My Father passed away at the age of 46, he was born in the State of Tennessee in 1901, and died in 1947 in Chicago. I was 16 years old at the time and my Mother had 8 children, 5 boys and 3 girls, the two youngest were in diapers. Being the second oldest and in the 8th grade in school, I had to drop out and take care of the 6 younger children while my Mother went to work. When I became 18, I started working at parking lots as a car hiker, then went to work at the freight docks, then I became a Setup man where I set up Drill Presses Punch Presses, Kick Presses, more...
