1st Lt US Army
World War II
Corable L. Abshire was born in 1916 in West Virginia, a daughter of Jacob R. Abshire Sr. and wife Theora Estep Abshire.
Lt. Abshire, an Army nurse, married Lt. A.A. Albano of Philadelphia on May 14, 1944, in England. An article in The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., (July 16, 1944, Page 2) carried this headline: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon.”
She was among the first contingent of nurses to land in France after the Allied invasion. She served as a captain under Gen. George S. Patton in the Third Army.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Albano, 62, of Gettysburg, Pa., died on Nov. 27, 1977, in Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her father, her husband, sister Gaynell Abshire Acord and brother Jacob R. Abshire Jr.
Survivors included her mother, Theora Wriston; daughter Patricia and a grandchild; brothers Ezelle and Glen Abshire; and a sister, Mrs. Jerry (Geraldine) Warren.
Mrs. Albano was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
SOURCES: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon,” The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., July 16, 1944, Page 2; Pax Personals, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, July 9, 1957, Page 8, Corable Albano and daughter Patricia visit family; “Mrs. Corable Albano,” obituary, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., Nov. 29, 1977, Page 8; U.S. Census, 1940. Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1418; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 36-40; and Find A Grave Memorial# 83011819.
NOTE ABOUT HER NAME: She was Corable L. Abshire in the 1940 census. A private tree on Ancestry says her full name was Corable Lobertha Abshire but since the tree is private there is no way to see if the information is footnoted.
World War II
Corable L. Abshire was born in 1916 in West Virginia, a daughter of Jacob R. Abshire Sr. and wife Theora Estep Abshire.
Lt. Abshire, an Army nurse, married Lt. A.A. Albano of Philadelphia on May 14, 1944, in England. An article in The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., (July 16, 1944, Page 2) carried this headline: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon.”
She was among the first contingent of nurses to land in France after the Allied invasion. She served as a captain under Gen. George S. Patton in the Third Army.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Albano, 62, of Gettysburg, Pa., died on Nov. 27, 1977, in Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her father, her husband, sister Gaynell Abshire Acord and brother Jacob R. Abshire Jr.
Survivors included her mother, Theora Wriston; daughter Patricia and a grandchild; brothers Ezelle and Glen Abshire; and a sister, Mrs. Jerry (Geraldine) Warren.
Mrs. Albano was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
SOURCES: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon,” The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., July 16, 1944, Page 2; Pax Personals, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, July 9, 1957, Page 8, Corable Albano and daughter Patricia visit family; “Mrs. Corable Albano,” obituary, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., Nov. 29, 1977, Page 8; U.S. Census, 1940. Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1418; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 36-40; and Find A Grave Memorial# 83011819.
NOTE ABOUT HER NAME: She was Corable L. Abshire in the 1940 census. A private tree on Ancestry says her full name was Corable Lobertha Abshire but since the tree is private there is no way to see if the information is footnoted.
1st Lt US Army
World War II
Corable L. Abshire was born in 1916 in West Virginia, a daughter of Jacob R. Abshire Sr. and wife Theora Estep Abshire.
Lt. Abshire, an Army nurse, married Lt. A.A. Albano of Philadelphia on May 14, 1944, in England. An article in The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., (July 16, 1944, Page 2) carried this headline: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon.”
She was among the first contingent of nurses to land in France after the Allied invasion. She served as a captain under Gen. George S. Patton in the Third Army.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Albano, 62, of Gettysburg, Pa., died on Nov. 27, 1977, in Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her father, her husband, sister Gaynell Abshire Acord and brother Jacob R. Abshire Jr.
Survivors included her mother, Theora Wriston; daughter Patricia and a grandchild; brothers Ezelle and Glen Abshire; and a sister, Mrs. Jerry (Geraldine) Warren.
Mrs. Albano was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
SOURCES: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon,” The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., July 16, 1944, Page 2; Pax Personals, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, July 9, 1957, Page 8, Corable Albano and daughter Patricia visit family; “Mrs. Corable Albano,” obituary, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., Nov. 29, 1977, Page 8; U.S. Census, 1940. Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1418; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 36-40; and Find A Grave Memorial# 83011819.
NOTE ABOUT HER NAME: She was Corable L. Abshire in the 1940 census. A private tree on Ancestry says her full name was Corable Lobertha Abshire but since the tree is private there is no way to see if the information is footnoted.
World War II
Corable L. Abshire was born in 1916 in West Virginia, a daughter of Jacob R. Abshire Sr. and wife Theora Estep Abshire.
Lt. Abshire, an Army nurse, married Lt. A.A. Albano of Philadelphia on May 14, 1944, in England. An article in The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., (July 16, 1944, Page 2) carried this headline: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon.”
She was among the first contingent of nurses to land in France after the Allied invasion. She served as a captain under Gen. George S. Patton in the Third Army.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Albano, 62, of Gettysburg, Pa., died on Nov. 27, 1977, in Baltimore, Md., after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her father, her husband, sister Gaynell Abshire Acord and brother Jacob R. Abshire Jr.
Survivors included her mother, Theora Wriston; daughter Patricia and a grandchild; brothers Ezelle and Glen Abshire; and a sister, Mrs. Jerry (Geraldine) Warren.
Mrs. Albano was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa.
SOURCES: “Invasion of France Stops Fayette Girl’s Honeymoon,” The Sunday Register, Beckley, W.Va., July 16, 1944, Page 2; Pax Personals, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, July 9, 1957, Page 8, Corable Albano and daughter Patricia visit family; “Mrs. Corable Albano,” obituary, The Raleigh Register, Beckley, W.Va., Nov. 29, 1977, Page 8; U.S. Census, 1940. Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: T627_1418; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 36-40; and Find A Grave Memorial# 83011819.
NOTE ABOUT HER NAME: She was Corable L. Abshire in the 1940 census. A private tree on Ancestry says her full name was Corable Lobertha Abshire but since the tree is private there is no way to see if the information is footnoted.
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