Joseph McLarty "Mac" Nettles was born Dec.27,1915 in the Cole Spring community near Tanglewood and was the son of Joseph Alfred Nettles and Carrie Bell Yeager Nettles. He was a life long resident of the Lexington area. On Dec. 7,1938 he married Audrey Idella Guthrie in the Lexington home of Rev. O.J. Morgan. They had four children.
"Mac" was employed by the Lexington ISD as a school bus driver and retired after 34 years of service. He also retired from the US Postal service after 15 years as a rural mail carrier. His hobbies included fishing,gardening,fox hunting,dog training,and dominoes. He was also very proud of his service in the "Tree Army", or the CCC in the 1930's. He was blind in one eye and therefore ineligible to serve in the military in WWII.
"Mac" passed away Friday, February 3,2006 in the Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale having reached the age of 90 years.
"Mac" was employed by the Lexington ISD as a school bus driver and retired after 34 years of service. He also retired from the US Postal service after 15 years as a rural mail carrier. His hobbies included fishing,gardening,fox hunting,dog training,and dominoes. He was also very proud of his service in the "Tree Army", or the CCC in the 1930's. He was blind in one eye and therefore ineligible to serve in the military in WWII.
"Mac" passed away Friday, February 3,2006 in the Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale having reached the age of 90 years.
Joseph McLarty "Mac" Nettles was born Dec.27,1915 in the Cole Spring community near Tanglewood and was the son of Joseph Alfred Nettles and Carrie Bell Yeager Nettles. He was a life long resident of the Lexington area. On Dec. 7,1938 he married Audrey Idella Guthrie in the Lexington home of Rev. O.J. Morgan. They had four children.
"Mac" was employed by the Lexington ISD as a school bus driver and retired after 34 years of service. He also retired from the US Postal service after 15 years as a rural mail carrier. His hobbies included fishing,gardening,fox hunting,dog training,and dominoes. He was also very proud of his service in the "Tree Army", or the CCC in the 1930's. He was blind in one eye and therefore ineligible to serve in the military in WWII.
"Mac" passed away Friday, February 3,2006 in the Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale having reached the age of 90 years.
"Mac" was employed by the Lexington ISD as a school bus driver and retired after 34 years of service. He also retired from the US Postal service after 15 years as a rural mail carrier. His hobbies included fishing,gardening,fox hunting,dog training,and dominoes. He was also very proud of his service in the "Tree Army", or the CCC in the 1930's. He was blind in one eye and therefore ineligible to serve in the military in WWII.
"Mac" passed away Friday, February 3,2006 in the Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale having reached the age of 90 years.
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