Born in the forgotten community of Grubtown, just a few miles from Pangburn.
Taken from his book, "Growing Up In the Depression Ozarks":
http://www.argenweb.net/white/resources/McCourtbook_files/McCourtbook.htm, prepared for the Internet by the White County Historical Society.
About the Author:
I was born September 4, 1920, three and a half miles east of Pangburn. My mother Bertha Doss McCourt (8-17-1892 to 1-4-1972) was born between Sidon and Rose Bud. My dad Eugene McCourt (7-20-1891 to 11-27-1961) was born in Pangburn two hundred yards north of the city limits and about a hundred yards west of the Hiram Road. They are buried in the Henderson Cemetery at Pangburn. They had eight children. Four died young and the rest are my brothers Cecil and Carl Ray, sister Bonnie Jean, and myself.
I was called "R. C." growing up but later the government wanted a full name so we sent in Robert Clinton. Also I was called "Arkie," "Slim," and "Mac," and a couple of other names I won't mention. I went 12 years to Pangburn schools. I attended Grubtown rural school two months.
I loved baseball and played it from age 10 on, playing three years on the American Legion Junior Team. In 1937 we won district and played in the state tournament in Fort Smith. After finishing high school in 1938, I played that summer with the Beebe NYA team. I played with the CCC Camp Willard team in 1939; and, after winning the Box Elder League, we played in the state semi-pro tournament in Brigham City, Utah. At this time there were 1,520 camps with some 300,000 boys across the country. I was one of 20 boys voted "All American" in CCC baseball that year, a good honor that was appreciated.
Next, I worked in war defense work in California until going into the military. I married Iuka Taylor of Heber Springs on December 27, 1941, in Las Vegas. I took basic training at Camp Hood, Texas. I was separated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
I received a B.A. from Harding University in 1950. I taught a while and then worked some in sales for a Chevrolet dealer in Gladewater, Texas. I entered the Postal Service in 1956 and retired with 29 years service in 1983.
We lived in Gladewater 37 years and my wife was head city librarian for 17 years. I served as a deacon and as an elder in the church there for 10 years. We retired and moved to Searcy in October 1988. My wife died December 21, 1998.
We have Diane (Mrs. Ed Fortner), born on July 20, 1945, who is a librarian at the University of California. Myra Jane (Mrs. Jay Shock), born in 1950, is a librarian at Central Arkansas Christian Schools in North Little Rock. I have two grandsons, Steven E. F. Brown, teaches high school English at Drew College Preparatory School in San Francisco and Jacob Shock, and one granddaughter Sara Shock.
NOTE: See Steven Brown's short story about his grandfather at http://www.argenweb.net/white/wchs/Names.htm
Taken from his book, "Growing Up In the Depression Ozarks":
http://www.argenweb.net/white/resources/McCourtbook_files/McCourtbook.htm, prepared for the Internet by the White County Historical Society.
About the Author:
I was born September 4, 1920, three and a half miles east of Pangburn. My mother Bertha Doss McCourt (8-17-1892 to 1-4-1972) was born between Sidon and Rose Bud. My dad Eugene McCourt (7-20-1891 to 11-27-1961) was born in Pangburn two hundred yards north of the city limits and about a hundred yards west of the Hiram Road. They are buried in the Henderson Cemetery at Pangburn. They had eight children. Four died young and the rest are my brothers Cecil and Carl Ray, sister Bonnie Jean, and myself.
I was called "R. C." growing up but later the government wanted a full name so we sent in Robert Clinton. Also I was called "Arkie," "Slim," and "Mac," and a couple of other names I won't mention. I went 12 years to Pangburn schools. I attended Grubtown rural school two months.
I loved baseball and played it from age 10 on, playing three years on the American Legion Junior Team. In 1937 we won district and played in the state tournament in Fort Smith. After finishing high school in 1938, I played that summer with the Beebe NYA team. I played with the CCC Camp Willard team in 1939; and, after winning the Box Elder League, we played in the state semi-pro tournament in Brigham City, Utah. At this time there were 1,520 camps with some 300,000 boys across the country. I was one of 20 boys voted "All American" in CCC baseball that year, a good honor that was appreciated.
Next, I worked in war defense work in California until going into the military. I married Iuka Taylor of Heber Springs on December 27, 1941, in Las Vegas. I took basic training at Camp Hood, Texas. I was separated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
I received a B.A. from Harding University in 1950. I taught a while and then worked some in sales for a Chevrolet dealer in Gladewater, Texas. I entered the Postal Service in 1956 and retired with 29 years service in 1983.
We lived in Gladewater 37 years and my wife was head city librarian for 17 years. I served as a deacon and as an elder in the church there for 10 years. We retired and moved to Searcy in October 1988. My wife died December 21, 1998.
We have Diane (Mrs. Ed Fortner), born on July 20, 1945, who is a librarian at the University of California. Myra Jane (Mrs. Jay Shock), born in 1950, is a librarian at Central Arkansas Christian Schools in North Little Rock. I have two grandsons, Steven E. F. Brown, teaches high school English at Drew College Preparatory School in San Francisco and Jacob Shock, and one granddaughter Sara Shock.
NOTE: See Steven Brown's short story about his grandfather at http://www.argenweb.net/white/wchs/Names.htm
Born in the forgotten community of Grubtown, just a few miles from Pangburn.
Taken from his book, "Growing Up In the Depression Ozarks":
http://www.argenweb.net/white/resources/McCourtbook_files/McCourtbook.htm, prepared for the Internet by the White County Historical Society.
About the Author:
I was born September 4, 1920, three and a half miles east of Pangburn. My mother Bertha Doss McCourt (8-17-1892 to 1-4-1972) was born between Sidon and Rose Bud. My dad Eugene McCourt (7-20-1891 to 11-27-1961) was born in Pangburn two hundred yards north of the city limits and about a hundred yards west of the Hiram Road. They are buried in the Henderson Cemetery at Pangburn. They had eight children. Four died young and the rest are my brothers Cecil and Carl Ray, sister Bonnie Jean, and myself.
I was called "R. C." growing up but later the government wanted a full name so we sent in Robert Clinton. Also I was called "Arkie," "Slim," and "Mac," and a couple of other names I won't mention. I went 12 years to Pangburn schools. I attended Grubtown rural school two months.
I loved baseball and played it from age 10 on, playing three years on the American Legion Junior Team. In 1937 we won district and played in the state tournament in Fort Smith. After finishing high school in 1938, I played that summer with the Beebe NYA team. I played with the CCC Camp Willard team in 1939; and, after winning the Box Elder League, we played in the state semi-pro tournament in Brigham City, Utah. At this time there were 1,520 camps with some 300,000 boys across the country. I was one of 20 boys voted "All American" in CCC baseball that year, a good honor that was appreciated.
Next, I worked in war defense work in California until going into the military. I married Iuka Taylor of Heber Springs on December 27, 1941, in Las Vegas. I took basic training at Camp Hood, Texas. I was separated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
I received a B.A. from Harding University in 1950. I taught a while and then worked some in sales for a Chevrolet dealer in Gladewater, Texas. I entered the Postal Service in 1956 and retired with 29 years service in 1983.
We lived in Gladewater 37 years and my wife was head city librarian for 17 years. I served as a deacon and as an elder in the church there for 10 years. We retired and moved to Searcy in October 1988. My wife died December 21, 1998.
We have Diane (Mrs. Ed Fortner), born on July 20, 1945, who is a librarian at the University of California. Myra Jane (Mrs. Jay Shock), born in 1950, is a librarian at Central Arkansas Christian Schools in North Little Rock. I have two grandsons, Steven E. F. Brown, teaches high school English at Drew College Preparatory School in San Francisco and Jacob Shock, and one granddaughter Sara Shock.
NOTE: See Steven Brown's short story about his grandfather at http://www.argenweb.net/white/wchs/Names.htm
Taken from his book, "Growing Up In the Depression Ozarks":
http://www.argenweb.net/white/resources/McCourtbook_files/McCourtbook.htm, prepared for the Internet by the White County Historical Society.
About the Author:
I was born September 4, 1920, three and a half miles east of Pangburn. My mother Bertha Doss McCourt (8-17-1892 to 1-4-1972) was born between Sidon and Rose Bud. My dad Eugene McCourt (7-20-1891 to 11-27-1961) was born in Pangburn two hundred yards north of the city limits and about a hundred yards west of the Hiram Road. They are buried in the Henderson Cemetery at Pangburn. They had eight children. Four died young and the rest are my brothers Cecil and Carl Ray, sister Bonnie Jean, and myself.
I was called "R. C." growing up but later the government wanted a full name so we sent in Robert Clinton. Also I was called "Arkie," "Slim," and "Mac," and a couple of other names I won't mention. I went 12 years to Pangburn schools. I attended Grubtown rural school two months.
I loved baseball and played it from age 10 on, playing three years on the American Legion Junior Team. In 1937 we won district and played in the state tournament in Fort Smith. After finishing high school in 1938, I played that summer with the Beebe NYA team. I played with the CCC Camp Willard team in 1939; and, after winning the Box Elder League, we played in the state semi-pro tournament in Brigham City, Utah. At this time there were 1,520 camps with some 300,000 boys across the country. I was one of 20 boys voted "All American" in CCC baseball that year, a good honor that was appreciated.
Next, I worked in war defense work in California until going into the military. I married Iuka Taylor of Heber Springs on December 27, 1941, in Las Vegas. I took basic training at Camp Hood, Texas. I was separated at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
I received a B.A. from Harding University in 1950. I taught a while and then worked some in sales for a Chevrolet dealer in Gladewater, Texas. I entered the Postal Service in 1956 and retired with 29 years service in 1983.
We lived in Gladewater 37 years and my wife was head city librarian for 17 years. I served as a deacon and as an elder in the church there for 10 years. We retired and moved to Searcy in October 1988. My wife died December 21, 1998.
We have Diane (Mrs. Ed Fortner), born on July 20, 1945, who is a librarian at the University of California. Myra Jane (Mrs. Jay Shock), born in 1950, is a librarian at Central Arkansas Christian Schools in North Little Rock. I have two grandsons, Steven E. F. Brown, teaches high school English at Drew College Preparatory School in San Francisco and Jacob Shock, and one granddaughter Sara Shock.
NOTE: See Steven Brown's short story about his grandfather at http://www.argenweb.net/white/wchs/Names.htm
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