Category Archives: WW II

Marion Connections to WW II

McCormick, Raymond L. 1921-2014, WWII Vet, City Commissioner

Posted on by February 28, 2014

Raymond L. McCormick 1921-2014
Raymond L. McCormick 1921-2014
Raymond L. McCormick 1921-2014

Raymond L. McCormick, former Marion City Commissioner, WWII veteran and civic leader, was born on Tuesday, August 2, 1921, in Marion, the son of Ray and Ora (Cothran) McCormick, being one of five children. A Marion directory places the family in a home at 1204 E. Parham Street in 1928. Continue reading →

Kaeser Family History

Posted on by February 10, 2014

John Kaeser and his wife, Emelia Walther moved from St. Morgan, Illinois, to Williamson County in 1884 and settled on a farm east of Marion at the old Moeller Crossroad (Rt. 13 and 166). They brought with them their two sons Louis, ten years old, and Fred, eight years of age, along with daughter Emelia who was then six years of age. John Kaeser’s parents came from Switzerland in a sailboat during the late 1700’s or early 1800’s. Continue reading →

Edwards, Charles “Yobbie” 1915-1968

Posted on by January 19, 2014

Charles Edwards 1953
Charles Edwards ca 1955
Charles Edwards 1955-56
Charles Edwards 1950\'s
Charles Edwards May 1958

Charles “Yobbie” Edwards was a WWII veteran, deputy sheriff under two Sheriff terms and served as Marion Chief of Police from 1954 to 1967. He was born in Galatia on October 1, 1915, a son of Delmon Lee Edwards (1887-1923) and Myrtle Miller. Four years after Charles was born, his father, Delmon, filled out his WW I registration card and noted that he was 27, he was married, had four children and lived on E. DeYoung in Marion working as a self-employed teamster which probably meant he had his own truck. Continue reading →

Thompson, Frank, WWII Veteran

Posted on by January 3, 2014

Frank Thompson
Frank Thompson
Frank Thompson
Frank Thompson

Around Marion many, many people know who Frank Thompson is. He is a man who has lived in Marion since 1957. He is the man who was the terminal manager for Viking Freight Co. west of town, on what was then the only Route 13. Frank managed this terminal until 1967, when Viking Freight sold out to Spector Freight and closed their Marion operation. For the next 15 years Frank commuted to Mt. Vernon, working for Spector. Continue reading →