MY DAD
Howard Payne was born in 1893. He was the oldest of several brothers, and sisters. All are deceased now, but I remember all of them that were alive during my lifetime. He had a beautiful sister who passed away in her teenage years before I was born, so that would be over 78 years ago. I can remember seeing a photograph of her, and she was beautiful. I did not know where she was buried until a few years ago. She is at rest in the Douglas Cemetery on Wooldridge Road near Jellico, Tennessee.
Dad started to work in the coal mine when he was 14. He joined the Army during the First World War working in the hospital San Antonio, Texas during the flu pandemic. He would talk about that pandemic and how devastating it was. Although he worked in the hospital he never came down with the flu, but it's possible when he passed away he had the flu. He passed away before any of my children were born, so the only thing they know is what I have said about him. For what ever the reason only a few photographs of him are in my collection.
He would always talk about the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas. When I was attending USAF basic training in Texas I got a week end pass and visited the Majestic. Was kind of surreal sitting in that theater.
He was a mathematical whiz, and was always working problems he found in newspapers. I have some of those mathematical genes.
My Dad was a fancy guy, and I can still hear him telling me to never take anything that did not belong to me. He was appalled at how some people he met in the military would take things. I carried that advice with me into the Military, and it served me well. The Military had a way of testing you to see if you were honest. If you proved honest you got some of the best jobs available in your job classification.
Cannot remember my Dad giving me a spanking, and I carried that to my children. I never spanked my children.
Other than working at Oak Ridge during World War Two, he worked in the coal mines.
Howard Payne was born in 1893. He was the oldest of several brothers, and sisters. All are deceased now, but I remember all of them that were alive during my lifetime. He had a beautiful sister who passed away in her teenage years before I was born, so that would be over 78 years ago. I can remember seeing a photograph of her, and she was beautiful. I did not know where she was buried until a few years ago. She is at rest in the Douglas Cemetery on Wooldridge Road near Jellico, Tennessee.
Dad started to work in the coal mine when he was 14. He joined the Army during the First World War working in the hospital San Antonio, Texas during the flu pandemic. He would talk about that pandemic and how devastating it was. Although he worked in the hospital he never came down with the flu, but it's possible when he passed away he had the flu. He passed away before any of my children were born, so the only thing they know is what I have said about him. For what ever the reason only a few photographs of him are in my collection.
He would always talk about the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas. When I was attending USAF basic training in Texas I got a week end pass and visited the Majestic. Was kind of surreal sitting in that theater.
He was a mathematical whiz, and was always working problems he found in newspapers. I have some of those mathematical genes.
My Dad was a fancy guy, and I can still hear him telling me to never take anything that did not belong to me. He was appalled at how some people he met in the military would take things. I carried that advice with me into the Military, and it served me well. The Military had a way of testing you to see if you were honest. If you proved honest you got some of the best jobs available in your job classification.
Cannot remember my Dad giving me a spanking, and I carried that to my children. I never spanked my children.
Other than working at Oak Ridge during World War Two, he worked in the coal mines.
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