Carl Owen Maddox

Marriages

• With Edna L. Ingraham — 26 October 1942, Gallipolis, Ohio

Notes

Born in a small house on Drift Run; moved with his parents to Lockhart and then Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia, then left for Washington County, Ohio, where he worked at the Remington Rand plant in Marietta. Drafted in World War II, he entered the U. S. Navy in March 1944 and was assigned to the Battleship U. S. S. West Virginia, BB-48 (the 'Wee Vee'); served in combat against the Japanese Navy in the battles of Leyte Gulf and Surigao Straights (where the West Virginia fired on and sank the Japanese battleship Yamashiro), Mindora, Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa (where the ship was struck by a Japanese suicide plane on 1 April 1945, killing four crewmembers and wounding 23). His rank was 3rd Class Petty Officer, rate Electrician's Mate; honorably discharged 18 January 1946; awarded the Victory Medal, American Area Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal with four stars and the Philippine Liberation Medal with two stars. Married by Earl Moore, Justice of the Peace, Gallipolis, Ohio. After discharge he worked for the Remington Rand Company and as a welder and machinist for the Union Carbide Company; as of the document's writing he is retired and resides on the Maddox Family Farm in Barlow, Ohio, with his wife and children. Obituary (Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, Barlow Chapel, Ohio): died at 87 on Friday, 20 November 2009, in Marietta, a resident of St. Rt. 550, Vincent, Ohio. A graduate of Ravenswood High School who had attended a trade school in Michigan for welding, he retired as a machinist from Union Carbide Metals, farmed, enjoyed traveling, and was a member of the Lighthouse Baptist Church. Survived by his wife Edna (Ingraham) Maddox; son Jerry Maddox (Jennifer) of Vincent; daughter-in-law Norma Maddox of Vincent; grandchildren Zachary Maddox (Allison) of Parkersburg, West Virginia and Danielle Maddox of Vincent; brother James Ray Maddox (Betty) of Barlow; step-grandchildren Melissa Brookover, Scott Patterson and Lorrie Seevers; and one niece and one nephew. Preceded in death by his parents and by his son Rodney Carl Maddox. Funeral 23 November 2009 at the Barlow Chapel of Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home, Chuck Kiser and Dr. A. C. Smith officiating; burial in Barlow Central Cemetery. The obituary gives his mother's name as Laura Estella Robins Maddox (Robbins elsewhere).