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HORNE George Landon

HORNE George Landon

Male 1918 - 2001  (82 years)

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  • Name HORNE George Landon 
    Birth 20 Sep 1918  Sussex County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism Abt 1930  Waverly, Sussex County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1940 census 
    • 1940 United States Federal Census
      about George L Horne
      Name:George L Horne          
      Age:20          
      Estimated Birth Year:abt 1920          
      Gender:Male          
      Race:White          
      Birthplace:Virginia          
      Marital Status:Single          
      Relation to Head of House:Lodger          
      Home in 1940:Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia View Map          
      Street:West Grace Street          
      House Number:2518
               
      Inferred Residence in 1935:Rural, Sussex, Virginia          
      Residence in 1935:Rural, Sussex, Virginia          
      Resident on farm in 1935:Yes          
      Sheet Number:1B          
      Occupation:Book-Keeper          
      Industry:Insurance          
      Attended School or College:No          
      Highest Grade Completed:High School, 4th year          
      Hours Worked Week Prior to Census:36          
      Class of Worker:Wage or salary worker in private work          
      Weeks Worked in 1939:52          
      Income:910          
      Income Other Sources:No          
      Neighbors: View others on page          
      Household Members:NameAge               
      Linda Mallory 53               
      Clyde Mallory 28               
      Emma Mallory 28               
      Warren Mallory 5               
      Charles Griffins 49               
      Christine Wilkerson 19               
      Elsie Travis 20               
      Charles Hooper 36               
      Humphrey Harris 25               
      Kenneth Skeen 25               
      George L Horne 20               
      Carrie Brooks 26               
    Lived(s) In 1940  Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    2518 W. Grace St 
    • Boarder
    Medical Alzhimers  [2
    Military 1944  [3
    US Army, WW-II, various locations 
    • Served in the medical Corp at various locations, including New Guinea. Continued in the reserve and abtained the rank of Lt. Col
    Occupation Insurance Executive/USAR 
    Reference Number H6 
    Death 21 Jul 2001  Richmond, VA (Chimborazo Hospital) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: heart attack/alzheimer's 
    Burial 24 Jul 2001  Richmond, VA (Westhampton Cem) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • George Landon Horne was born September 20th, 1918 on the farm in Sussex County He was delivered by Dr. Stoneham. Dr. Stoneham failed to send in a birth certificate to the state, so there is none on file. He attended and graduated from Waverly High School, in Waverly, Virginia in 1935. He walked to school until his senior year, until transportation was available (this was 1.5 miles each way). His first job was at the D. Pender grocery store in Waverly, Virginia. He attended Smithdeal-Massey Business College in Richmond, Va. His hobbies were baseball, horseshoes and fishing. He was a Phi Beta Kappa president. He served in the US Army in WW-II in the 10th Armored Division. He then went to OCS and was commissioned an officer and went with the Army General Hospital Corp and served in the South Pacific in New Guini and the Phillipines. He later retired as a LTC in the Army Reserve Hospital Corp. He can still, in 1992, fit in his WW-II uniforms. Landon is 5'6 and his avg weight all his life has been between 120-125 pounds and he is 5'6, with brown hair and blue eyes. He joined the insurance firm of Gibson, Moore and Sutton and retired as a partner and Corporate Secretary. Landon and his family are members of the Tabernacle Baptist Church and Landon served as Deacon, church clerk, and was on the administrative board. He should be remembered that he practiced his religion in everyday life as well as attending church regularly. Landon met his wife, Mayme Virginia Newman (Ginny), at a church forum at Tabernacle. She was living with her aunt Mamie, here in Richmond. Ginny was working at Richmond Machinery at the time. They fell in love and married within a year. Their first house was at 3314 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, Va., and paid about $11,000 back then. It should also be remembered that gas was only .25 a gallon. Landon would like to be remembered for raising two (2) exceptional, honest and Christian children in this age of temptation and moral decay. Betsy's and Justin's Father died just before 1:00am, Saturday, July 21, 2001.
    • (Medical):Died at 0100 Hrs
    Person ID I873  Booth Family
    Last Modified 25 May 2015 

    Father HORNE Herbert Raines,   b. 26 Dec 1880, Newville, Prince George, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1956, Richmond, VA (MCV Hosp) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother GOODRICH Mary (Pinky) Elizabeth,   b. 18 Aug 1884, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1976, Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 28 Jan 1907  Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • The way that he and grandmother left to get married is a classic, just like a romantic novel. On a cold, blustery, snowy 28th day of January, 1907, Grandfather, at the stroke of midnight, placed a ladder against the side of the farmhouse and grandmother climbed down to go marry Herbert. They took the horse and carriage that he had waiting through three (3) feet of snow to the train station in Waverly, Virginia. There they took a train to Halifax, NC and stayed at the Roanoke Hotel, where they were married by J. L. Fenner, Justice of the Peace on January 28th, 1907. Mrs. W. A. Sater was both the proprietress and witness. Mary Virginia Horne Howard remembers that the next morning, one of the kids went downstairs and told their mother, Ella Gertrude Booth Goodrich that Pinkie (Mary Goodrich) wasn't in her room. As the family started to search for her, her father Benjamin Taylor Goodrich, said,' there ain't no need to look for her, she's run away to get married, haven't you seen her making all these new clothes?'. Mary Virginia doesn't remember which of the kids told their mother about Pinkie (Mary) being gone. However it was the one that slept in the room with Mary Goodrich and my guess would be Stella, as they were the closest of the kids and remained so throughout life.
    Family ID F245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family NEWMAN Mayme Virginia,   b. 2 Sep 1920, Lawrenceville, Brunswick, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 2005, Chesterfield County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jun 1950  Richmond, VA (1st Baptist Church Ch) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. HORNE Justin Landon,   b. 24 Apr 1956, Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     2. HORNE Betsy Elizabeth Eunice,   b. Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 20 Sep 1918 - Sussex County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - Abt 1930 - Waverly, Sussex County, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 census - 1940 - Richmond, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLived(s) In - 2518 W. Grace St - 1940 - Richmond, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Jun 1950 - Richmond, VA (1st Baptist Church Ch) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: heart attack/alzheimer's - 21 Jul 2001 - Richmond, VA (Chimborazo Hospital) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 24 Jul 2001 - Richmond, VA (Westhampton Cem) Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Portrait at the office
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    Horne: George Landon Horne
    Wedding
    Horne, Landon and Virginia
    Horne, Landon and Virginia
    Horne, George Landon
    Horne, George Landon

  • Sources 
    1. [S1198] 1940 Census, 1940 Census, Book-Keeper in the Insurance Industry Insurance (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S37] Gene C. Harris.

    3. [S275] Gene Harris, Mary and Linwood Howard Interview, (Taped interview in 1999).

    4. [S229] Gene C. Harris Evelyn Horne Harris.