Harry married Nettie Brown (Turner) and raised Asa and Marvin, the children of Nettie's sister.
Harry was a Seabee, a member of the United States Navy Construction Battalion (CB). The word "Seabee" comes from initials "CB". The Seabees built bases, bulldozed and paved thousands of miles of roadway and airstrips, and did many other construction projects in military theaters dating back to World War II.
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"William (Billy) was born August 1, 1932, and died April 9, 1934. That was four days before Jane Morgan's birth and agrees with my recollection that Mother did not go to the funeral.
Harry and Nettie's little boy, Billy died of pneumonia when he was not yet two years old.
Both Bobbie (Morgan) and I remember his death differently. I think he was hit by a car. Bobbie thinks he was hit by a highway department truck with a shovel that was scooping out ditches—that he was down in a deep ditch in front of his house and not seen by the truck driver until the shovel was hitting him. As Harry worked for the highway department, I suppose that is possibly correct. However, I have a picture of him toddling along a road in that I think was in front of his house and there appear to be no ditches—very wide shoulders that run right up to the front yards. I am older than Bobbie and our memories often do not agree. I am not sure whose memory is correct. Either way it was a tragic death. I suppose he could have died of pneumonia after being hit."
- from Marie Morgan Sims June 12, 2010
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He worked for the North Carolina State Department of Highways after he returned from being a CB in the U.S. Navy in the 1940's.
This is only approximate +/- 50 feet
Longitude 35.865583N, Latitude 77.554420 W
Harry was a Seabee, a member of the United States Navy Construction Battalion (CB). The word "Seabee" comes from initials "CB". The Seabees built bases, bulldozed and paved thousands of miles of roadway and airstrips, and did many other construction projects in military theaters dating back to World War II.
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"William (Billy) was born August 1, 1932, and died April 9, 1934. That was four days before Jane Morgan's birth and agrees with my recollection that Mother did not go to the funeral.
Harry and Nettie's little boy, Billy died of pneumonia when he was not yet two years old.
Both Bobbie (Morgan) and I remember his death differently. I think he was hit by a car. Bobbie thinks he was hit by a highway department truck with a shovel that was scooping out ditches—that he was down in a deep ditch in front of his house and not seen by the truck driver until the shovel was hitting him. As Harry worked for the highway department, I suppose that is possibly correct. However, I have a picture of him toddling along a road in that I think was in front of his house and there appear to be no ditches—very wide shoulders that run right up to the front yards. I am older than Bobbie and our memories often do not agree. I am not sure whose memory is correct. Either way it was a tragic death. I suppose he could have died of pneumonia after being hit."
- from Marie Morgan Sims June 12, 2010
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He worked for the North Carolina State Department of Highways after he returned from being a CB in the U.S. Navy in the 1940's.
This is only approximate +/- 50 feet
Longitude 35.865583N, Latitude 77.554420 W
Harry married Nettie Brown (Turner) and raised Asa and Marvin, the children of Nettie's sister.
Harry was a Seabee, a member of the United States Navy Construction Battalion (CB). The word "Seabee" comes from initials "CB". The Seabees built bases, bulldozed and paved thousands of miles of roadway and airstrips, and did many other construction projects in military theaters dating back to World War II.
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"William (Billy) was born August 1, 1932, and died April 9, 1934. That was four days before Jane Morgan's birth and agrees with my recollection that Mother did not go to the funeral.
Harry and Nettie's little boy, Billy died of pneumonia when he was not yet two years old.
Both Bobbie (Morgan) and I remember his death differently. I think he was hit by a car. Bobbie thinks he was hit by a highway department truck with a shovel that was scooping out ditches—that he was down in a deep ditch in front of his house and not seen by the truck driver until the shovel was hitting him. As Harry worked for the highway department, I suppose that is possibly correct. However, I have a picture of him toddling along a road in that I think was in front of his house and there appear to be no ditches—very wide shoulders that run right up to the front yards. I am older than Bobbie and our memories often do not agree. I am not sure whose memory is correct. Either way it was a tragic death. I suppose he could have died of pneumonia after being hit."
- from Marie Morgan Sims June 12, 2010
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He worked for the North Carolina State Department of Highways after he returned from being a CB in the U.S. Navy in the 1940's.
This is only approximate +/- 50 feet
Longitude 35.865583N, Latitude 77.554420 W
Harry was a Seabee, a member of the United States Navy Construction Battalion (CB). The word "Seabee" comes from initials "CB". The Seabees built bases, bulldozed and paved thousands of miles of roadway and airstrips, and did many other construction projects in military theaters dating back to World War II.
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"William (Billy) was born August 1, 1932, and died April 9, 1934. That was four days before Jane Morgan's birth and agrees with my recollection that Mother did not go to the funeral.
Harry and Nettie's little boy, Billy died of pneumonia when he was not yet two years old.
Both Bobbie (Morgan) and I remember his death differently. I think he was hit by a car. Bobbie thinks he was hit by a highway department truck with a shovel that was scooping out ditches—that he was down in a deep ditch in front of his house and not seen by the truck driver until the shovel was hitting him. As Harry worked for the highway department, I suppose that is possibly correct. However, I have a picture of him toddling along a road in that I think was in front of his house and there appear to be no ditches—very wide shoulders that run right up to the front yards. I am older than Bobbie and our memories often do not agree. I am not sure whose memory is correct. Either way it was a tragic death. I suppose he could have died of pneumonia after being hit."
- from Marie Morgan Sims June 12, 2010
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He worked for the North Carolina State Department of Highways after he returned from being a CB in the U.S. Navy in the 1940's.
This is only approximate +/- 50 feet
Longitude 35.865583N, Latitude 77.554420 W
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