARFIELD, RICHARD M. (-2021), Air Force

BARNES, BENSON N., Cpl. (1921-2004), Army, World War II

BARNES, BENSON N., JR., Air Force

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BARNES, CARLTON, Navy

BARNES, Dr. LEROY T., Capt., Army Medical Corps, World War II

BARNES, NED R. (1924-2002), T5, Army, World War II

BARNES, SYLVESTER (1893-1936), Army, World War I

BEASLEY, RONALD K., Army

BOSTICK, CODEY, Air Force

BRASWELL, DAVID N., Army

BRASWELL, IRA III, Marines

BRASWELL, KEITH, Army

BRASWELL, RANDOLPH (1923-1989), PFC, Army, World War II

BROWN, NATHANIEL (1921-2004), Tec 5, Army, World War II

CARTER, CLARENCE M. (1927-2005), CMSgt, Army, Air Force

CARTER, M. ELMER, JR., PFC, 184th MP Company, Army, World War II

CLAIBORNE, CLAY T., JR., Vietnam War

CLAIBORNE, MACY ALDRIDGE (1923-1999), Women’s Army Corps, World War II

COOPER, JAMES W., Army, World War I

COOPER, WILLARD M. (1925-2006), Army, World War II

DARDEN, DAVIS C., SR., Navy

DAVIS, GEORGE E. (1921-1964), SSgt, 578th Field Artillery, World War II

DAVIS, DAVID (1939-2022), Navy

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DAVIS, STATON JR., Major, (1935-2018), Air Force

DAVIS, THOMAS, Col., West Point, Army, Vietnam

DePUY, CRAIG, Army, Iraq

DERICOTTE, Dr. EUGENE (1926-), Army, Tuskegee Airmen, Vietnam

DILLARD, TYRONE, Marines, Iraq

DIVERS, WAYNE A., Navy

DIVERS, PATRICK, SR., Air Force

DIVERS, PATRICK, JR., Army

DRAINES, ANTOINE, Capt., Air Force

ELLIS, T. ROOSEVELT, JR. (1934-2010), Navy

ENNIS, EARL E., Army, World War II

FOSTER, DEE, Army

GILLIAM, ALYSHA, Army

GOSS BURCHETT, BRANDI N., Army

GUESS, JAMES, JR. (1923-1955), Cpl., Co. A, 529th QM (Ser) Bn., Army, EAMET Cam., World War II, recipient of 15 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal

HAGENS, CH’REE, S.Sgt., Marines

HALL, LOUIS, SR. (1920-1997), Cpl., Army Air Corps, World War II

HALL, LOUIS, JR., Sgt., Air Force, Vietnam War

HALL, MARY BRADLEY, Major, Army

HALL, R. ANDREW, SR., 1st Sgt., Army, Vietnam War

HALL, R. ANDREW, JR., Lt. Cpl., Marines

HANEY, JOHN E. (1949-1993), Sgt., Army, Vietnam War

HARDY, LARRY, Navy

HARGROVE, ELLIS RAY (1933-2018), Army

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HARRIS, BENJAMIN A., SR. (1894-1955), Sgt., Army, World War I

HARRIS, BENJAMIN A., JR. (1935-1981), Army

HENDERSON, DEMPSEY L. (1927-2003), Navy, World War II & Korean War, recipient of three-star Pacific Theater Ribbon, American Theater Ribbon, Victory Medal, Purple Heart, and one-star Philippine Liberation Ribbon

HENDERSON, FREDERICK V., Army

HENDERSON, HAL F., SR., Army

HENDERSON, HORACE B., SR. (1923-1984), Army

HENDERSON, HORACE B., JR., Army

HENDERSON, IRA J. (1911-1984)

HENDERSON, JAMES H. (1906-1947)

HENDERSON, JAMES I. (1922-1966)

HENDERSON, JANEE, Army

HENDERSON, JAZELL W., SR. (1924-2004), World War II

HENDERSON, JAZELL W., JR., Army

HENDERSON, JESSE A., SR. (1929-2005), Army, Korean War

HENDERSON, JESSE A., JR. (1952-1979), Army, Vietnam War

HENDERSON, JOHNNY D. (1925-1992), Navy, World War II

HENDERSON, LUCIAN J., SR. (1926-2003), Army

HENDERSON, LUCIAN J., JR., Army, Vietnam War

HENDERSON, MICHAEL D., Army

HENDERSON, REDERICK C. (1934-2022), Air Force

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HENDERSON, TERRELL A., SR., Army

HENDERSON, WILLIAM H. (1902-1974)

HILL, ELLIOTT W., Marines

HILL, JAMES W., Army

HILL, WILLIAM G., Marines

HINES, ALVIS H., World War II

HOLLOWAY, ASA L. (1942-2013) SP4, Army, Vietnam War

HOLT, JOHN J. (1923-2016), Army, World War II

HOLT, J. DENNIS (1951-1973), Navy

HOWARD, CHARLES L., Army, Vietnam War

HOWARD, LAQUITA, Army

HUTCHINSON, ELLSWORTH W., JR., Army

JOHNSON, SHOMA, Army

KEITH, ANDREW, Navy, World War II

KENNEY, DARRELL J., Navy

KNOX, ROBERT (1923-1996), Army, World War II

LATTIMER, PAUL, Army

LEWIS, TERENCE, Lt. Col., Army

LEWIS, URBAN, War of 1812

LINDENMUTH, COURTNEY ROYAL, Air Force

LLERENA, YANOXY, Army

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MANUEL, WILLIAM, SMSgt., Air Force

MARTIN, LEWIS H., Co. I, 62 Georgia Cavalry, 8 Georgia Cavalry, Confederate Army, Civil War

MUHAMMAD, PATRICIA SMITH, Army

MUSGRAVE, YANCY O., JR. (1946-2010), Army, Vietnam War

NEWSOME, OLLEY V. (1920-1999), 1st Sgt., Army Air Forces, World War II

PARKER, ALBERT T., JR., Air Force

PARKER, DAVID L., Air Force

PEARSON, GLENN, Army

PEARSON, SHERMAN, Army

PERKINS, MAURICE N., Army

PERKINS, WILLIE, Army, World War II

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POUNDS, PATRYCE M., Army, Afghanistan

POUNDS, SHALIA N., Army

RANDALL, OSCAR (1896-1985), Col., Army, World War I, World War II

RANDALL, ROBERT S. (1915-1992), World War II

RANDOLPH, ELISHA B. (1879-1940), Fireman 1st cl., Navy

REAVES, JIMMIE R. (1890-1962), Army, World War I

REID, ALLEN T. (1919-1949), TEC5, Army, World War II

REID, BRODIE (1893-1942), World War I

REID, COUNCIL, Pvt., Army, World War I

REID, HADY (1919-2000), Army, World War II

ROBERTS, ERSKINE W. (1945-2013), Air Force

ROCHELLE, VIRGIL, World War II

ROYAL, GILBERT D., Air Force

ROYAL, WILBERT B., Army

SHERROD, ELMER L., Army

SIMMONS, GEORGE G. (1895-1962), World War I

SIMMONS, HILLARY B., II (1926-2010), Navy, World War II

SUTTON, ROSS M., Sr. (1935-2013), Army, Korea

TANKSLEY, VIENARY ARTIS, M.Sgt., Army

TATE, CHRISTOPHER, Navy

WARD, Dr. JOSEPH H. (1870-1957), Major, Army Medical Corps, World War I

WARD, KERRY L., Navy

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WARD, LINWOOD R., Vietnam War

WARD, MORRIS, Navy, Vietnam War

WARD, WANDA A., Army

WATERS, FREDERICK C., Army

WILSON, MAURICE, Army

WILSON, SUMMER, Navy

WOODS, FARRAH M., Army, Iraq

WRIGHT, ANTHONY, Capt., Navy

WYNN, ANTHONY D., Army

WYNN, DANZIE J. (1895-1918), Army, World War I

WYNN, GEORGE E. (1941-1987), Army

WYNN, ISRAEL H. (1892-1967), World War I

WYNN, REGINALD D., Army

Maternal

ALLEN, CHARLES C., Capt. (1935-2017), Army

ALLEN, EDWARD N., Pvt., 153 DEPOT BRIG, Army, World War I

ALLEN, JOHN C., JR. (1906-1948), Pvt., Army, World War II

ALLEN, JOHN C., III, Army

ALLEN, WILLIAM J., S.Sgt., Army, World War II

ALLISON, THOMAS, French & Indian War

BRADSHAW, WILLIAM (1894-1944), Pvt., Co I 365 Infantry, Army, World War I

BRADSHAW, WILLIAM C. (1921-1988), Cpl., Army, World War II

CHRISTIAN, CAREY E., Sgt., Army

CHRISTIAN, MARION A. (1932-2011), Women of the Air Force, Korean War

CLEMONS, J. BRISTOL, Navy, World War II

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COLVERT, GEORGE R. (1917-1959)

GIBBS, QUADARIS, Army

HOUSER, GARY, Army

HOUSER, IRVING, JR. (1920-2001), Navy, World War II

HOUSER-GREEN, KEISHA, Army

HOUSER, MELROY, SR., Army

HOUSER, MELROY, JR., Army

HOUSER, MICHAEL, SR., Navy

HOUSER, SHANICE, Navy

JAMES, CHARLES W., JR. (1917-2002), Navy, World War II

C James

JAMES, EDWARD R., III, Navy

JAMES, GARY A., SR., Army

JAMES, SHELTON H. (1919-1973), Pvt., Army, World War II

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JAMES, WILLIS H., Navy, World War II

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Le BON, IMANI, Army

LOMANS, GILLESPIE G., Army, World War I

McCONNAUGHEY, JAMES W., World War II

McNEELY, EDWARD M., Army, World War I

McNEELY, JOHN (1873-1947), CO G 3 NC INF, Army, Spanish-American War

McNEELY, WILLIAM LUTHER (1875-~1945), CO G 3 NC INF, Army, Spanish-American War

MEYERS, MARCELLUS W. (1909-1973), Navy

MILLER, GOLER L., Pvt., Army, World War I

NICHOLSON, JOHN S., Revolutionary War

RAMSEUR, E. CHAUNCY, Navy

RAMSEUR, STEVEN R., Army, Vietnam War

RENWICK, CHRISTOPHER C., Petty Officer 1st Class, Navy

RENWICK, DONALD, S.Sgt., Army, Korean War

RENWICK, HAYDEN B. (1935-2009), Army

RENWICK, ROY E., SR. (1938-2010), Air Force

SAWYER, SHAWN S., Army

STOCKTON, ALONZO P. (1917-1982), T/5, Army, World War II

STOCKTON, EUGENE A., JR. (1924-2016), Marines, World War II

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