Uncle Don was Navy and took command of his first ship at Peral Harbor shortly before Dec.7, 1941. He was on board on that Sunday morning. He survived only to be killed in a plane crash 2yrs. later, returning from the South Pacific. He was one of many top officers lost that day. His wife, Hazel May, is buried with him.
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FUNERAL PLANS MADE FOR VICTIM OF CRASH
Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston Native, to be Buried at Arlington
Williamston, Feb. 6 -- Funeral services for Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston native who lost his life with other high ranking Naval officers in a plane crash north of San Francisco on January 21, will be held in Fort Myers, Va., Chapel Tuesday afternoon, at 3, members of the family and friends were notified here late today. Interment will follow in Arlington Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel Mae Kenney, of Washington and Connecticut, a daughter, Mrs. Donnie Bingle, of Washington; and four brothers, Charles H. and Vernon D. of Williamston, Lewis of Farmville and Dr. Grover C. Godwin, of Roanoke, Va.
Captain Godwin entered the Navy as an ensign from the Naval Academy in 1911 and returned to the Academy as a professor during the middle thirties. He also taught in the University of Southern California. He was promoted to the captaincy in 1939. After seeing much action in the South Pacific and at Pearl Harbor, he was on his to the States for shore duty at the time of his death.
The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Sun 07 Feb 1943 page 16
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FUNERAL PLANS MADE FOR VICTIM OF CRASH
Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston Native, to be Buried at Arlington
Williamston, Feb. 6 -- Funeral services for Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston native who lost his life with other high ranking Naval officers in a plane crash north of San Francisco on January 21, will be held in Fort Myers, Va., Chapel Tuesday afternoon, at 3, members of the family and friends were notified here late today. Interment will follow in Arlington Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel Mae Kenney, of Washington and Connecticut, a daughter, Mrs. Donnie Bingle, of Washington; and four brothers, Charles H. and Vernon D. of Williamston, Lewis of Farmville and Dr. Grover C. Godwin, of Roanoke, Va.
Captain Godwin entered the Navy as an ensign from the Naval Academy in 1911 and returned to the Academy as a professor during the middle thirties. He also taught in the University of Southern California. He was promoted to the captaincy in 1939. After seeing much action in the South Pacific and at Pearl Harbor, he was on his to the States for shore duty at the time of his death.
The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Sun 07 Feb 1943 page 16
Uncle Don was Navy and took command of his first ship at Peral Harbor shortly before Dec.7, 1941. He was on board on that Sunday morning. He survived only to be killed in a plane crash 2yrs. later, returning from the South Pacific. He was one of many top officers lost that day. His wife, Hazel May, is buried with him.
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FUNERAL PLANS MADE FOR VICTIM OF CRASH
Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston Native, to be Buried at Arlington
Williamston, Feb. 6 -- Funeral services for Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston native who lost his life with other high ranking Naval officers in a plane crash north of San Francisco on January 21, will be held in Fort Myers, Va., Chapel Tuesday afternoon, at 3, members of the family and friends were notified here late today. Interment will follow in Arlington Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel Mae Kenney, of Washington and Connecticut, a daughter, Mrs. Donnie Bingle, of Washington; and four brothers, Charles H. and Vernon D. of Williamston, Lewis of Farmville and Dr. Grover C. Godwin, of Roanoke, Va.
Captain Godwin entered the Navy as an ensign from the Naval Academy in 1911 and returned to the Academy as a professor during the middle thirties. He also taught in the University of Southern California. He was promoted to the captaincy in 1939. After seeing much action in the South Pacific and at Pearl Harbor, he was on his to the States for shore duty at the time of his death.
The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Sun 07 Feb 1943 page 16
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FUNERAL PLANS MADE FOR VICTIM OF CRASH
Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston Native, to be Buried at Arlington
Williamston, Feb. 6 -- Funeral services for Capt. Don C. Godwin, Williamston native who lost his life with other high ranking Naval officers in a plane crash north of San Francisco on January 21, will be held in Fort Myers, Va., Chapel Tuesday afternoon, at 3, members of the family and friends were notified here late today. Interment will follow in Arlington Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel Mae Kenney, of Washington and Connecticut, a daughter, Mrs. Donnie Bingle, of Washington; and four brothers, Charles H. and Vernon D. of Williamston, Lewis of Farmville and Dr. Grover C. Godwin, of Roanoke, Va.
Captain Godwin entered the Navy as an ensign from the Naval Academy in 1911 and returned to the Academy as a professor during the middle thirties. He also taught in the University of Southern California. He was promoted to the captaincy in 1939. After seeing much action in the South Pacific and at Pearl Harbor, he was on his to the States for shore duty at the time of his death.
The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) Sun 07 Feb 1943 page 16
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