John David ANDERSON, Sr (RIN: 17), son of John Thomas "Tom" ANDERSON and Mary Magdalene "Maggie" ALLEN , was born 15 September 1925 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas. He married Margaret "Janae" YOUNGBLOOD 01 May 1948 in Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He died 20 March 2000 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.
Margaret "Janae" YOUNGBLOOD (RIN: 198), daughter of Cecil Roy YOUNGBLOOD and Annie Evelyn "Nannie" OLIVE , was born 14 April 1928 in Old Youngblood Place near Marthaville, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
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In 1927, the family moved from Bradley, Ark. area to Miller's Bluff area of Plain Dealing, Louisiana One home was across from Uncle Lonnie's and another was down road to Red River bank where the family stayed until J.D. had finished the 6th grade. J.D. repeated the 2nd & 4th grades at Plain Dealing. He began the 7th grade in Plain Dealing and finished the first semester. By the 2nd semester the family had moved to Rodessa, Louisiana where his dad help drill 5 oil wells (only 1 produced, others dry hole). J.D. says he repeated and completed the 7th grade in Vivian, Louisiana After J.D.'s mothers death (by speeding auto while she was crossing French Road near Rodessa with children, no others injured), J.D., Jack, Dalton, & Claude moved into the old children's home on Olive St in Shreveport where J.D. attended Byrd High School and graduated (total 11 grades then) in Aug 1943. Jack did not stay in home the whole time as he moved back with his dad part of that time. Dalton & Claude moved into Mrs Warden's foster home (near Blanchard, Louisiana) where they lived and finished school at Fair Park High in Shreveport. While attending high school, J.D. says he had several jobs (selling shoes, delivering Western Union telegrams, etc) in which he either rode a bicycle or the trolley to get around.
J.D. says on his 18th birthday (Sept 15, 1943) he both signed up for the draft and applied for work at the Ks City So Railway on Spring St in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana As few others were available to work as most were already in WW II, on Sept 20th, 1943 he began there as an Office Boy. Two months later he was drafted into the Army himself. J.D. was injured in France when the motorcycle he was driving at high speed hit a shell hole in road and wrecked. The front wheel lodged in the hole, spun the motorcycle in such a way that he flew forward while the sidecar span around and hit and fractured his right hip. He stayed in traction for 9 months and was discharged in the fall of 1945. No metals were awarded as no blood from any broken skin was observed (only internal injuries).
J.D. Anderson, Sr died March 20, 2000 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas while visiting his terminally ill son Richard Dale Anderson, Sr who lived in Pointblank, San Jacinto County, Texas. Richard died at home Easter Sunday, April 19, 2000.
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