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Home Town Tunnelton
Date of Passing Apr 06, 2012
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Charles William Hebb Sr., 93, a resident of Parsons, departed this life early Friday morning, April 6, 2012, in Cortland Acres in Thomas.
He was born Wednesday, June 19, 1918, at Tunnelton, a son of the late Solomon Elsworth and Alice Maude Thomas Hebb.
On March 19, 1946, in Ozark, Ala., he was married to the former Christine Lee, who preceded him in death on Jan. 10, 2012.
Surviving are two daughters, Charlotte Faye Vanscoy and husband, Alvin, of Porterwood and Carol Ann Lemons and husband, Rick, of Cabins; one daughter-in-law; Carol Stokes Hebb of Parsons; and 10 grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, four stepgreat-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
He is the last surviving member of his immediate family having been preceded in death by one son, Charles William Hebb Jr.; one son-in-law, William "Bill" Lawrence; five brothers, Harry, Allen, Guy, John and Russell Hebb; and five sisters, Helen Miller, Mabel Fekete, Ethel Agnes Thawley, Blanche Manuel and Faye Neville.
He attended the schools of Tunnelton and Parsons. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps as a young boy in Dolly Sods. He was a union construction worker, having worked on the Stony River Dam and the dam at Sugar Grove. He was a former coal truck driver and an employee of the West Virginia Division of Highways, retiring in 1982 after 19 years. He was a member of the H.W. Daniels Post 29 American Legion of Elkins, a member of the local labor union at Clarksburg and a member of the former Moose Lodge at Parsons. He was an active member of the Parsons Church of God for more than 50-plus years. He loved to sing and play the harmonica, guitar and mandolin. If the instrument had strings, he could play it. He was an avid gardener, hunter and fisherman.
The family will receive friends at Parsons Church of God on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the church on Wednesday, April 11, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Eli Hostetler, the Rev. Pat Cassidy and the Rev. Ronald Miller Jr. will officiate and interment will follow at Bethel Cemetery at Holly Meadows, where full military honors will be accorded by members of the H.W. Daniels Post 29 American Legion and the Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE CHARLES WILLIAM HEBB WORKED AS A CARPENTERS HELPER BEFORE BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY ON 22 APRIL 1941. HE SERVED IN ALASKA WITH "I" COMPANY 201ST INFANTRY REGIMENT FROM 15 AUGUST 1941 TO 17 MARCH 1944. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 1 JULY 1945.
Description (Aleutian Islands Campaign 3 Jun 1942 to 24 Aug 1943) On 3-4 June 1942, at the time of the Battle of Midway, a Japanese force attacked Dutch Harbor and inflicted considerable damage before it was driven off. The Japanese then occupied Attu and Kiska. For the rest of 1942 and into 1943, Eleventh Air Force struck enemy bases and installations whenever weather over the Aleutians permitted. The United States troops that landed on Attu on 11 May 1943 had possession of the island by the end of the month. The capture of Attu isolated Kiska, which was bombed repeatedly by American aircraft. The troops that invaded Kiska on 15 August 1943 discovered that the Japanese, under the cover of fog, had secretly evacuated their garrison.
