My grandfather was born in La Follette, Tennessee, the fourth child and fourth son of Jess and Minnie Ford Carroll. His paternal grandfather and maternal great-grandfather had both served in the Civil War, and Harlan continued this tradition of service during World War II.
He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, where he married Janie Madalyn Hasty in December of 1942. She was a South Carolina native, and the daughter of James and Emmie Young Hasty. When they married, he was 23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born. He was named for his father, who was shipped to Europe a little more than an hour after his birth, leaving his wife and newborn to serve in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
He was a wonderful singer and played the guitar. While he and Lally lived in Camden, he would pull out his instrument in the evenings and entertain the family and the neighbors with music.. something that endeared him to all of his wife's family and friends.
When he became ill and knew he was dying, his wish was to return to his family home in Tennessee so that he could pass from life in the place where he was born, and where his parents still lived.
Lally's family took him home, and that summer he traveled to Nashville to record two records, which he left to his sons. Those records are still in the possession of his eldest son, and are the only existing recordings of Harlan's voice. They are the most valuable mementos of our family history.
He was given two funeral services. The first in La Follette, for his family and friends there - and the second in Camden, South Carolina, where he was buried. His wish was to be buried in the town where his sons would grow up, and so his body was taken back to Camden for burial.
Though Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, his memory is alive and his story is still fondly told today by the Hasty family, who revered and loved him as one of their own.
He was survived by his parents, his wife and two young sons, as well as three brothers and a sister.
Many years after his death, his legacy now includes four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, where he married Janie Madalyn Hasty in December of 1942. She was a South Carolina native, and the daughter of James and Emmie Young Hasty. When they married, he was 23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born. He was named for his father, who was shipped to Europe a little more than an hour after his birth, leaving his wife and newborn to serve in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
He was a wonderful singer and played the guitar. While he and Lally lived in Camden, he would pull out his instrument in the evenings and entertain the family and the neighbors with music.. something that endeared him to all of his wife's family and friends.
When he became ill and knew he was dying, his wish was to return to his family home in Tennessee so that he could pass from life in the place where he was born, and where his parents still lived.
Lally's family took him home, and that summer he traveled to Nashville to record two records, which he left to his sons. Those records are still in the possession of his eldest son, and are the only existing recordings of Harlan's voice. They are the most valuable mementos of our family history.
He was given two funeral services. The first in La Follette, for his family and friends there - and the second in Camden, South Carolina, where he was buried. His wish was to be buried in the town where his sons would grow up, and so his body was taken back to Camden for burial.
Though Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, his memory is alive and his story is still fondly told today by the Hasty family, who revered and loved him as one of their own.
He was survived by his parents, his wife and two young sons, as well as three brothers and a sister.
Many years after his death, his legacy now includes four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
My grandfather was born in La Follette, Tennessee, the fourth child and fourth son of Jess and Minnie Ford Carroll. His paternal grandfather and maternal great-grandfather had both served in the Civil War, and Harlan continued this tradition of service during World War II.
He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, where he married Janie Madalyn Hasty in December of 1942. She was a South Carolina native, and the daughter of James and Emmie Young Hasty. When they married, he was 23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born. He was named for his father, who was shipped to Europe a little more than an hour after his birth, leaving his wife and newborn to serve in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
He was a wonderful singer and played the guitar. While he and Lally lived in Camden, he would pull out his instrument in the evenings and entertain the family and the neighbors with music.. something that endeared him to all of his wife's family and friends.
When he became ill and knew he was dying, his wish was to return to his family home in Tennessee so that he could pass from life in the place where he was born, and where his parents still lived.
Lally's family took him home, and that summer he traveled to Nashville to record two records, which he left to his sons. Those records are still in the possession of his eldest son, and are the only existing recordings of Harlan's voice. They are the most valuable mementos of our family history.
He was given two funeral services. The first in La Follette, for his family and friends there - and the second in Camden, South Carolina, where he was buried. His wish was to be buried in the town where his sons would grow up, and so his body was taken back to Camden for burial.
Though Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, his memory is alive and his story is still fondly told today by the Hasty family, who revered and loved him as one of their own.
He was survived by his parents, his wife and two young sons, as well as three brothers and a sister.
Many years after his death, his legacy now includes four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, where he married Janie Madalyn Hasty in December of 1942. She was a South Carolina native, and the daughter of James and Emmie Young Hasty. When they married, he was 23 years old and she was 17.
The following year, a son was born. He was named for his father, who was shipped to Europe a little more than an hour after his birth, leaving his wife and newborn to serve in World War II.
Letters and pictures flew across the Atlantic.. messages of love and longing between Lally and Harlan, and excited exchanges about the growth of their son.
Harlan returned from the war in 1945, and a second son, Phillip, was born in 1946.
He was a wonderful singer and played the guitar. While he and Lally lived in Camden, he would pull out his instrument in the evenings and entertain the family and the neighbors with music.. something that endeared him to all of his wife's family and friends.
When he became ill and knew he was dying, his wish was to return to his family home in Tennessee so that he could pass from life in the place where he was born, and where his parents still lived.
Lally's family took him home, and that summer he traveled to Nashville to record two records, which he left to his sons. Those records are still in the possession of his eldest son, and are the only existing recordings of Harlan's voice. They are the most valuable mementos of our family history.
He was given two funeral services. The first in La Follette, for his family and friends there - and the second in Camden, South Carolina, where he was buried. His wish was to be buried in the town where his sons would grow up, and so his body was taken back to Camden for burial.
Though Harlan's life would be cut tragically short by cancer, and he would die in 1950, his memory is alive and his story is still fondly told today by the Hasty family, who revered and loved him as one of their own.
He was survived by his parents, his wife and two young sons, as well as three brothers and a sister.
Many years after his death, his legacy now includes four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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