William Edward "Ed" McCormick was born 29 May 1915 in Grenada, Mississippi, one of twin sons of William Edward and Nan Barwick McCormick. He grew up with two brothers, Clifton Henry
and Lee (his twin). Ed graduated from Grenada High School and continued his education at Southwestern (now Rhodes) College in Memphis, Tennessee. Ed was manager of United Insurance Service.
Ed entered the military as an Aviation Cadet in December 1941 and was commissioned 21 March 1942. He served as an aerial navigator throughout the war. After training at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas , he spent eleven months in the South Pacific, mainly in the Solomon Islands under very primitive conditions.
In March 1943 on the Island of Espiritu Santo, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. At that time he had completed 700 hours flying time as navigator on B-60s, with 227 of these being combat hours. In 1943 he was transfered to the Air Transport Command ferrying planes, mainly to Hawaii and Australia. During the last two years of the war he was based in California; at Randolph Field near San Francisco and at Mather Fie ld, Sacramento. He was discharged 7 September 1945, having earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and two other decorations.
Ed married Alys Townes and they were the parents of three children, Leta, Bill and Sarah. At the end of the war he returned to Wynne. For a few years he was employed as Parts Manager by his uncle, H.K . Barwick, at his Ford dealership. He then became an insurance agent for First pyramid Life Insurance Company.
Although business, family, and church took their fair share of his time, Ed enjoyed his hobbies. The most important one was amateur radio, and he was an active ham with many contacts and friendships w ith other enthusiasts and members of the emergency network. He was fascinated by electronics and was good at building or repairing anything electrical. He would have loved computers.
William Edward McCormick died in an automobile accident 3 January 1969 and was buried in Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, Arkansas.
William Edward "Ed" McCormick was born 29 May 1915 in Grenada, Mississippi, one of twin sons of William Edward and Nan Barwick McCormick. He grew up with two brothers, Clifton Henry
and Lee (his twin). Ed graduated from Grenada High School and continued his education at Southwestern (now Rhodes) College in Memphis, Tennessee. Ed was manager of United Insurance Service.
Ed entered the military as an Aviation Cadet in December 1941 and was commissioned 21 March 1942. He served as an aerial navigator throughout the war. After training at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas , he spent eleven months in the South Pacific, mainly in the Solomon Islands under very primitive conditions.
In March 1943 on the Island of Espiritu Santo, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. At that time he had completed 700 hours flying time as navigator on B-60s, with 227 of these being combat hours. In 1943 he was transfered to the Air Transport Command ferrying planes, mainly to Hawaii and Australia. During the last two years of the war he was based in California; at Randolph Field near San Francisco and at Mather Fie ld, Sacramento. He was discharged 7 September 1945, having earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and two other decorations.
Ed married Alys Townes and they were the parents of three children, Leta, Bill and Sarah. At the end of the war he returned to Wynne. For a few years he was employed as Parts Manager by his uncle, H.K . Barwick, at his Ford dealership. He then became an insurance agent for First pyramid Life Insurance Company.
Although business, family, and church took their fair share of his time, Ed enjoyed his hobbies. The most important one was amateur radio, and he was an active ham with many contacts and friendships w ith other enthusiasts and members of the emergency network. He was fascinated by electronics and was good at building or repairing anything electrical. He would have loved computers.
William Edward McCormick died in an automobile accident 3 January 1969 and was buried in Cogbill Cemetery, Wynne, Arkansas.
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