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Note: 1930 Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas, ED8, pg. 20A, line 10 (East 5th Ave., Ross Hotel) L. O. Beal 26 age at 1st marriage 24 Texas Texas Texas salesman Mrs. L. O. Beal 24 age at 1st marriage 22 Texas Texas Texas saleslady
Arkansas Marriages (familysearch.org) name: L O Beal event: Marriage License event date: 18 Aug 1934 event place: , Miller, Arkansas, United States age: 25 estimated birth year: 1909 residence: Texarkana, Bowie, Texas spouse: Rachael R Jones spouse's age: 23 spouse's estimated birth year: 1911 spouse's residence: Mt Vernon, Franklin, Texas marriage license date: 18 Aug 1934 page: 74 film number: 1977085 digital folder number: 004368535 image number: 00625 ******NOTE: I was told her middle name was Ruby
1940 Census Name: L O Beal Event Place: Angleton, Justice Precinct 1, Brazoria, Texas, United States Gender: Male Age: 30 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): White Race (Standardized): White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head Birthplace: Texas Estimated Birth Year: 1910 Residence in 1935: Rural, Galveston, Texas Enumeration District Number: 20-1 Family Number: 49 Sheet Number and Letter: 3A Line Number: 2 NARA Publication Number: T627 NARA Roll Number: 3991 Digital Folder Number: 005456911 Image Number: 00009 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head L O Beal M 30 Texas laborer general/construction Wife Fern M Beal F 19 Texas
Social Security Application was filed Dec. 4, 1936 In Anahuac, Texas. Daddy was working for Brown & Root.
Daddy's enlistment papers have he was born in Jefferson, Marion Co., Texas but his delayed birth certificate has he was born in Avinger, Cass Co., Texas.
Looney was inducted into the United States Navy Sept. 23, 1943 at Houston, Harris Co., Texas. His pay rate was $50 a month, he was 5ft.11in., weight 198, eyes Blue, hair Brown, complexion Ruddy.
Mom always called daddy "Bill". She refused to call him Looney or Coon.
Daddy worked in the oilfields and "bummed" around when he was younger. He saw a lot of the country. After marrying, he built a small two bedroom house in LaPorte, Texas for us. I was five at the time. When I was 15 they had a brick house built and moved the old house to the back of the property. After graduating from high school, my folks and brother moved to Pasadena, Texas.
Daddy was the best person in our lives. He very seldom got angry and was so patient with everyone. We loved him dearly.
When I was 5 years old I had my appendix taking out. Daddy set in the waiting room and cried. I remember him carrying me into the house when I went home. He was so afraid my stitches would break. He was my hero.
He fought and won over colon cancer but his heart just couldn't hold up under the pain from the fall. He was so broken up. Injured though he was, after falling off a ladder and breaking himself up, his sense of humor endured. When the doctor inquired how high on the ladder he was, he replied "you know the rung that says do not stand on". Due to his advanced years his heart was unable to endure the strain.
My cousin Leonard Jackson "Chief Big Bear" Beal said daddy had a model T. LJ said they decided to go into town after a big rain and had to cross a bridge that was under water. Daddy's brother, Bud, walked in front of the car with water up to his knees and daddy followed in the car. That way he knew where the bridge was.
LILLY JEAN BEAL ENGLEMAN, May 21, 2001 Today I talked to Merle Dorgan Bradley (903-665-3355) who lives in Jefferson, Marion County, TexasShe used to go to my grandpa Beal's and play with the kids. She said my daddy made her a doll quilt out of bandanas one year. She said she thinks it was for Christmas. She referred to him as "Coon" which was his nickname. She remembered people asking why she went to their house because grandpa was so high-tempered. Mrs. Bradley said when she was small she would get in grandpa's lap and wrap her arms around his neck while he rocked her. She said the Beals were poor but always had plenty of food for the table and the house was always spotless.
MILITARY PAPERS: Service # 842-32-43 Rate A.S. Pay per Month $50 Date 25 Sept. 1943 inducted into the US Navy Education 5th grade Height 5 ft. 11 in. Weight 198 Eyes Blue Hair Brown Complexion Ruddy Voluntarily enlised this date as apprentice seaman, class V6, US NaVAl Reserve, SV to serve for a period of two years. Recalled Oct. 2, 1943, transferred USNTS San Diego, CA 19 Dec. 1943: transferred this date to the USS IX-120 (USS Jaguar) for duty, Terminal Island, CA 26 Sept. 1945: serving outside the continental limits of the US this date, authorized to wear ribbons for American and Asiatic-Pacific Areas. 26 Sept. 1945: transferred this date to Staging Center, Saipan for further processing. 16 Nov. 1945: discharged at Camp Wallace, Texas with honorable discharge, expiration of enlistment, 21 months sea duty
NAVY SHIP HE WAS ON DURING WW 11(From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships) Jaguar (IX-120) was launched as Charles T. Yerkes under Maritime Commission contract by the California Shipbuilding Corp., San Pedro, Calif., 20 November 1943; renamed Jaguar 27 October; acquired by the Navy 15 December 1943; and commissioned that day, Lt. Comdr. T. E. Hammond in command. After shakedown out of San Pedro, Jaguar departed 19 January 1944 for duty as a floating storage ship in the Pacific islands. She arrived New Caledonia 21 February via Wellington, New Zealand, and from there she transported vital diesel oil, aviation gasoline, and minesweeping gear to the New Hebrides and Solomons Islands. Jaguar remained on station in the Pacific, sometimes servicing islands remote but important in our push for Japan. Jaguar returned to the West Coast early in 1946 and arrived Norfolk via the Panama Canal 20 April. She decommissioned there 10 June 1946, and was turned over to the Maritime Commission. After serving as a tanker with various American lines under the name of Harry Peer in 1948 and Tini in 1949, the ship was transferred to Panamanian flag in February 1951.
Specifications: Displacement 3,665 t.(lt) Length 441' 6" Beam 56' 11" Draft 28' 4" Speed 11 kts. Complement 79 Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, one single 3"/50 gun mount, eight 20mm guns Propulsion two 220 PSI boilers, Joshua Hendy Ironworks, Sunnyvale, CA., single three cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine, single 4 blade, 18' 6" propeller, Shaft Horsepower, 2,500.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/46/46120.htm Armadillo Class Mobile Station Tanker Laid down, 18 October 1943, as SS Charles T. Yerkes, a Maritime Commission type (Z-ET1-S-C3) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 1909) at California Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, CA. Renamed Jaguar 27 October 1943 Launched, 20 November 1943 Acquired by the US Navy 15 December 1943 Commissioned USS Jaguar (IX-120), 18 December 1943, LCDR. T. E. Hammond in command Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1946 Delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 10 June 1946, at Norfolk, VA., named reverted to SS Charles T. Yerkes Sold, May 1948, to Ocean Tankers Ltd., Dover, DE. renamed SS Harry Peer Resold in 1949 to Tini Steamship Co., Ltd., Dover, DE., and converted to a grain carrier by Alabama Drydock Co., Mobile, AL. Resold in 1951 to Cia de Nav Las Cruces SA, , renamed SS Illenao, reflagged Panamanian Resold in 1954 to S. N. Difonis, Athens, (name retained), Panamanian flag Final Disposition, grounded near Prongs Lighthouse, Bombay, 4 June 1954, while bound from Freemantle to Bombay with wheat - refloated with extensive bottom damage also to machinery and boilers, declared total loss, sold to local breakers
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