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Willie Madison “Bill” Broom

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Willie Madison “Bill” Broom

Birth
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Death
22 Nov 1986 (aged 77)
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B
Memorial ID
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Willie Madison Broom was the son of Rosa Lee Jane Hargette and Hiram Ellis Broom.

Bill married in Goldsboro, NC, about 1950/51, Hazel Gertrude Smith, daughter of Quincy Adams Smith and Mamie Irene Croom.

Bill completed one year of college and then served in the Army Air Force in World War Two. (Enlisted from Wayne County, NC, at Fort Bragg, NC, June 13, 1942). He was a Corporal in C Company, 30th Division, at La Junta, Colorado, in April, 1945.

Bill became a partner in the Carr Spring Company, Goldsboro, with his brothers Otis and Glenn. He was a partner with his brother Glenn in the Broom Motor Company, Goldsboro, a dealership for Jeep, Henry J., and Nash, which included a used car lot and garage.

In the mid-1960s, he was a partner in the fish market that opened on the site of the Broom Motor Company.

They had two children.
Willie Madison Broom was the son of Rosa Lee Jane Hargette and Hiram Ellis Broom.

Bill married in Goldsboro, NC, about 1950/51, Hazel Gertrude Smith, daughter of Quincy Adams Smith and Mamie Irene Croom.

Bill completed one year of college and then served in the Army Air Force in World War Two. (Enlisted from Wayne County, NC, at Fort Bragg, NC, June 13, 1942). He was a Corporal in C Company, 30th Division, at La Junta, Colorado, in April, 1945.

Bill became a partner in the Carr Spring Company, Goldsboro, with his brothers Otis and Glenn. He was a partner with his brother Glenn in the Broom Motor Company, Goldsboro, a dealership for Jeep, Henry J., and Nash, which included a used car lot and garage.

In the mid-1960s, he was a partner in the fish market that opened on the site of the Broom Motor Company.

They had two children.


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  • Created by: Jim Dugan Relative Great-aunt/uncle
  • Added: Nov 6, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44015628/willie_madison-broom: accessed ), memorial page for Willie Madison “Bill” Broom (13 Feb 1909–22 Nov 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44015628, citing Westview Cemetery, Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jim Dugan (contributor 47026362).