Grandmother:
Mary Hemphill
3 Brothers:
Bill Hemphill
Jack Hemphill
Joe Hemphill
Married:
Norma Faye Douglas
May 24, 1942 at the Wedding Bell
Yuma, Arizona
Wedding announcement printed in Joplin Globe Newspaper
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Douglas, 1321 Broadway, announce the marriage of their daughter, Norma Faye, to Lloyd Hemphill, son of Roy Hemphill, 706 Harlem avenue. The wedding took place May 24 in the Wedding Bell in Yuma, Arizona. The ceremony was read by the Rev. D. Lillis of Yuma. The bride and groom were reared in Joplin and attended the schools here. Mr. Hemphill is stationed with the army air corps at Gardner Field, Taft, California. The bride was accompanied west by her father and sisters; A. L. Douglas, Mrs. Kermit [Jeanne] Gustafson, and Mrs. V. A. [Helen] Sowersby, who attended the wedding. The bride and groom are at home at 300 North Sixth street in Taft.
1 Daughter
Sandra Lee Hemphill
Taken from Joplin Globe newspaper
Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin was one of 28 men, 24 of them pilots that was killed in a night time crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Nebraska while being ferried from Bruning, Nebraska airfield to Pierre, South Dakota.
As co-pilot of a P-10 Warhawk plane, Lt. Hemphill, was accredited with 80 combat missions in the Mediterranean area and returned from that area.
While in the theater of operations he flew missions over North Africa, covered allied landings in the invasion of Sicily and in Italy and made daily flights against Nazi strongholds in Carsino.
For the last 4 months prior to the crash, he had been serving as an instructor at Bruing Airfield at Fairburg, Nebraska. He had been to Nebraska 6 weeks earlier while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt from Nebraska to Texas.
He enlisted int he Air Corps in January 1942, and received training at Bakersfield field in California and at Phoenix, Arizona where he was commissioned and awarded his wings.
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JOPLIN NEWS HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944, PAGE 4B
HEMPHILL FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist church for Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin, veteran of 80 combat missions overseas, who was killed Thursday in the crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Neb.
The body was received today by the Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary and will be taken to the home of his father, Roy Hemphill, 708 Harlem avenue, at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It will be removed to the church at noon Wednesday.
The Rev. Ben Morris Ridpath will officiate. Burial will be in Osborne Memorial cemetery. A guard of honor from the Coffeyville, Kan., air base will serve as pallbearers, and a group of planes will serve as a military escort on the way to the cemetery.
Lieutenant Hemphill returned to the United States last March after action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Mary Hemphill
3 Brothers:
Bill Hemphill
Jack Hemphill
Joe Hemphill
Married:
Norma Faye Douglas
May 24, 1942 at the Wedding Bell
Yuma, Arizona
Wedding announcement printed in Joplin Globe Newspaper
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Douglas, 1321 Broadway, announce the marriage of their daughter, Norma Faye, to Lloyd Hemphill, son of Roy Hemphill, 706 Harlem avenue. The wedding took place May 24 in the Wedding Bell in Yuma, Arizona. The ceremony was read by the Rev. D. Lillis of Yuma. The bride and groom were reared in Joplin and attended the schools here. Mr. Hemphill is stationed with the army air corps at Gardner Field, Taft, California. The bride was accompanied west by her father and sisters; A. L. Douglas, Mrs. Kermit [Jeanne] Gustafson, and Mrs. V. A. [Helen] Sowersby, who attended the wedding. The bride and groom are at home at 300 North Sixth street in Taft.
1 Daughter
Sandra Lee Hemphill
Taken from Joplin Globe newspaper
Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin was one of 28 men, 24 of them pilots that was killed in a night time crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Nebraska while being ferried from Bruning, Nebraska airfield to Pierre, South Dakota.
As co-pilot of a P-10 Warhawk plane, Lt. Hemphill, was accredited with 80 combat missions in the Mediterranean area and returned from that area.
While in the theater of operations he flew missions over North Africa, covered allied landings in the invasion of Sicily and in Italy and made daily flights against Nazi strongholds in Carsino.
For the last 4 months prior to the crash, he had been serving as an instructor at Bruing Airfield at Fairburg, Nebraska. He had been to Nebraska 6 weeks earlier while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt from Nebraska to Texas.
He enlisted int he Air Corps in January 1942, and received training at Bakersfield field in California and at Phoenix, Arizona where he was commissioned and awarded his wings.
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JOPLIN NEWS HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944, PAGE 4B
HEMPHILL FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist church for Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin, veteran of 80 combat missions overseas, who was killed Thursday in the crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Neb.
The body was received today by the Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary and will be taken to the home of his father, Roy Hemphill, 708 Harlem avenue, at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It will be removed to the church at noon Wednesday.
The Rev. Ben Morris Ridpath will officiate. Burial will be in Osborne Memorial cemetery. A guard of honor from the Coffeyville, Kan., air base will serve as pallbearers, and a group of planes will serve as a military escort on the way to the cemetery.
Lieutenant Hemphill returned to the United States last March after action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Grandmother:
Mary Hemphill
3 Brothers:
Bill Hemphill
Jack Hemphill
Joe Hemphill
Married:
Norma Faye Douglas
May 24, 1942 at the Wedding Bell
Yuma, Arizona
Wedding announcement printed in Joplin Globe Newspaper
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Douglas, 1321 Broadway, announce the marriage of their daughter, Norma Faye, to Lloyd Hemphill, son of Roy Hemphill, 706 Harlem avenue. The wedding took place May 24 in the Wedding Bell in Yuma, Arizona. The ceremony was read by the Rev. D. Lillis of Yuma. The bride and groom were reared in Joplin and attended the schools here. Mr. Hemphill is stationed with the army air corps at Gardner Field, Taft, California. The bride was accompanied west by her father and sisters; A. L. Douglas, Mrs. Kermit [Jeanne] Gustafson, and Mrs. V. A. [Helen] Sowersby, who attended the wedding. The bride and groom are at home at 300 North Sixth street in Taft.
1 Daughter
Sandra Lee Hemphill
Taken from Joplin Globe newspaper
Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin was one of 28 men, 24 of them pilots that was killed in a night time crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Nebraska while being ferried from Bruning, Nebraska airfield to Pierre, South Dakota.
As co-pilot of a P-10 Warhawk plane, Lt. Hemphill, was accredited with 80 combat missions in the Mediterranean area and returned from that area.
While in the theater of operations he flew missions over North Africa, covered allied landings in the invasion of Sicily and in Italy and made daily flights against Nazi strongholds in Carsino.
For the last 4 months prior to the crash, he had been serving as an instructor at Bruing Airfield at Fairburg, Nebraska. He had been to Nebraska 6 weeks earlier while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt from Nebraska to Texas.
He enlisted int he Air Corps in January 1942, and received training at Bakersfield field in California and at Phoenix, Arizona where he was commissioned and awarded his wings.
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JOPLIN NEWS HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944, PAGE 4B
HEMPHILL FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist church for Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin, veteran of 80 combat missions overseas, who was killed Thursday in the crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Neb.
The body was received today by the Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary and will be taken to the home of his father, Roy Hemphill, 708 Harlem avenue, at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It will be removed to the church at noon Wednesday.
The Rev. Ben Morris Ridpath will officiate. Burial will be in Osborne Memorial cemetery. A guard of honor from the Coffeyville, Kan., air base will serve as pallbearers, and a group of planes will serve as a military escort on the way to the cemetery.
Lieutenant Hemphill returned to the United States last March after action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Mary Hemphill
3 Brothers:
Bill Hemphill
Jack Hemphill
Joe Hemphill
Married:
Norma Faye Douglas
May 24, 1942 at the Wedding Bell
Yuma, Arizona
Wedding announcement printed in Joplin Globe Newspaper
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Douglas, 1321 Broadway, announce the marriage of their daughter, Norma Faye, to Lloyd Hemphill, son of Roy Hemphill, 706 Harlem avenue. The wedding took place May 24 in the Wedding Bell in Yuma, Arizona. The ceremony was read by the Rev. D. Lillis of Yuma. The bride and groom were reared in Joplin and attended the schools here. Mr. Hemphill is stationed with the army air corps at Gardner Field, Taft, California. The bride was accompanied west by her father and sisters; A. L. Douglas, Mrs. Kermit [Jeanne] Gustafson, and Mrs. V. A. [Helen] Sowersby, who attended the wedding. The bride and groom are at home at 300 North Sixth street in Taft.
1 Daughter
Sandra Lee Hemphill
Taken from Joplin Globe newspaper
Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin was one of 28 men, 24 of them pilots that was killed in a night time crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Nebraska while being ferried from Bruning, Nebraska airfield to Pierre, South Dakota.
As co-pilot of a P-10 Warhawk plane, Lt. Hemphill, was accredited with 80 combat missions in the Mediterranean area and returned from that area.
While in the theater of operations he flew missions over North Africa, covered allied landings in the invasion of Sicily and in Italy and made daily flights against Nazi strongholds in Carsino.
For the last 4 months prior to the crash, he had been serving as an instructor at Bruing Airfield at Fairburg, Nebraska. He had been to Nebraska 6 weeks earlier while flying a P-47 Thunderbolt from Nebraska to Texas.
He enlisted int he Air Corps in January 1942, and received training at Bakersfield field in California and at Phoenix, Arizona where he was commissioned and awarded his wings.
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JOPLIN NEWS HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1944, PAGE 4B
HEMPHILL FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist church for Lieutenant Lloyd Hemphill of Joplin, veteran of 80 combat missions overseas, who was killed Thursday in the crash of a transport plane near Atkinson, Neb.
The body was received today by the Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary and will be taken to the home of his father, Roy Hemphill, 708 Harlem avenue, at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It will be removed to the church at noon Wednesday.
The Rev. Ben Morris Ridpath will officiate. Burial will be in Osborne Memorial cemetery. A guard of honor from the Coffeyville, Kan., air base will serve as pallbearers, and a group of planes will serve as a military escort on the way to the cemetery.
Lieutenant Hemphill returned to the United States last March after action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
Inscription
There is 2 gravestones for Lloyd. The first probably placed when he was first buried, then later another was placed matching his father and brothers. The original is a headstone, the other a military one placed as a footstone.
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