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When
you put that clue in red about E. E . Potts that clinched it for me
because I remembered they lived on Maple and Mildred (Tootle) was my
cousin Glynna's good friend and so I phoned Glynna to verify that I
remembered him as being the bookkeeper there. Ida Lee Hansel, of Spartanburg, SC Was this person Vernon Cooper? George Pendleton, Houston, TX Is he George Davis the Singing Miner? Sherry Smith, Airport Gardens, KY Could that be George Davis? Darlene Watts, Richmond, KY |
Congratulations
to Ida Lee Hansel, of Spartanburg, SC for identifying Mystery Person #31
as Lee Crutchfield. He's seen here with Ernest Sparkman playing the
banjo, one of his favorite pastimes. Lee Cruthfield was born on May
18, 1909. He was a founding member of the
88th Infantry Division Association, in which he served with
distinction in Italy for fourteen months during World War
II. He was a member of the local Draft Board of the
American Legion of Perry Post #128. He was truly one of
the real civic-minded citizens of Hazard. He served as the
first chairman of the War Bond Committee for World War II, and as
chairman of the Committee for President Roosevelt's Birthday
celebration for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis,
and as chairman of the Community Chest. He was a member of
the Hazard Lions Club, the Hazard Golf Club, and the Masonic
Lodge of Hazard. He
participated in the
American Red Cross Fund Drive on WKIC in Hazard in 1948 when
thirteen thousand dollars was raised in less than nine hours on
the air, a considerable about of money - sixty years ago.
In September of 1935 - he opened the Hobbs Motor Service on East Main
Street - selling Chevrolets and Cadillacs. Hobbs employed about 18
people and had one of the largest garages in Perry County.
Crutchfield was the President and Treasurer of the company, Dr. W. H.
Hobbs served as Secretary and Mrs. Lee Crutchfield as
Vice-President. Many of Cruthfield's workers were long time
employees such as E.E. Potts, the Office Manager from the 1930s until the
1950s. Doyle Leveridge headed the new car department. Charles
Kinner managed the Used Car Lot. Chancellor Wooton was Service
Manager, and Estill Clay directed activities in the parts
department. The business operated in Hazard until the franchise
was purchased by another car dealer and the name was changed to Cardinal
Chevrolet. Lee Crutchfield died on April 15, 1997.. 