He was an AA gunner during WWII stationed in Panama. Prior to that, he was a sharecropper. Sadly, he died at the age of 30 after grabbing a live wire at work. His wife, my great-grandmother, would die a year or two later from being crushed by a semi-truck in Houston, orphaning my grandmother and her siblings. Only 2 are alive today, as the brothers all died young as well.
Correction: 40s-50s. He died a year or two shy of 1960. Also, just noticed the tattoo on his left arm.
He was the son of the 2x great grandfather I posted earlier.
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Could be Kelly Rippas dad lol
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He looks so young, especially in the second picture! How old was he in that picture?
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He was an AA gunner during WWII stationed in Panama. Prior to that, he was a sharecropper. Sadly, he died at the age of 30 after grabbing a live wire at work. His wife, my great-grandmother, would die a year or two later from being crushed by a semi-truck in Houston, orphaning my grandmother and her siblings. Only 2 are alive today, as the brothers all died young as well.
Correction: 40s-50s. He died a year or two shy of 1960. Also, just noticed the tattoo on his left arm.
He was the son of the 2x great grandfather I posted earlier.
Could be Kelly Rippas dad lol
He looks so young, especially in the second picture! How old was he in that picture?