Hubert Clifford Munroe, was born on April 12, 1911, in Geneva County, Alabama to Virgil Maurice Munroe and Carrie Lou Emma Brown Munroe. Not long after his birth, the family moved to Haralson County, Georgia. He was the oldest of seven children who grew to be a tall, lanky man with light blue eyes and brown hair.
Grandpa married my grandmother, Rosie Irene Smith, in 1937. Together, they had two [still living] children and raised them in Haralson County.
He was a hard worker and a "jack of all trades" who enjoyed working with his hands. He, like many of the Munroes, had great talent working with wood and building things. He was also good at taking items like metal coins or bolts and making very beautiful rings with them. He was a farmer and a construction worker for the J.B. McCrary Company which built water treatment plants. His job with the construction company kept Grandpa and Granny moving frequently as jobs were finished and new jobs begun in other cities and states. They lived in a trailer, and when it came time to move, they would pack up and take their home with them.
Some of my most vivid memories of Grandpa involve watching him while he was watching Saturday night wrestling. I don't believe I've ever seen a man enjoy any television show more than he did his wrestling. Even at my young age, I remember thinking his cheers or jeers directed toward the television on those nights being quite comical. He took wrestling very seriously, and good luck to anyone who dared suggest those shows were staged or phony!
Grandpa had his first heart attack about six months before his death. His second heart attack happened in Eatonton, Georgia in 1969 while he was on his lunch break at work. Sadly, he passed away before anyone realized what had happened. His funeral was held in Bremen, Georgia, and he was buried at the small Smith family cemetery bordering Bremen City Cemetery. His obituary appeared in The Bremen Gateway, Bremen, Georgia on November 6, 1969 on page 4.
~Biography Written by Sabrina King Combs (Granddaughter)
NOTE: I ask that if you use information from this biography, you would be kind enough to source it back or link it to this Find-a-Grave profile. It's not about me receiving credit for the work that I have done.....it's about making sure that the proper sourcing is maintained for all of those who might read or see your work in the future. Genealogy is just fiction if you don't document your sources. Sadly, I am placing this note here because I have discovered that people are taking the biography and using is as if they put in the work to write it without documenting where the information actually came from.
Grandpa married my grandmother, Rosie Irene Smith, in 1937. Together, they had two [still living] children and raised them in Haralson County.
He was a hard worker and a "jack of all trades" who enjoyed working with his hands. He, like many of the Munroes, had great talent working with wood and building things. He was also good at taking items like metal coins or bolts and making very beautiful rings with them. He was a farmer and a construction worker for the J.B. McCrary Company which built water treatment plants. His job with the construction company kept Grandpa and Granny moving frequently as jobs were finished and new jobs begun in other cities and states. They lived in a trailer, and when it came time to move, they would pack up and take their home with them.
Some of my most vivid memories of Grandpa involve watching him while he was watching Saturday night wrestling. I don't believe I've ever seen a man enjoy any television show more than he did his wrestling. Even at my young age, I remember thinking his cheers or jeers directed toward the television on those nights being quite comical. He took wrestling very seriously, and good luck to anyone who dared suggest those shows were staged or phony!
Grandpa had his first heart attack about six months before his death. His second heart attack happened in Eatonton, Georgia in 1969 while he was on his lunch break at work. Sadly, he passed away before anyone realized what had happened. His funeral was held in Bremen, Georgia, and he was buried at the small Smith family cemetery bordering Bremen City Cemetery. His obituary appeared in The Bremen Gateway, Bremen, Georgia on November 6, 1969 on page 4.
~Biography Written by Sabrina King Combs (Granddaughter)
NOTE: I ask that if you use information from this biography, you would be kind enough to source it back or link it to this Find-a-Grave profile. It's not about me receiving credit for the work that I have done.....it's about making sure that the proper sourcing is maintained for all of those who might read or see your work in the future. Genealogy is just fiction if you don't document your sources. Sadly, I am placing this note here because I have discovered that people are taking the biography and using is as if they put in the work to write it without documenting where the information actually came from.
Hubert Clifford Munroe, was born on April 12, 1911, in Geneva County, Alabama to Virgil Maurice Munroe and Carrie Lou Emma Brown Munroe. Not long after his birth, the family moved to Haralson County, Georgia. He was the oldest of seven children who grew to be a tall, lanky man with light blue eyes and brown hair.
Grandpa married my grandmother, Rosie Irene Smith, in 1937. Together, they had two [still living] children and raised them in Haralson County.
He was a hard worker and a "jack of all trades" who enjoyed working with his hands. He, like many of the Munroes, had great talent working with wood and building things. He was also good at taking items like metal coins or bolts and making very beautiful rings with them. He was a farmer and a construction worker for the J.B. McCrary Company which built water treatment plants. His job with the construction company kept Grandpa and Granny moving frequently as jobs were finished and new jobs begun in other cities and states. They lived in a trailer, and when it came time to move, they would pack up and take their home with them.
Some of my most vivid memories of Grandpa involve watching him while he was watching Saturday night wrestling. I don't believe I've ever seen a man enjoy any television show more than he did his wrestling. Even at my young age, I remember thinking his cheers or jeers directed toward the television on those nights being quite comical. He took wrestling very seriously, and good luck to anyone who dared suggest those shows were staged or phony!
Grandpa had his first heart attack about six months before his death. His second heart attack happened in Eatonton, Georgia in 1969 while he was on his lunch break at work. Sadly, he passed away before anyone realized what had happened. His funeral was held in Bremen, Georgia, and he was buried at the small Smith family cemetery bordering Bremen City Cemetery. His obituary appeared in The Bremen Gateway, Bremen, Georgia on November 6, 1969 on page 4.
~Biography Written by Sabrina King Combs (Granddaughter)
NOTE: I ask that if you use information from this biography, you would be kind enough to source it back or link it to this Find-a-Grave profile. It's not about me receiving credit for the work that I have done.....it's about making sure that the proper sourcing is maintained for all of those who might read or see your work in the future. Genealogy is just fiction if you don't document your sources. Sadly, I am placing this note here because I have discovered that people are taking the biography and using is as if they put in the work to write it without documenting where the information actually came from.
Grandpa married my grandmother, Rosie Irene Smith, in 1937. Together, they had two [still living] children and raised them in Haralson County.
He was a hard worker and a "jack of all trades" who enjoyed working with his hands. He, like many of the Munroes, had great talent working with wood and building things. He was also good at taking items like metal coins or bolts and making very beautiful rings with them. He was a farmer and a construction worker for the J.B. McCrary Company which built water treatment plants. His job with the construction company kept Grandpa and Granny moving frequently as jobs were finished and new jobs begun in other cities and states. They lived in a trailer, and when it came time to move, they would pack up and take their home with them.
Some of my most vivid memories of Grandpa involve watching him while he was watching Saturday night wrestling. I don't believe I've ever seen a man enjoy any television show more than he did his wrestling. Even at my young age, I remember thinking his cheers or jeers directed toward the television on those nights being quite comical. He took wrestling very seriously, and good luck to anyone who dared suggest those shows were staged or phony!
Grandpa had his first heart attack about six months before his death. His second heart attack happened in Eatonton, Georgia in 1969 while he was on his lunch break at work. Sadly, he passed away before anyone realized what had happened. His funeral was held in Bremen, Georgia, and he was buried at the small Smith family cemetery bordering Bremen City Cemetery. His obituary appeared in The Bremen Gateway, Bremen, Georgia on November 6, 1969 on page 4.
~Biography Written by Sabrina King Combs (Granddaughter)
NOTE: I ask that if you use information from this biography, you would be kind enough to source it back or link it to this Find-a-Grave profile. It's not about me receiving credit for the work that I have done.....it's about making sure that the proper sourcing is maintained for all of those who might read or see your work in the future. Genealogy is just fiction if you don't document your sources. Sadly, I am placing this note here because I have discovered that people are taking the biography and using is as if they put in the work to write it without documenting where the information actually came from.
