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SSgt. J Robert Causbie & Mary Doris Lorraine Mailloux

14. SSgt. J Robert CAUSBIE: born 23 Jul 1920 in Kauffman Co., TX; married 4 Jul 1949 in Fall River, Bristol Co., MA; died 17 Feb 2012 in Weatherford, Parker Co., TX.
15. Mary Doris Lorraine MAILLOUX: born 29 Nov 1924 in Fall River, Bristol Co., MA.
7/23/1920, Robert born in Kauffman Co., TX; s/o 28. John Robert Causbie & 29. Myrtle Mae Butler.
1/27/1923, Walter Joseph Sosnicki born in Clinton, MA, of Joseph and Mary Sosnicki.
11/29/1924, Doris born in Fall River, MA; d/o 30. Joseph Mailloux & 31. Blanch Doutile Lacombe.
1935, J Robert lives with his parents in Elmo, Kaufman Co., TX. (S) 1940 Census.
4/9/1940, Walter Sosnicki, age 17, with his parents: Joseph and Mary Sosnicki, both age 50. They were both born in Poland. They live at 515 East Main St., Bridgeport, CT. Walter has a brother, Joseph, age 25; and a sister, Mary, age 12. Walter has completed 1 year of high school. The father, Joseph, is a handyman for an electric company. (S) 1940 Census. Both Joseph and Mary, parents of Walter, are buried in St Michaels cemetery, Stratford, CT. Joseph, born 1890, died 1958. Mary, born 1890, died 1965. (S) Find-A-Grave.com. [The record shows daughter Mary as being born in Poland – likely a mixup with the mother Mary.]
4/11/1940, Doris lives with her parents in Fall River, Bristol Co., MA. (S) 1940 Census.
4/20/1940, J Robert lives with his parents on Route 4 in Parker Co., TX. Age 19, he has completed 3 years of high school. (S) 1940 Census.
J Robert graduated from Weatherford High School, Weatherford, TX.
1/19/1942, J R. Causbie enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Sheppard Field, Witchita Falls, TX.
6/30/1942, Walter registered for the WWII draft. He worked for the General Electric Company in Bridgport, CT. Weight 160, complexion light, eyes Hazel, hair blond, height 5’ 10”. Next of Kin Joseph Sosnicki.
11/19/1942, Walter Joseph Sosnicki enlisted in WWII in the Navy. (S) Headstone application.
8/12/1943, J Robert qualified with as a marksman with a carbine.
12/29/1943, J Robert departed for Europe [arriving 1/8/1944.]
1943-45, WWII, J Robert served as a crew chief, attaining the rank of Staff Seargent. His speciality was Airplane Engine Mechanic. He participated in the air offenses of Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He also received the Good Conduct medal, 1 service stripe, and 3 overseas service bars.
12/1//1944, J Robert awarded the Bronze Star medal.
10/16/1945, J Robert arrived back in the U.S.
10/23/1945, J Robert’s Honorable Discharge papers indicate he was 5’ 9”, 139 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair.
12/22/1945, Joseph discharged from WWII. (S) Headstone application.
1946, Walter married Doris.
9/17/1948, Doris’ 1st husband, Walter died in Stratford, CT., buried in St Michaels cemetery. He was hospitalized with Lupus in the same facility where his daughter had been born two months earlier. (S) U.S. Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949.
10/1/1948, Mrs. Doris Sosnicki signed the application for the headstone.
7/4/1949, J Robert married Lorraine Mailloux in Fall River, MA. (S) Vol. 46, P504.
12/1956, John and Doris visit his parents in Terrell, Kaufman Co., TX. (S) Photo.
J Robert a rural mail carrier in Parker Co., TX.
7/4/1999, They celebrated their 50th anniversary. (S) Photo.
2/17/2012, J Robert died in Weatherford; buried in Memory Gardens of the Valley Memorial Park.

Harold Dee MAITLEN & Dorothy Mae DAUGHTERY

12. Harold Dee MAITLEN: born 10 Feb 1926 in Grandfield, Tillman Co., OK; married 11 Apr 1945 in Cotton Co., OK; died 25 Mar 2008 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX.
13. Dorothy Mae DAUGHTERY: born 15 Dec 1925 in Grandfield, Tillman Co., OK.
12/15/1925, Dorothy born Grandfield, Tillman Co., OK, d/o 26. James Oscar Daughtery & 27. Vivian Ogethel Callicott.
2/10/1926, Harold born in Grandfield, Tillman Co., OK; s/o 24. Lester Allen Maitlen & 25. Lynis Blanch Ryan.
(S) 1930 Census in Tillman, OK; Harold with his parents.
(S) 1930 Census in Tillman, OK; Dorothy with her parents.
1935, Harold lived with his parents in Tillman Co., OK. (S) 1940 Census.
1937, Lester, Blanch, and Harold visited “Aunt Bertha” who lived west of Southbend, TX. (S) Photo.
4/15/1940, Harold lives with his parents in Tillman Co., OK. Harold has completed 8th grade. (S) 1940 Census.
4/15/1940, Dorothy M. lives with her parents in Carr Township, Tillman Co., OK. They live next to Harold and his family. Dorothy has completed 8th grade. (S) 1940 Census.
2/10/1944, Harold Dee Maitlen, a farmer of Tillman, OK, weight 140, complexion dark, eyes gray, hair brown, 5’ 7” tall, next of kin Lester Maitlen, registered in the WWII draft.
4/11/1945, Harold married Dorothy in Cotton Co., OK. Both are age 19, and residents of Grandfield. His mother Blanche signed, consenting to the marriage. Her mother Vivian signed, also consenting. A Church of the Nazarene minister performed the ceremony. (S) OK County Marriages.
7/1945, Harold enlisted in the U. S. Army.
8/29/1945, Harold’s father died. Shortly after Harold got a hardship discharge from the Army to take care of the family farm.
8/30/1945, Harold named in the obituary of his father as serving in the Army.
12/10/1984, They lived at Rt1., Box 226, Mineral Wells, TX, 76067. Harold and Dorothy were members of the 1st Baptist Church.
10/21/1994, Dorothy Maitlen of Mineral Wells named as a surviving sister of her brother James. (S) Obit.
4/1/1996, Harold and Dorothy listed as living in Mineral Wells, TX. (S) U.S. Public Records.
3/25/2008, Harold died in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co., TX; buried in Woodland Park Cem.
12/1/2010, Dorothy, of Weatherford, TX, identified as a surviving sister of Jerry Wayne Daugherty in his obituary.

John Edward BELL & Virginia Doris DOLLAHITE

10. John Edward BELL: born 7 Apr 1921 in Columbus, MS; married 9 May 1944 in Rapid City, SD.
11. Virginia Doris "Gincie" DOLLAHITE: born 16 Oct 1923 in Stacy, Crittenden Co., AR.
4/7/1921, at 9:10 PM, John born in Fite Hospital, Columbus, LownCo., MS, s/o 20. James Hugh Bell & 21. Wilda Elizabeth Loftis. (S) Birth Certificate.
10/16/1923 at 10:40 AM, a Tuesday, Virginia born in Stacy, Waponocca, Crittenden Co., AR; d/o 22. William Edward Dollahite & 23. Elizabeth Olion Stemm. (S) Birth Certificate & (S) Dollahite Family Bible.
1/27/1926, Virginia’s father died.
1926, John entered 1st grade at the “Demonstration” school of MS State College For Women, (now University of MS for Women). “A private school,  many things, such as social manners, music appreciation, and dancing were offered , which  were not offered in the public school system.” – John Bell.
9/30/1927, Virginia attended her aunt Alice’s wedding in Water Valley, MS with her mother.
10/1929, The stock market crashed beginning “The Great Depression”, which would last ten years.
No.4:(S) 1930 Census. John.
No.7:(S) 1930 Census. Virginia.
4/1/1935, John lives with his parents in Columbus, MS. (S) 1940 Census.
4/1/1935, Virginia lives with her mother and her Aunt Diffee’s family in Jackson, Madison Co., TN.
1/1937, John went to live with his sister, Wilda, in Murphysboro, IL. John attended 9th and 10th grades at Murphysboro Township High School, playing high school football.
6/1937, John spent the summer with his brother Sydney in NYC, NY. John rode a Greyhound bus from St. Louis to New York. (John had to wait three hours before Sydney to picked him up.) According to John, he could “Ride the subway for a nickel.  Eat in the AutoMat for a nickel each item.  See movies with big-band stage shows for fifty cents.  Ride the subway to Yankee Stadium for a baseball game.  See the big shows at  Radio City Music Hall  for seventy-five cents.”
6/1938, John returned to live with his family in Columbus, MS.
5/1939, John graduated from Lee High School in Columbus. “Not all A's , but mostly B's , B+'s, with a few A's now and then.” – John Bell. John also played football for Lee High.
1939, Japan and China go to war; Germany invades Poland.
4/2/1940, John lives with his parents and brother Sydney at 604 5th St. So., Columbus, MS. John has 4 years of high school. (S) 1940 Census.
4/16/1940, Virginia lives with her mother and her maternal Aunt Diffee and her family in Jackson, Madison Co., TN.  Virginia has completed 3 years of high school. Virginia is listed as “school girl, public school.’ (S) 1940 Census.
1/1940, A recruiter for the Royal Canadian Air Force visited the campus of Mississippi State College. John went to Starkville to hear him speak. (John did not sign up because he learned that fighting for another country would cause him to lose his citizenship.)
9/1940, John enrolled at Miss. State College. [While attending John learned that the need for pilots was so great that they decided to wave the two-year college requirement.]
1/13/1941, John’s mother died in Columbus, MS.
4-5/1941, John sent his Army Air Corps application to Maxwell Field. He then rode the train from Columbus to Montgomery for testing. “The exam  dealt mainly, as I recall, with geometry,  a little physics,  and a lot of mechanical stuff, gears and wheels, and the like.” – John Bell. John passed the test, but was disqualified for being “left handed.” Having missed a lot of classes, John dropped out of Miss. State College.
5/23/1941, Virginia graduated from Jackson High School; a member of ADK Sorority. (S) Original Graduation Announcement.
1941, John travelled to St. Louis to interview for a position with the GM&O railroad. They wanted college graduates, but hired him as a temp employee. It paid $40 per week plus expenses. “More money than I'd ever seen before in my life. My duties included the oversight of the porters,  stewards, and hostesses on The Rebel, which  traveled overnight between  St. Louis, and Mobile.” – John Bell.
9/1941-43. Virginia attended Huntington College in Montgomery, AL for two years. She met John Bell who was working on the train as she traveled between Jackson and Montgomery.
12/7/1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor drawing the US into WWII.
1942, John learned that the pilot training requirement was reduced to a high school diploma. He went to the St. Louis federal building and talked to a recruiter of the Army Air Corps. He travelled to Columbus Air Field, MS, where he completed his paperwork and exams.
3/20/1942 John enlisted as a Private in the Army Air Corps at Columbus Army Air field, MS. He was 5 ft 10 inches tall and weighed 157 pounds. (S) WWII Enlistment record.
4/1942, John ordered to Camp Shelby. Once there, he was assigned to pre-flight training at Maxwell field.
5/1942, John began 13 weeks at Maxwell in pre-flight training.
8/1942, John sent to Primary Flight school at Door field, Arcadia, FL. Once there he learned that their flight instructors were civilians employed by the Embry Riddle School of Aviation. John’s instructor was Bill Oberg. Their training plane was a bi-wing two-seater, the Stearman PT-17. Once he had soloed, there was several weeks of intense ground school included with the flight training. The final test was a 150-mile cross-country solo.
By 2/1943, John completed Basic training. Basic Flight school, at Maxwell, in the Vultee Aircraft BT-13, a larger more acrobatic plane. This training included the first night flights (in which two of his classmates were killed.)
2/1943, John sent back to Door Field for Advanced Flying School in the B-25. “Less ground school, and flying around the clock.” – John Bell.
6/1943, Virginia returned to Jackson, TN to attend business school – learned clerical skills.
1943, John sent to “Transition” training in Dalhart, TX. “The B-17 was the biggest airplane we’d ever seen, and the most complicated. All those systems, and four engines.” – John Bell.
8/9/1943, Western Union telegram from Gincie to Johnny: “=Jackson Tenn AUG 9 103P [to] JOHN E BELL 14101451= =232 AAF BY SQDN A DALHART AAB= =ARRIVING AMARILLO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15 1230 PM I LOVE YOU= =GINCIE.”
1/30/1944, On completing Transition, John sent to the 18th Replacement Depot in Salt Lake City, Utah, for his crew assignment – two pilots, a bombardier, navigator, radio operator, engineer, and four gunners.
1944, John’s crew was then sent to Rapid City, SD, for 10 weeks of combat training. (This is where the crew learns to operate as a unit.)
By 1944, John had proposed to Virginia.
4/1944, Virginia had a wedding shower in Jackson, TN.
5/1944, John unable to get leave to be married. Virginia, with her mother escorting her, traveled to Rapid City, SD, to join him and get married. (S) Wedding Announcement in The Jackson Sun, Monday, May 15, 1944.
5/9/1944 in the First Methodist Church of Rapid City, SD, at 9 P.M., John married Virginia. After the wedding, John’s commanding officer sponsored a supper dance at the Rapid City Country Club.
Virginia went to Washington, D.C. to work in the Pentagon in the Ordnance office.
John was sent on a troop train to NYC, NY.
5/1944, John was shipped to Liverpool, England and assigned to B-17’s; 8th Air Force, 1st Division, 1st Combat Bomb Wing, 398th Bomb Group (Heavy), 601st Strategic Bombing Squadron.
7/13/1944, John’s crew assigned to Nuthampstead Air Field, 50 miles north of London.
1944, John’s first mission was with a large contingent of bombers sent against Munich.
10/17/1944, Virginia and her mother visited Mt Vernon.
8/8/1944, John’s plane shot down on a mission to bomb German troop concentrations at Couvincourt, France. They crashed in Normandy (John slightly injured); were taken to Cherbourg on the French coast; and were put on a boat back to England that afternoon.
11/19/1944, John had his picture taken in uniform at Trafalgar Square, London, England.
1/1/1945, John began his journey back to the US. John was credited with 22 missions. Battles and campaigns: S France, Normandy, N France, Ardennes, Rhineland, C Europe. Decorations: EAMET with 6 Bronze Stars (European theater, meritorious service), Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation. (S) Discharge papers.
1/8/1945, John arrived back in the US.
5/8/1945, VE day.
5-6/1945, John returned from the overseas. Virginia left the Pentagon when John returned from WWII.
7/1/1945, John and Gincie visited St Louis, Mo. on his trip home.
1945, John and Gincie lived at 433 Lexington Ave., Jackson, TN. (S) VA document.
10/20/1945, Private First Class John E. Bell discharged from military service. John was awarded $34.50  for a 30% disability. Blue eyes, blonde hair, 5’ 9.5”, 160 pounds. Civilian Occupation: Passenger Representative. Military qualification: AAF Air Crew Member. Battles and campaignes: (S) Discharge papers.
1945, They moved into an apartment in a private home in Jackson, TN.
4/12/1946, John received a letter from the VA.  John was awarded 
1946, John went to work for WCMA, a new radio station of the Dixie network, in Corinth, MS. John was the 1st employee. [Johnwas soon promoted to Station Manager, and later General Manager and Vice President of the Dixie Network.]
1946, They moved into an apartment in downtown Corinth, MS.
1946, John and Gincie joined the First Methodist Church of Corinth.
1/7/1949, John paid the Alcorn County Poll Tax of $2 prior to voting in the election on April 1st. [John paid $21.25 taxes on property valued at $500 the same month.]
Bef. 1950, They moved into a house at 1105, 5th street in Corinth. (S) Poll Tax receipt for 1953.
8/20/1954, John and Gincie applied for a $12,000 mortage, 20-year loan at 4.5%. (S) Contract.
12/18/1954, John’s father died in Jackson, MS.
By 1/11/1955, They moved into a house at 1019, 6th street in Corinth. (S) Poll Tax receipt for 1955.
By 1/17/1957, Their address was changed to 1019, East 6th street in Corinth. (S) Poll Tax receipt for 1958.
12/1960, They moved 1304 Pine Rd., Corinth.
1966, John went to CA to take care of his deceased brother Syd’s belongings.
7/7/1972, Gincie’s mother died in Jackson, TN.
5/22/1973, “John Bell Broadcasters, Inc.” was created a 512 ½ Fillmore St., Corinth, MS. Officers were Virginia D Bell and John E Bell; and Director Bill E. Henson.
6/12/1973, John and Bill H. Henson involved in a loan of $8750 at 7.25% annual interest. (S) Loan document.
11/20/1975, Gincie executed a will leaving everything to John.
8/26/1977, Gincie renewed her driver’s license for 3 years – eyes: green, hair: blond, 5’ 2”, weight 120. (S) DL.
1982, Gincie issued a passport. (S) PP.
1985, Gincie earned $10,900 working for “John Bell Broadcasters, Inc.” (S) W-2.
1985, Gincie earned $13,100 working for “John Bell Broadcasters, Inc.” (S) W-2.
1987, John retired from WCMA. John and Virginia remained in Corinth, MS.
1987, Gincie renewed her passport. (S) PP.
2004, John mentioned in the book “The Man Called Cash” (about singer Johnny Cash).
12/28/2007, Gincie renewed her driver’s liscence for 5 years.
1/2009, They sold their home and moved into an apartment in downtown Corinth – 708 Cruise St.
1/2009, Nine days after moving into the apartment, Gincie fell and was hospitalized; and eventually moved into the Country Cottage assissted living facility.
5/6/2012, John E. Bell a member of the Alcorn County Republican Executive Committee. (S) Daily Corinthian.
10/17/2013, Gincie died. (S) [Obituary: Virginia Doris “Gincie” Dollahite Bell, 90, of Corinth, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Country Cottage Assisted Living. A Memorial Visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Corinth, on Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Born October 16, 1923, Ms. Gincie was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, sewing, and taking care of her family. She was a lifetime member of the Corinth Junior Auxiliary, and worked with the Literacy Program. She was of the Methodist Faith and was a member of First United Methodist Church of Corinth, MS for 67 years. She loved all her children and grandchildren. … Rev. Roger Shock and Bro. Warren Jones will officiate. Visitation for family and friends will be from 3:00 PM Sunday until service time at First United Methodist Church, Corinth, MS.]
12/5/2013, John renewed his driver’s liscence (at 92 years old) for 10 years. [He was still giving his birth date as 1922.]
5/2014, John travelled to England (with friends and a family member) for the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The trip, by bus (a tour group which included 3 WWII veterans – and many family members of deceased veterans), started in London, then went to the west to areas where US Army troops were stationed and did their training for the invasion.
6/4/2014, The group took a ferry across the channel to Cherbourg in Normandy. The ferry captain (a lady) heard that a WWII veteran was aboard, found John, and gave him a gift. From Cherbourg the group then began daily bus tours of the areas associated with the invasion – beach heads, major battle sites … John, in his wheel chair, always attracted tourists wanting his autograph.
6/6/2014, John was one of about 50 veterans on the stage at the American cemetery at Omaha Beach when President Obama and the French President addressed the 35-thousand plus crowd. John also had his picture taken with John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi.
2014, “Johnny Bell”, manager of WCMA on Fillmore Street, mentioned in the book “The Next Elvis” by Barbars Barnes Sims.
12/2014, John was the voice of the annual Corinth Christmas parade (one of many years of service.)
6/23/2015, John had a stoke and was hospitalized.
10/19/2015, John, age 94, died in the Whitfield nursing home, Corinth, MS. (S) Obituary. [Visitation is scheduled from 10 AM, Monday, October 26, 2015, at First United Methodist Church - Corinth, MS. A celebration of John's life will be held at 11 AM.]
Family notes:
·         John Edward Bell: “During the Great Depression, no one except the very few had any money. It was just as well that by this time I was attending the public schools which required no tuition. ... Due to Mother’s loss of her inheritance from the Loftis plantation, and Daddy’s falling out with the Methodist Conference, family income was reduced to a trickle. Family history says that the family fortune was squandered by my uncle William Ward Loftis; who took over running the plantation after the death of my grandfather, Perry Loftis.”
·         John told many stories of his time in England during the war. He talked of taking the train to Paddington station, and visiting Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus when ever he had leave. There was a large USO facility with music and dancing at Piccadilly Circus. This is where he “danced with the Queen” (who was a Princess at the time.)
·         Johnny was a vital member of the Corinth community. He was the lead voice and spearhead for establishing the Corinth City Park. He was involved in the Corinth YMCA, later known as the Sportsplex, and was given a lifetime member award. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, serving as member and/or Chairman of various church committees. He was the announcer for the annual Christmas parade from the beginning.
·         Virginia worked at WCMA radio for many years as receptionist and computer operator.

David Roland BOND Sr & Trula "LB" COX

8. David Roland BOND Sr: born 27 Apr 1912 in Benndale, MS; married 6 Apr 1939; died 8 Feb 1965 in Gulfport, MS.
9. Trula "LB" COX: born 27 Nov 1913; died 18 Nov 1992 in Gulfport, MS.
4/27/1912 David born in Benndale, MS, the son of 16. David Franklin Bond and 17. Nancy Elmira Bond. (S) Birth Certificate.
11/27/1913, Trula born in Biloxi, MS; the daughter of 18. Joseph Charles Cox and 19. Ruby Lee Gollott. (S) Birth Certificate.
1913-14, Trula lives with her parents at 418 Pine St., Biloxi, MS.
3/19/1914, Roland lived at “Clarence” in the Benndale district, GeoCo. (S) Birth Cert. of his brother Louis Lee.
11/18/1916, Trula lives with her parents at 418 Pine St., Biloxi, MS.
9/12/1918, Roland lives in Wiggins, Stone County. (S) WWI Reg. Card of his father Dave, who has a business in Wiggins; and is self-employed as a road contractor.
9/12/1918, Trula lives at 418 Pine St., Biloxi, MS.
1/6/1920, Roland lives with his parents. His father is in road construction. They are renting a house in Perry county. (S) 1920 Census, 223, MS, PerrCo., Richton, 3-BT.
3/18/1920, Trula lives with her parents at 333 Maple St. in Biloxi. (S) 1920 Census.
4/9/1923, Trula lives with her parents at 333 Maple St. in Biloxi.
~1924, Roland quit school (only going through 7th grade) to go to work. [The area in which they lived primarily supported the lumber industry.]
1927, Roland moved with his family to Biloxi, MS.
10/1929, The stock market crashed beginning “The Great Depression”, which would last ten years.
~1930, Trula quit school to go to work. She went to work in a fish factory in Biloxi MS.
4/28/1930, Trula living with her parents on Maple St.. Her father owns his home which is valued at $2500. They do not own a radio set. Her mother’s sister Trula (Trula’s namesake) and her husband live next door; as well as her oldest sister Olivette with her husband and their first child; and next to them her uncle Manuel Cox with his wife and son. (S) 1930 Census.
4/22/1930, Roland lives with his parents in Biloxi, MS. (S) 1930 Census.
~1930, Roland worked in the construction of the MS Gulf Coast seawall.
1931, Trula lives at 611 Maple Ave. (S) 1931 Biloxi City Dir. 
1935, Roland lived in Biloxi. (S) 1940 Census.
1935, Trula lives with her family in Biloxi.
1936, Roland is a truck driver living with his parents at 1718 E Howard Ave. (S) 1936 Biloxi City Dir.
1936, Trula a “schucker”, working in an oyster cannery in Biloxi.
4/6/1939 Roland married Trula in Biloxi MS. (S) Marriage Certificate, MS, Harrison Co.
1939, Roland earned $864, Trula earned $200.
1939, Japan and China go to war; Germany invades Poland.
4/10/1940, Roland and Trula live at 501 Maple St., Biloxi, MS. They are renting their house for $8 a month. Roland is a truck driver for a seafood company. Trula is a “seafood picker” for a seafood factory. Roland had completed 8th grade. Trula had 3 years of high school. (S) 1940 Census.
12/7/1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor drawing the US into WWII.
1942, Roland taught his niece Pal, daughter of Viola, to drive. (S) Pal.
10/19/1942, Roland enlisted in the USCG in New Orleans, LA.
10/26/1942, Roland in the Coast Guard, living at 611 Maple St., Biloxi, MS. (S) Birth Certificate of son.
1944, Roland assigned to a ship going to the South Pacific. Roland took a Navy boat around to Los Angeles, CA, his point of departure, via the Panama Canal. Everyone else was seasick, and Roland had to stear the boat. Trula caught a train to Los Angeles. He had a few days leave, during which they spent a lot of time at the beach. He got sick, and missed his initial boat. The initial boat he was assigned to never reached its destination, and was presumed sunk with all on board. Trula returned by train to MS. (S) Roland.
11/25/1944, Roland’s mother died.
1/10/1945 to 3/9/1945, Roland served in the South Pacific aboard the USS Wilmington.
11/7/1945, Roland released from the service as a “Coxswain” with an Honorable Discharge.
6/7/1947, They were living in Biloxi, MS. (S) Birth Certificate of son.
~1948, Roland operated a bar, called the 3R’s (on Old Highway 49) in north Gulfport. (S) Roland. [Roland remembers being run under a faucit out back of the house as part of his “bath”.]
1/1950, Roland drove his niece Pal back to school at Ole Miss in a snow storm. (S) Pal.
~1950, Roland became a Captain of a large fishing boat for a cat-food company. [Some of the boats he eventually captained included: Molly Dodger (a converted PT boat), Trade Winds, Ruby Marie, Lois C.]
1951, Roland works as a trucker for his sister Viola who had a contract with Herrin Motor Co. to haul freight. (S) Pal.
8/15/1951, Their residence was RFD#2, Box47B, Gulfport, MS. (S) Birth Certificate of son.
2/17/1953, Roland & Trula and the extended family went to the Biloxi Maudi Gras parade where the children of the families road on a float. (S) Photos from the parade.
1953, Roland & Trula living in Orange Grove, MS. (S) School photo of eldest son.
1954, Roland moved the family to Port Isabel, TX. Roland used Mexican workers on his boat. His boat was impounded by the Mexican government for fishing in Mexican waters. (S) Pal.
1954, Roland returned to MS to work with his brother Bill on Pogey boats for the cat food plant.
1954, Roland & Trula living in Pascagoula, MS. (S) School photo of eldest son.
1957, David R, a fisherman, and Trula C live at 1107 Cheerokee St. (S) 1957 Pascagoula City Dir.
7/13/1958, Trula’s father died.
1959, David R, a fisherman for Quaker Oaks Co., and Trula C, a waitress at Ingalls Ship Yard, live at 1107 Cheerokee St. (S) 1959 Pascagoula City Dir.
5/9/1959, Roland’s father died.
1959, They moved to 2213 22nd Ave, at the intersection of 22nd St, Gulfport, MS. They leased the Palms Drive Inn at this location from David’s sister Viola. They lived in a house on the property.
1960, Roland Bond, wife Trula, mgr Palms’s Drive Inn, 2209 ½ 23rd St. (S) Gulfport City Directory.
Winter/1961, The family took a driving vacation to Akron, OH to visit a cousin of Trula.
7/1962, The family took a driving vacation to Disney Land in Los Angeles, CA.
12/1963, The family took a driving vacation to Washington D.C.
1963, Roland Sr. bought a trailer from Trula’s Aunt Trula [Feldman] for $1800 which was placed on a campsite they had bought on the Pascagoula river. They stayed there mostly on weekends to go fishing.
2/8/1965 Roland died in Gulfport, MS;  (S) Death Certificate, MS. Burial: Southern Memorial Park, Biloxi, MS; next to his wife.
1965, Trula, using $2000 received after Roland died, bought a family home at 2304 Bullis Ave., Gulfport MS. [Various members of the family for 4 generations lived in this house at various times.]
Summer/1967, Trula took her youngest son on a trip to NYC, NY.
8/17/1969, Trula took her family to David’s brother Lamar’s house on a hill on the back bay of Biloxi to weather out hurricane Camile. Lamar’s house was 24 feet above sea level and had its own generator. There was a 20 foot tide on back bay. It was the first time Trula had left home during a hurricane. The home in Gulfport was gutted. Trula’s brother-in-law, Eddy Haab, husband of her sister Olivette, sent men and supplies from AL to reconstruct her house.
1971, While applying for a passport, Trula found out that her birth certificate – completed by her father – had her name as “Lucille Bernadette Cox.” (Trula had to fill out paperwork to get the certificate changed.)
~1972 Trula left the palms and became a house mother at the Wilmer Hall Orphanage in Mobile, AL.
5/9/1973, Trula’s mother died.
6/22/1973, Trula wrote to (and received a reply from) Senator Eastland about the start date for her youngest son’s military service.
10/1973, Trula visited her youngest son in CA, touring Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, and San Francisco.
1974, Trula again visited her youngest son in CA.
6/1975 Trula toured Europe by rail and rental vans with her sister Olivette and multiple nieces.
10/27/1976, Trula attended sister Olivette’s 50th wedding anniversary.
1/1983, Trula visited her youngest son in CT, with a side trip to NYC.
11/1987, Trula visited her youngest son in Arlington, TX.
1991, Trula visited with her sons in Baton Rouge, LA.
11/1992 Trula resided at 1000 34th St., Apt. #116, Gulfport, MS.
11/18/1992, Trula died in her apartment in Gulfport, MS; (S) Death Certificate, MS., burial: Southern Memorial Park, Biloxi, MS; next to her husband, mother, father, and maternal aunt.
Family notes:
·         “Etrula” is the spelling in the 1900 Census for Aunt Trula, and for Trula Cox (Bond) in the 1920 & 1930 Census. She never indicated that she knew of this spelling. Olivette Cox, the eldest, and in July 2004 only remaining sibling of Trula, was interviewed and said she knew this was the correct spelling. They are both named after Trula’s great aunt, Etrula Lamey.
·         Trula known to her grandchildren as “Granny” or “LB.”
·         During her retirement years Trula made [knitted] afgans for her children. These afgans kept her children and grandchildren warm long after she passed on. Her favorite pastime, from as early as her children could remember, was to play bingo.         

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