Major Pearl B. Mountjoy was my Godparent and a wonderful man who influenced mine and my brothers lives. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1955 as an Officer in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps and returned to his hometown where he grew up at, Wellston, Ohio in 1955. He started out in the Ohio National Guard in 1927, later transferring into the U.S. Army in 1929. In the Regular Army he served in the Enlisted Ranks at the old historic Post, Ft. Logan, UT where he would met his wife Ardell. When he entered the Regular Army in 1929, he was in the Horse Cavalry. He was both a WWII and Korean War Veteran. He obtained the Enlisted Rank of Staff Sergeant before being commissioned an Officer prior to WWII. During the later stage of WWII, he was assigned on the Manhattan Project as an Intelligence Office, serving in the rank of Captain. Pearl and Ardell raised three sons. Two of whom would follow his tradition of serving in the U.S. Army. Ben, WHS Class 58' and Bob WHS Class 61'. Ben retired a Master Sergeant E-8 at Fort Huachuca, AZ in 1978 after spending 20 years in the U.S. Army and not long after that, passed away from a heart attack. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in VA. Bob also started out in the enlisted ranks, but received a Commission in the U.S. Army and got out after 12 years in 1973, as a Captain. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service in FL where he resides. Both of their sons Ben and Bob were Vietnam War Veterans. They had a son Steve, WHS Class 69', but he did not serve in the military. I believe he resides somewhere near Columbus.

I served in the U.S. Army for 32 years and just retired a Captain myself. I probably owe all my years of achievement in the Army to Major Mountjoy's influence in my life. I will always remember Pearl and Ardell. We loved them like an extra set of grandparents. They were always there for me and my brothers. RIP Pearl and Ardell.