Charles Henry Gartrell was born to Ethelbert Hopkins Gartrell and Helen M. Chadwick.
He was an Kentucky state and municipal officer from Ashland, Kentucky. Educated in private schools, he graduated from Centre College in Danville. During his lifetime, Gartrell was an active member of the Shriners, Freemasons, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Sons of the American Revolution.
Charles was enamored by flight early in his life when a plane landed in Ashland when he was 5 years old. Charles learned to fly when he 17 years old and dedicated his entire life to bring aviation to Kentucky. He would patrol the coastline during WWII with the Civil Air Patrol as a pilot at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Patrol Base No. 1 of the Antisubmarine Command. He joined Army-Air Force Auxilary and then the Navy Reserve where he would become a test pilot.
After his death, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal award honoring Civil Air Patrol WWII volunteers for their unusual combat and humanitarian service at a critical time of need for the nation. Serving as one of our war time commanders. Col. Maj Gartrell helped lay a foundation for the Civil Air Patrol.
As the first commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Aeronautics from 1948 to 1956, during this time, Gartrell flew various government officials, from the governor and senators, around the state. In this capacity, he helped to expand tourism and economic development in the state and advanced the building of many local airports to advance commerce with the region.
Gartrell was the thiry-third mayor of Ashland from 1968 to 1972 and later an administrative supervisor in the Kentucky Department of Human Resources.
Gartrell died in 1988 and was buried in Ashland Cemetery.
Notes and references:
Ashland's Daily Independent; Air Patrol honors Ashland native, April 22, 2019.
The Political Graveyard
The Kentucky encyclopedia (1992)
The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
He was an Kentucky state and municipal officer from Ashland, Kentucky. Educated in private schools, he graduated from Centre College in Danville. During his lifetime, Gartrell was an active member of the Shriners, Freemasons, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Sons of the American Revolution.
Charles was enamored by flight early in his life when a plane landed in Ashland when he was 5 years old. Charles learned to fly when he 17 years old and dedicated his entire life to bring aviation to Kentucky. He would patrol the coastline during WWII with the Civil Air Patrol as a pilot at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Patrol Base No. 1 of the Antisubmarine Command. He joined Army-Air Force Auxilary and then the Navy Reserve where he would become a test pilot.
After his death, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal award honoring Civil Air Patrol WWII volunteers for their unusual combat and humanitarian service at a critical time of need for the nation. Serving as one of our war time commanders. Col. Maj Gartrell helped lay a foundation for the Civil Air Patrol.
As the first commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Aeronautics from 1948 to 1956, during this time, Gartrell flew various government officials, from the governor and senators, around the state. In this capacity, he helped to expand tourism and economic development in the state and advanced the building of many local airports to advance commerce with the region.
Gartrell was the thiry-third mayor of Ashland from 1968 to 1972 and later an administrative supervisor in the Kentucky Department of Human Resources.
Gartrell died in 1988 and was buried in Ashland Cemetery.
Notes and references:
Ashland's Daily Independent; Air Patrol honors Ashland native, April 22, 2019.
The Political Graveyard
The Kentucky encyclopedia (1992)
The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
Charles Henry Gartrell was born to Ethelbert Hopkins Gartrell and Helen M. Chadwick.
He was an Kentucky state and municipal officer from Ashland, Kentucky. Educated in private schools, he graduated from Centre College in Danville. During his lifetime, Gartrell was an active member of the Shriners, Freemasons, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Sons of the American Revolution.
Charles was enamored by flight early in his life when a plane landed in Ashland when he was 5 years old. Charles learned to fly when he 17 years old and dedicated his entire life to bring aviation to Kentucky. He would patrol the coastline during WWII with the Civil Air Patrol as a pilot at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Patrol Base No. 1 of the Antisubmarine Command. He joined Army-Air Force Auxilary and then the Navy Reserve where he would become a test pilot.
After his death, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal award honoring Civil Air Patrol WWII volunteers for their unusual combat and humanitarian service at a critical time of need for the nation. Serving as one of our war time commanders. Col. Maj Gartrell helped lay a foundation for the Civil Air Patrol.
As the first commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Aeronautics from 1948 to 1956, during this time, Gartrell flew various government officials, from the governor and senators, around the state. In this capacity, he helped to expand tourism and economic development in the state and advanced the building of many local airports to advance commerce with the region.
Gartrell was the thiry-third mayor of Ashland from 1968 to 1972 and later an administrative supervisor in the Kentucky Department of Human Resources.
Gartrell died in 1988 and was buried in Ashland Cemetery.
Notes and references:
Ashland's Daily Independent; Air Patrol honors Ashland native, April 22, 2019.
The Political Graveyard
The Kentucky encyclopedia (1992)
The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
He was an Kentucky state and municipal officer from Ashland, Kentucky. Educated in private schools, he graduated from Centre College in Danville. During his lifetime, Gartrell was an active member of the Shriners, Freemasons, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Sons of the American Revolution.
Charles was enamored by flight early in his life when a plane landed in Ashland when he was 5 years old. Charles learned to fly when he 17 years old and dedicated his entire life to bring aviation to Kentucky. He would patrol the coastline during WWII with the Civil Air Patrol as a pilot at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey at Patrol Base No. 1 of the Antisubmarine Command. He joined Army-Air Force Auxilary and then the Navy Reserve where he would become a test pilot.
After his death, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal award honoring Civil Air Patrol WWII volunteers for their unusual combat and humanitarian service at a critical time of need for the nation. Serving as one of our war time commanders. Col. Maj Gartrell helped lay a foundation for the Civil Air Patrol.
As the first commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Aeronautics from 1948 to 1956, during this time, Gartrell flew various government officials, from the governor and senators, around the state. In this capacity, he helped to expand tourism and economic development in the state and advanced the building of many local airports to advance commerce with the region.
Gartrell was the thiry-third mayor of Ashland from 1968 to 1972 and later an administrative supervisor in the Kentucky Department of Human Resources.
Gartrell died in 1988 and was buried in Ashland Cemetery.
Notes and references:
Ashland's Daily Independent; Air Patrol honors Ashland native, April 22, 2019.
The Political Graveyard
The Kentucky encyclopedia (1992)
The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
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