Ninth Generation

4445. James Doyle Bedwell⁸¹⁷ was born on 29 Aug 1922 in Tennessee.⁴⁵² He died on 17 Sep 2002 in Alamo, Crockett County, Tennessee.²¹⁸² He was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, Tennessee.¹⁸⁶

• U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (ancestry.com) shows:
James D Bedwell Birth Year: 1922 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Tennessee State: Tennessee County or City: Crockett Enlistment Date: 27 Nov 1942 Enlistment State: Georgia Enlistment City: Fort Oglethorpe Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 71 Weight: 191

• Posted on ancestry.com by his daughter Vickie:
"The story takes place one hot very hot summer day. Doyle as he was called by his family, came back to the house after working in the fields with his father and several other men. He grabbed his favorite horse and his border collie dog Ring and went down to the swimming hole out back of the house several acres away. This being Tennessee and the summer everyone was looking for coolness anywhere they could find it. Doyle jumped in the cool water and Ring jumped in too. A snake, a cottonmouth, was swimming in the pool of water and Ring grabbed the snake before it could attack Doyle, there by saving his life and making himself a very valuable companion. Dad, because Doyle was my father never told that story about ole Ring without swallowing several times and wiping away a few tears. Ring lived to be about16 years old and hated snakes until his dying day. Dad sang the song about Ole Shep and we always knew he was thinking about Ring ........."

and "Dad didn't talk much about his participation in WWII. It had to be the right time and I guess a persistent daughter. We travelled to Europe together with his group of Vets from the 103rd Division., also known as Patton's Army. He was in the 410th Inf. and HDQ Co. His reunion with those fellows is a cherished memory of mine. It was 46 years after walking some of the places they fought so hard and lost so many men, he shared memories. Some are hair-raising, some incredible. He spoke in a hesitant manner as if talking about those experiences would bring back the nightmare he still had. One such experience took place during the Battle of the Bulge. He had climbed a telephone pole to rig a line. The wind was blowing extremely hard and his jacket was billowing . A German plane came along and began shooting at him , he released the rigging and came down the pole as fast as he could. On the ground he found 5 bullet holes in the jacket but none touched him!"

and "Dad was a communication operator during WWII . He was told by General McCaulife to 'Get that line across the River'. Dad said, "Yes sir, I will but I'm shorthanded personnel at this time, sir. The General stated, 'I'll go with you'. So, they were rowed across and Dad and the General laid lines for communication during the night, before the battle the next day. Dad said he wasn't bad, for a General."

• As reported in The Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN), 09/19/2002: Services for James Doyle Bedwell, 80, are 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 20, 2002 at Ronk Funeral Home with burial in Friendship Cemetery. Mr. Bedwell died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Margaret Bedwell of Alamo; daughters, Barbara Swain of Dublin, GA and Vickie Bronfman of Jackson; sisters, Linda Howell of Fayetteville, GA and Ruth King of Huntsville. AL; brothers, Gene Bedwell of Whitmore Lake, MI, Johnny Bedwell of Alamo and Jerry Bedwell of South Yarmouth, MA.

• from U.S. Veterans Cemeteries database: James Doyle Bedwell; TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II; Birth Date: 29 Aug 1922; Death Date: 17 Sep 2002; Friendship Cemetery, Friendship, TN 38034

James Doyle Bedwell and Margaret [--?--] were married.¹⁵¹⁶ James Doyle Bedwell and Margaret [--?--] had the following children:

+6457	i.	Barbara Bedwell.
+6458	ii.	Vickie Bedwell.