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George Walter Lear Jr.

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George Walter Lear Jr.

Birth
USA
Death
7 Nov 1937 (aged 27)
Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section MY, Lot 238, Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Walter Lear was the son of Bob and Bessie Griggs Lear. He was married to Frances Swanson and the father of three daughters, one of whom died shortly after birth. The two others died in a car-train accident November, 1937 along with their parents, paternal grandmother, and aunt.
This multiple death tragedy devastated the Lear family, even till this day. Walter was conscious and able to give witnesses the name and telephone of his father in Rome, and ask that he be called.
Walter worked with his father as a roofing contractor.
He was the brother of Everett, James William, Elsie, Charles, and Joe Lear.
Walter Lear was the son of Bob and Bessie Griggs Lear. He was married to Frances Swanson and the father of three daughters, one of whom died shortly after birth. The two others died in a car-train accident November, 1937 along with their parents, paternal grandmother, and aunt.
This multiple death tragedy devastated the Lear family, even till this day. Walter was conscious and able to give witnesses the name and telephone of his father in Rome, and ask that he be called.
Walter worked with his father as a roofing contractor.
He was the brother of Everett, James William, Elsie, Charles, and Joe Lear.


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