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During
1933 and 1934, he was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps working on
forestry projects in the Unaka Mountain area near Unicoi, Tennessee.
In 1942, he was drafted into the Army and served in the 43rd
Infantry, 118th Medical Battalion in the South Pacific during World
War II. Later that year, he married
Lucille King with whom he had three children.
He
was department chief of the Veteran’s Administration Hospital’s
Rehabilitation Division in Murfreesboro for seventeen years, retiring in 1974
after twenty-one years service. During
his tenure at VA, he supervised the development of their golf course. His interest in golf led him to participate in one renovation
of the Murfreesboro Golf Club. During the 1970s, he served as Rutherford County
Historian. Over the years, he
collected and compiled information on school, church, and family history,
focusing on the Blackman, Barfield, and Windrow communities in Rutherford
County.
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CCC Co. 1472 - Baseball Team 1933
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