Name spelled Gradie on birth record.
Son of Jesse Ross Breece and Sallie Matt (Downey) Breece.
Graduate of University of TN, Knoxville.
Married Charlena Bingham, abt 1925, Knoxville, TN. They then moved to Chattanooga, TN where he was a draftsman for Converse Steel. During the depression they spent a year on a rented farm in Wartburg, TN, but he soon found a job opening in New Orleans, LA with Laughlin Steel Corp.
He died June 25 1958,at age 55, in Chicago IL, suddenly, while at work for Construction Aggregates. He had worked up to become a Vice -president of McWilliams Dredging Co. of New Orleans with the title of Naval Archetect. He began as a simple draftsman.
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Siblings: Elmer T. 'Bug' Breece (1907-1983), and Evangeline Breece (22 Aug 1915-23 Aug 1915).
Son of Jesse Ross Breece and Sallie Matt (Downey) Breece.
Graduate of University of TN, Knoxville.
Married Charlena Bingham, abt 1925, Knoxville, TN. They then moved to Chattanooga, TN where he was a draftsman for Converse Steel. During the depression they spent a year on a rented farm in Wartburg, TN, but he soon found a job opening in New Orleans, LA with Laughlin Steel Corp.
He died June 25 1958,at age 55, in Chicago IL, suddenly, while at work for Construction Aggregates. He had worked up to become a Vice -president of McWilliams Dredging Co. of New Orleans with the title of Naval Archetect. He began as a simple draftsman.
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Siblings: Elmer T. 'Bug' Breece (1907-1983), and Evangeline Breece (22 Aug 1915-23 Aug 1915).
Name spelled Gradie on birth record.
Son of Jesse Ross Breece and Sallie Matt (Downey) Breece.
Graduate of University of TN, Knoxville.
Married Charlena Bingham, abt 1925, Knoxville, TN. They then moved to Chattanooga, TN where he was a draftsman for Converse Steel. During the depression they spent a year on a rented farm in Wartburg, TN, but he soon found a job opening in New Orleans, LA with Laughlin Steel Corp.
He died June 25 1958,at age 55, in Chicago IL, suddenly, while at work for Construction Aggregates. He had worked up to become a Vice -president of McWilliams Dredging Co. of New Orleans with the title of Naval Archetect. He began as a simple draftsman.
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Siblings: Elmer T. 'Bug' Breece (1907-1983), and Evangeline Breece (22 Aug 1915-23 Aug 1915).
Son of Jesse Ross Breece and Sallie Matt (Downey) Breece.
Graduate of University of TN, Knoxville.
Married Charlena Bingham, abt 1925, Knoxville, TN. They then moved to Chattanooga, TN where he was a draftsman for Converse Steel. During the depression they spent a year on a rented farm in Wartburg, TN, but he soon found a job opening in New Orleans, LA with Laughlin Steel Corp.
He died June 25 1958,at age 55, in Chicago IL, suddenly, while at work for Construction Aggregates. He had worked up to become a Vice -president of McWilliams Dredging Co. of New Orleans with the title of Naval Archetect. He began as a simple draftsman.
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Siblings: Elmer T. 'Bug' Breece (1907-1983), and Evangeline Breece (22 Aug 1915-23 Aug 1915).
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