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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

Lake City and World War II
...Lake City contributed many citizens to the service of our county in World War IL Here are

some interesting facts about some of them. There was a father, son, and daughter all in the Navy at
the same time: Noah, Jimmy and Nena Taylor. There was also a father and son: Clay Codrington,
Sr. and Jr., both in the Army. Also, there were three brothers all in different branches of the service:

Howard Williams (Army), Ernest Williams (Air Force), and Jimmy English (Marines). Two

servicemen became prisoners of war: Gerald Witt and Pratt Rivers. Kennerson Wilson was killed
in action. Fred Kinard was killed in a training accident after distinguishing himself in combat for
which he received the Navy Cross. Thomas Tramel, father of our sheriff, was wounded in action.

Kenneth Wolford served four years of patriotic duty in the Navy and escaped harm-free, then had
an accident when he was going home to be discharged and lost a foot. And, of course, there were

many others, too numerous to mention here.
The Writing Montgomerys

...Ed and June Montgomery are supposed to be retired but they don’t know how to retire so
they write books. Ed has finished nearly two years of research and writing to put together a book

on his father, “Dr. Mont”. The book is over 200 pages of autobiography, biography, stories,
anecdotes, letters, and photographs. You can buy a copy for $ 15 from the First Presbyterian Church

around February. All proceeds will go to the church. June Montgomery has written six piano
teaching books called “Fundamental Musicianship Skills” which will also be available in February.

Our County School Superintendents
...Our first seven superintendents were not superintendents at all. From 1845 to 1865, our
probate judges acted as school superintendents. They were Judges Brown, Jones, Herbert, Niblack,

Hunt, Ives and Smithson. The longest terms held by elected superintendents were served by J. W.
Bums (20 years), Silas Pittman (16years) and Buford Galloway (12). Two superintendents had

doctorate degrees (Frank Phillips and Silas Pittman). The most unusual death was George Graham’s
(1929-1936). He was helping with a “cemetery cleaning” by trimming tree limbs when he fell from

a tree and was killed.
Happy New Year

...To “Duval N. Marion”, a fictional name for a real person who writes me regularly, always
anonymously, with wonderful stories of our area. Keep them coming! Someday I hope to meet you.

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