Charles was a military policeman in the US Army and served in Korean during that conflict. Upon discharge, he was trained as a machinist. He worked for several years as a salesman working for his father and other companies in the St Louis area. He drove a school bus and a cab to help care for his growing family. When he left St Louis he took with him the family car and all liquid funds. Charles and Iva went to Georgia where he worked as a machinist. His wife had him declared dead in 1976. The social security administration identified him as living when he used his original SSN after beginning a new job in 1985. Once he was located, his father reestablished a relationship and enjoyed getting to know his son and his other grandchildren for several years. Neither man ever made contact again with Charles' first five children. Following Iva's death in 2007, their children found information about their half siblings and reached out to them. It is difficult but some of his children are trying to get to know each other which would probably NOT make any of their parents very happy. Well maybe Charles is happy, he once told me there was never a day he didn't think about his children.....all his children.
Charles was a military policeman in the US Army and served in Korean during that conflict. Upon discharge, he was trained as a machinist. He worked for several years as a salesman working for his father and other companies in the St Louis area. He drove a school bus and a cab to help care for his growing family. When he left St Louis he took with him the family car and all liquid funds. Charles and Iva went to Georgia where he worked as a machinist. His wife had him declared dead in 1976. The social security administration identified him as living when he used his original SSN after beginning a new job in 1985. Once he was located, his father reestablished a relationship and enjoyed getting to know his son and his other grandchildren for several years. Neither man ever made contact again with Charles' first five children. Following Iva's death in 2007, their children found information about their half siblings and reached out to them. It is difficult but some of his children are trying to get to know each other which would probably NOT make any of their parents very happy. Well maybe Charles is happy, he once told me there was never a day he didn't think about his children.....all his children.
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