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Eloise Jennings Hancock 1901-1924 (Bayview Cemetery)
By Victor Jennings Hancock
July 24, 2014
Thursday
I enjoyed the feature article by Ms. Allen and the photos by Ms. Pilcher. A day never goes by that I do not think of my mother, Eloise Jennings Hancock, who died on Sept. 12, 1924 and is buried at Bayview. A cryptic note on the Sexton's card notes that she is buried with Ford. She died of complications of a miscarriage, at the age of 23, a truly beautiful young lady.
I was about nine months old and my brother Richard Louis about three. My father Richard Charles Hancock died in April 1943 and Richard Louis died on January 16,1943; killed in action as a P-38 pilot in New Guinea.
I also served in combat as a pilot of a B-25 in Italy and Corsica. I am deeply grateful that my mother and father gave me this human life and now at the age of 91, I continue to marvel at the great gift it was, and pray that considering all else, they would have been proud of me.
I am also grateful to Sitnews, Ms. Allen and Ms. Pilcher for commemorating the life of Eloise Jennings Hancock.
Victor Jennings Hancock
Richardson, Texas
Received July 22, 2014
- Published July 24, 2014
Related:
A STORY THAT 'JUST HAPPENED', Exploring the Past By JUNE ALLEN - In 1924 the Hancock family - Charles Richard and his wife Eloise, infant son Victor and four-year-old Louis, arrived in Ketchikan on the steamer Northwestern. - MORE...
SitNews - January 27, 2003
Editor's Note:
Over 10 years ago, Victor Jennings Hancock contacted the SitNews editor after reading an earlier historical feature article about Bayview Cemetery by June Allen. This is how this story "Just Happened"...
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