When daddy was 18 (abt. 1942), he was living in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, @ 889 North Street, working for Pennsylvania Shipyard, Inc., probably as a welder. This information is on his draft registration card.
Seaman First Class, Seabees, Pacific Theater
117th Naval Construction Battalion
Texarkana Gazette, Saturday, June 19, 1999
ATLANTA, Texas - Charlie Crawford "Red" Hardamon, 74, of Nash, Texas, died Friday, June 18, 1999, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana Tx of coronary artery disease. Mr. Hardamon was born July 11, 1924, in Flora, Natchitoches, Louisiana, the son of Melvin Clementine Russell and Cobby Reginald Hardamon.
He was owner and operator of C&D Sales and Services, Conroe, Texas, and member of Good Hope Baptist Church, Cypress, Louisiana, F&AM Lodge 286, Beaumont, Texas, and Scottish Rite, Galveston, Texas. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis.
SURVIVORS include his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Jean Smith Hardamon of Nash; three daughters, Charlotte Parker of Arlington, Texas, Karen Jean Hardamon and Judith Ann Ellis of Houston, Texas; son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon of Washington state; three grandchildren, Sheila Denise Neumann Payne, Mason Hardamon Ellis, and Cassidy Ann Ellis; two great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez and Thomas Payne; one niece, Margaret Ann "Maggie" Flenniken Breedlove of Bossier City, Louisiana.; and a number of other relatives.
GRAVESIDE services will be 2 p.m. today in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Nash, Bowie, Texas, with the Rev. A.V. Smith officiating. Burial will be under direction of Hanner Funeral Service, Atlanta, Texas.
11 Oct 1942 - married Garland Longlois in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
7 Oct. 1943 - Entry into active service
12 Dec 1945 - US Navy, C1701191, Series C, honorable discharge from US Naval Personnel Separation Center, New Orleans LA, signed by N C Danforth, Lieut., USN Shipfitter Second Class (T) (CB)
24 Jan 1946, divorce decree, Garland Longlois, while Garland was pregnant with their son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon born in September 1946. My dad's mom (my grandmother) was not in favor of his actions against his wife Garland. And I never knew I had a brother until I was about 13 years old. I just overheard a conversation about Sonny and asked mother who is Sonny? We were never allowed to see each other. 🥹
1 June 1946 - married Dorothy Jean Smith in Greggton, Gregg, Texas (53 years)
grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis (s/o Tex D & Judith Ann Hardamon Ellis) DOD 10 Mar 1999, California - Ramsey was in a car accident which resulted in trauma to the brain; cremated
Seaman First Class, Seabees, Pacific Theater
117th Naval Construction Battalion
Texarkana Gazette, Saturday, June 19, 1999
ATLANTA, Texas - Charlie Crawford "Red" Hardamon, 74, of Nash, Texas, died Friday, June 18, 1999, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana Tx of coronary artery disease. Mr. Hardamon was born July 11, 1924, in Flora, Natchitoches, Louisiana, the son of Melvin Clementine Russell and Cobby Reginald Hardamon.
He was owner and operator of C&D Sales and Services, Conroe, Texas, and member of Good Hope Baptist Church, Cypress, Louisiana, F&AM Lodge 286, Beaumont, Texas, and Scottish Rite, Galveston, Texas. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis.
SURVIVORS include his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Jean Smith Hardamon of Nash; three daughters, Charlotte Parker of Arlington, Texas, Karen Jean Hardamon and Judith Ann Ellis of Houston, Texas; son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon of Washington state; three grandchildren, Sheila Denise Neumann Payne, Mason Hardamon Ellis, and Cassidy Ann Ellis; two great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez and Thomas Payne; one niece, Margaret Ann "Maggie" Flenniken Breedlove of Bossier City, Louisiana.; and a number of other relatives.
GRAVESIDE services will be 2 p.m. today in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Nash, Bowie, Texas, with the Rev. A.V. Smith officiating. Burial will be under direction of Hanner Funeral Service, Atlanta, Texas.
11 Oct 1942 - married Garland Longlois in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
7 Oct. 1943 - Entry into active service
12 Dec 1945 - US Navy, C1701191, Series C, honorable discharge from US Naval Personnel Separation Center, New Orleans LA, signed by N C Danforth, Lieut., USN Shipfitter Second Class (T) (CB)
24 Jan 1946, divorce decree, Garland Longlois, while Garland was pregnant with their son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon born in September 1946. My dad's mom (my grandmother) was not in favor of his actions against his wife Garland. And I never knew I had a brother until I was about 13 years old. I just overheard a conversation about Sonny and asked mother who is Sonny? We were never allowed to see each other. 🥹
1 June 1946 - married Dorothy Jean Smith in Greggton, Gregg, Texas (53 years)
grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis (s/o Tex D & Judith Ann Hardamon Ellis) DOD 10 Mar 1999, California - Ramsey was in a car accident which resulted in trauma to the brain; cremated
When daddy was 18 (abt. 1942), he was living in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, @ 889 North Street, working for Pennsylvania Shipyard, Inc., probably as a welder. This information is on his draft registration card.
Seaman First Class, Seabees, Pacific Theater
117th Naval Construction Battalion
Texarkana Gazette, Saturday, June 19, 1999
ATLANTA, Texas - Charlie Crawford "Red" Hardamon, 74, of Nash, Texas, died Friday, June 18, 1999, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana Tx of coronary artery disease. Mr. Hardamon was born July 11, 1924, in Flora, Natchitoches, Louisiana, the son of Melvin Clementine Russell and Cobby Reginald Hardamon.
He was owner and operator of C&D Sales and Services, Conroe, Texas, and member of Good Hope Baptist Church, Cypress, Louisiana, F&AM Lodge 286, Beaumont, Texas, and Scottish Rite, Galveston, Texas. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis.
SURVIVORS include his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Jean Smith Hardamon of Nash; three daughters, Charlotte Parker of Arlington, Texas, Karen Jean Hardamon and Judith Ann Ellis of Houston, Texas; son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon of Washington state; three grandchildren, Sheila Denise Neumann Payne, Mason Hardamon Ellis, and Cassidy Ann Ellis; two great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez and Thomas Payne; one niece, Margaret Ann "Maggie" Flenniken Breedlove of Bossier City, Louisiana.; and a number of other relatives.
GRAVESIDE services will be 2 p.m. today in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Nash, Bowie, Texas, with the Rev. A.V. Smith officiating. Burial will be under direction of Hanner Funeral Service, Atlanta, Texas.
11 Oct 1942 - married Garland Longlois in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
7 Oct. 1943 - Entry into active service
12 Dec 1945 - US Navy, C1701191, Series C, honorable discharge from US Naval Personnel Separation Center, New Orleans LA, signed by N C Danforth, Lieut., USN Shipfitter Second Class (T) (CB)
24 Jan 1946, divorce decree, Garland Longlois, while Garland was pregnant with their son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon born in September 1946. My dad's mom (my grandmother) was not in favor of his actions against his wife Garland. And I never knew I had a brother until I was about 13 years old. I just overheard a conversation about Sonny and asked mother who is Sonny? We were never allowed to see each other. 🥹
1 June 1946 - married Dorothy Jean Smith in Greggton, Gregg, Texas (53 years)
grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis (s/o Tex D & Judith Ann Hardamon Ellis) DOD 10 Mar 1999, California - Ramsey was in a car accident which resulted in trauma to the brain; cremated
Seaman First Class, Seabees, Pacific Theater
117th Naval Construction Battalion
Texarkana Gazette, Saturday, June 19, 1999
ATLANTA, Texas - Charlie Crawford "Red" Hardamon, 74, of Nash, Texas, died Friday, June 18, 1999, at Christus St. Michael Hospital, Texarkana Tx of coronary artery disease. Mr. Hardamon was born July 11, 1924, in Flora, Natchitoches, Louisiana, the son of Melvin Clementine Russell and Cobby Reginald Hardamon.
He was owner and operator of C&D Sales and Services, Conroe, Texas, and member of Good Hope Baptist Church, Cypress, Louisiana, F&AM Lodge 286, Beaumont, Texas, and Scottish Rite, Galveston, Texas. He was preceded in death by one grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis.
SURVIVORS include his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Jean Smith Hardamon of Nash; three daughters, Charlotte Parker of Arlington, Texas, Karen Jean Hardamon and Judith Ann Ellis of Houston, Texas; son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon of Washington state; three grandchildren, Sheila Denise Neumann Payne, Mason Hardamon Ellis, and Cassidy Ann Ellis; two great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez and Thomas Payne; one niece, Margaret Ann "Maggie" Flenniken Breedlove of Bossier City, Louisiana.; and a number of other relatives.
GRAVESIDE services will be 2 p.m. today in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Nash, Bowie, Texas, with the Rev. A.V. Smith officiating. Burial will be under direction of Hanner Funeral Service, Atlanta, Texas.
11 Oct 1942 - married Garland Longlois in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
7 Oct. 1943 - Entry into active service
12 Dec 1945 - US Navy, C1701191, Series C, honorable discharge from US Naval Personnel Separation Center, New Orleans LA, signed by N C Danforth, Lieut., USN Shipfitter Second Class (T) (CB)
24 Jan 1946, divorce decree, Garland Longlois, while Garland was pregnant with their son Garland R "Sonny" Hardamon born in September 1946. My dad's mom (my grandmother) was not in favor of his actions against his wife Garland. And I never knew I had a brother until I was about 13 years old. I just overheard a conversation about Sonny and asked mother who is Sonny? We were never allowed to see each other. 🥹
1 June 1946 - married Dorothy Jean Smith in Greggton, Gregg, Texas (53 years)
grandson, Ramsey Yelvington Ellis (s/o Tex D & Judith Ann Hardamon Ellis) DOD 10 Mar 1999, California - Ramsey was in a car accident which resulted in trauma to the brain; cremated
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