VETERAN, US ARMY, WWII
Bill was the third of William Lee and Ada May (Comstock) Moody's seven surviving children. A country boy, he was born on the family farm near Post Oak, in Jack County, Texas, and raised there and on the farm near Jermyn, also in Jack county until the family moved to Mineral Wells in early 1923, following his father's death.
Bill was an outgoing, active young man, dedicated to his family - he helped his older brother James Hayden support their mother and younger siblings, and enjoying a wide circle of friends. He worked as a mechanic and a tile setter, and was a Golden Gloves boxer. A good looking young man, Bill had his share of girlfriends, but never found a lady he felt he could settle down with.
Like so many, when the US entered WWII, Bill enlisted. He was severely wounded in Northern France in 1944, receiving wounds in the head and left leg. The Army doctors saved his leg and put a steel plate in his head, and sent him home on 100% disability. Bill tried to hold down a job despite the disabilities, at a service station, and in his old job as a tile setter, but he had brain damage. Unable to do the things he once had done, the brain damage was perhaps also accompanied by "shell shock", as PTSD was called then, for he was paranoid as well as depressed, things he had been very far from before the war. His family and old friends were there for him, but there was little they knew to do and his depression and paranoia grew worse. On May 3rd, 1952, for reasons that will always be unclear, Bill walked into the police station in Mineral Wells and slit his own throat.
Bill never married and left no direct descendents. He was survived by his mother, brothers James Hayden, C.B., and Jeff, and sisters Essie, Peggy, and Ora, as well as nephews, a niece, and numerous cousins. Bill was my mother Ora's favorite brother, and although I never knew him, being born after his death, I heard her speak of him often. She and the rest remembered him as the vibrant fellow he had once been, and mourned him deeply.
A million thanks to Malinda for locating Uncle Bill's grave, and to Larry and Cousin Donna for their help! Their kindness is most appreciated!
Bill was the third of William Lee and Ada May (Comstock) Moody's seven surviving children. A country boy, he was born on the family farm near Post Oak, in Jack County, Texas, and raised there and on the farm near Jermyn, also in Jack county until the family moved to Mineral Wells in early 1923, following his father's death.
Bill was an outgoing, active young man, dedicated to his family - he helped his older brother James Hayden support their mother and younger siblings, and enjoying a wide circle of friends. He worked as a mechanic and a tile setter, and was a Golden Gloves boxer. A good looking young man, Bill had his share of girlfriends, but never found a lady he felt he could settle down with.
Like so many, when the US entered WWII, Bill enlisted. He was severely wounded in Northern France in 1944, receiving wounds in the head and left leg. The Army doctors saved his leg and put a steel plate in his head, and sent him home on 100% disability. Bill tried to hold down a job despite the disabilities, at a service station, and in his old job as a tile setter, but he had brain damage. Unable to do the things he once had done, the brain damage was perhaps also accompanied by "shell shock", as PTSD was called then, for he was paranoid as well as depressed, things he had been very far from before the war. His family and old friends were there for him, but there was little they knew to do and his depression and paranoia grew worse. On May 3rd, 1952, for reasons that will always be unclear, Bill walked into the police station in Mineral Wells and slit his own throat.
Bill never married and left no direct descendents. He was survived by his mother, brothers James Hayden, C.B., and Jeff, and sisters Essie, Peggy, and Ora, as well as nephews, a niece, and numerous cousins. Bill was my mother Ora's favorite brother, and although I never knew him, being born after his death, I heard her speak of him often. She and the rest remembered him as the vibrant fellow he had once been, and mourned him deeply.
A million thanks to Malinda for locating Uncle Bill's grave, and to Larry and Cousin Donna for their help! Their kindness is most appreciated!
VETERAN, US ARMY, WWII
Bill was the third of William Lee and Ada May (Comstock) Moody's seven surviving children. A country boy, he was born on the family farm near Post Oak, in Jack County, Texas, and raised there and on the farm near Jermyn, also in Jack county until the family moved to Mineral Wells in early 1923, following his father's death.
Bill was an outgoing, active young man, dedicated to his family - he helped his older brother James Hayden support their mother and younger siblings, and enjoying a wide circle of friends. He worked as a mechanic and a tile setter, and was a Golden Gloves boxer. A good looking young man, Bill had his share of girlfriends, but never found a lady he felt he could settle down with.
Like so many, when the US entered WWII, Bill enlisted. He was severely wounded in Northern France in 1944, receiving wounds in the head and left leg. The Army doctors saved his leg and put a steel plate in his head, and sent him home on 100% disability. Bill tried to hold down a job despite the disabilities, at a service station, and in his old job as a tile setter, but he had brain damage. Unable to do the things he once had done, the brain damage was perhaps also accompanied by "shell shock", as PTSD was called then, for he was paranoid as well as depressed, things he had been very far from before the war. His family and old friends were there for him, but there was little they knew to do and his depression and paranoia grew worse. On May 3rd, 1952, for reasons that will always be unclear, Bill walked into the police station in Mineral Wells and slit his own throat.
Bill never married and left no direct descendents. He was survived by his mother, brothers James Hayden, C.B., and Jeff, and sisters Essie, Peggy, and Ora, as well as nephews, a niece, and numerous cousins. Bill was my mother Ora's favorite brother, and although I never knew him, being born after his death, I heard her speak of him often. She and the rest remembered him as the vibrant fellow he had once been, and mourned him deeply.
A million thanks to Malinda for locating Uncle Bill's grave, and to Larry and Cousin Donna for their help! Their kindness is most appreciated!
Bill was the third of William Lee and Ada May (Comstock) Moody's seven surviving children. A country boy, he was born on the family farm near Post Oak, in Jack County, Texas, and raised there and on the farm near Jermyn, also in Jack county until the family moved to Mineral Wells in early 1923, following his father's death.
Bill was an outgoing, active young man, dedicated to his family - he helped his older brother James Hayden support their mother and younger siblings, and enjoying a wide circle of friends. He worked as a mechanic and a tile setter, and was a Golden Gloves boxer. A good looking young man, Bill had his share of girlfriends, but never found a lady he felt he could settle down with.
Like so many, when the US entered WWII, Bill enlisted. He was severely wounded in Northern France in 1944, receiving wounds in the head and left leg. The Army doctors saved his leg and put a steel plate in his head, and sent him home on 100% disability. Bill tried to hold down a job despite the disabilities, at a service station, and in his old job as a tile setter, but he had brain damage. Unable to do the things he once had done, the brain damage was perhaps also accompanied by "shell shock", as PTSD was called then, for he was paranoid as well as depressed, things he had been very far from before the war. His family and old friends were there for him, but there was little they knew to do and his depression and paranoia grew worse. On May 3rd, 1952, for reasons that will always be unclear, Bill walked into the police station in Mineral Wells and slit his own throat.
Bill never married and left no direct descendents. He was survived by his mother, brothers James Hayden, C.B., and Jeff, and sisters Essie, Peggy, and Ora, as well as nephews, a niece, and numerous cousins. Bill was my mother Ora's favorite brother, and although I never knew him, being born after his death, I heard her speak of him often. She and the rest remembered him as the vibrant fellow he had once been, and mourned him deeply.
A million thanks to Malinda for locating Uncle Bill's grave, and to Larry and Cousin Donna for their help! Their kindness is most appreciated!
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