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Note: Horace was a WWII Vet with service in the South Pacific Overseas for 39 months. Served in the Medical Corp. Prior to WWII and pror to leaving home he raised hogs in the woods at Springville. His mark was a crop split in one ear and upper and under bit in the other. He attended school at Springfield, but left in the 7th grade. At about 15 years of age he left home and moved to Hammond and worked in the National Youth Association where he trained as a carpenter. He stayed there for about 2 years. He later served in the Civilian Conservation Corp. in St Helena Parish. He left the camps and moved back to Livingston to work for his first cousin husband Jack Ratcliff plowing fields. From this farm job he went into the service after Pearl Harbor approx. Jan. 1942. Coming home around Sept of 1945 He married Dorothy Louise Harrell Feb, 22 1946. They hitched a ride to Baton Rouge with Valmon McCon and his wife. My mother said that PaPa Chris Harrell, once he realized that his only daughter was really getting married, tried to catch up with the couple but could not. Horace and Dorothy lived in Baton Rouge until they came back to Livingston Parish. They purchased 25 acres from Alcest and George Allen Harrell, the half of the 50 acres that belonged to Chris and his second wife, Gracie McMorris on the Hood Road. They built a two room house and lived in it until they started a bigger house. The house with additions stands today where my mother still lives. 2007. Horace truck farmed after marriage. Prior to going to work at the Ethyl Corp, he obtained a GED. Later he went to work for Ethyl Corp until he was laid off in the late 50s. He then went to work in construction trades. He worked as a painter, pipefitter and retired out of the Iron workers local. On many jobs he worked as a Construction Supervisor. Horace raised cattle on the timber property around the area most of his life.. His brand was a D with a 7 attached to the top of the D. An addition to Dorothys grandmothers brand that stood for Dorothy. His mark was crop split in one ear and upper and under bit in the other, the mark that Chris Harrell used all his life for hogs. About 5 months prior to his death, he was diagnosed with cancer. He died at the Lady of the Lake Hospital on Essen. His body was brought to Livingston Seale Funeral Home and then to Coyell Baptist Church for the funeral. Rev. Sam Wallace and Rev. Jennings Hamilton conducted his funeral. Burial was in Colyell Baptist Church Cemetery on Thursday April 15, 1993.. He was a member of V.F.W. Post no 7017, past commander of Ellis Facundus American Lesion Post No 178.
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