JOSEPH J. "Joe" CHENAULT was the son of Hugh Lawson Chenault and Jane Peyton Eddins. His sister Nancy was born in 1918.
Joe was raised in Wilson County where he married Lois Earlene Prichard January 7, 1934. Lois was the daughter of James Fenn Prichard and Alta Mason Wright. Joe was a carpenter, like his father.
During World War II, Joe enlisted in the Army in March 1943 as a private. He was sent to Europe and promoted to a Tech 5th Grade with the Medics. Joe was captured by the Germans Dec 21, 1944, and held in a POW Camp until July 1945.
Joe honored his family's history of military service like his great-grandfather Sgt. Lewis Whitfield Westbrook, killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; and his Ancestral Soldiers of the Revolution: Moses Westbrook, Sr., NC Militia; William Eddins, Sr., VA Militia and NC Line; James Menees, VA Militia; and Dennis Kelly, MD Line.
Joe's Grandparents were:
Joe Tyree Chenault and Georgia Anna Walling
Jordan Eddins and Nannie Westbrook
Joe was raised in Wilson County where he married Lois Earlene Prichard January 7, 1934. Lois was the daughter of James Fenn Prichard and Alta Mason Wright. Joe was a carpenter, like his father.
During World War II, Joe enlisted in the Army in March 1943 as a private. He was sent to Europe and promoted to a Tech 5th Grade with the Medics. Joe was captured by the Germans Dec 21, 1944, and held in a POW Camp until July 1945.
Joe honored his family's history of military service like his great-grandfather Sgt. Lewis Whitfield Westbrook, killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; and his Ancestral Soldiers of the Revolution: Moses Westbrook, Sr., NC Militia; William Eddins, Sr., VA Militia and NC Line; James Menees, VA Militia; and Dennis Kelly, MD Line.
Joe's Grandparents were:
Joe Tyree Chenault and Georgia Anna Walling
Jordan Eddins and Nannie Westbrook
JOSEPH J. "Joe" CHENAULT was the son of Hugh Lawson Chenault and Jane Peyton Eddins. His sister Nancy was born in 1918.
Joe was raised in Wilson County where he married Lois Earlene Prichard January 7, 1934. Lois was the daughter of James Fenn Prichard and Alta Mason Wright. Joe was a carpenter, like his father.
During World War II, Joe enlisted in the Army in March 1943 as a private. He was sent to Europe and promoted to a Tech 5th Grade with the Medics. Joe was captured by the Germans Dec 21, 1944, and held in a POW Camp until July 1945.
Joe honored his family's history of military service like his great-grandfather Sgt. Lewis Whitfield Westbrook, killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; and his Ancestral Soldiers of the Revolution: Moses Westbrook, Sr., NC Militia; William Eddins, Sr., VA Militia and NC Line; James Menees, VA Militia; and Dennis Kelly, MD Line.
Joe's Grandparents were:
Joe Tyree Chenault and Georgia Anna Walling
Jordan Eddins and Nannie Westbrook
Joe was raised in Wilson County where he married Lois Earlene Prichard January 7, 1934. Lois was the daughter of James Fenn Prichard and Alta Mason Wright. Joe was a carpenter, like his father.
During World War II, Joe enlisted in the Army in March 1943 as a private. He was sent to Europe and promoted to a Tech 5th Grade with the Medics. Joe was captured by the Germans Dec 21, 1944, and held in a POW Camp until July 1945.
Joe honored his family's history of military service like his great-grandfather Sgt. Lewis Whitfield Westbrook, killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; and his Ancestral Soldiers of the Revolution: Moses Westbrook, Sr., NC Militia; William Eddins, Sr., VA Militia and NC Line; James Menees, VA Militia; and Dennis Kelly, MD Line.
Joe's Grandparents were:
Joe Tyree Chenault and Georgia Anna Walling
Jordan Eddins and Nannie Westbrook
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The CHENAULT Family
Joe Lois Hugh Jane
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Buried next to wife and parents. One Family tombstone
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