Holcombe Lammon

1885 - 1952  (66 years)

• Name	Holcombe Lammon
  Birth	30 Dec 1885	Ozark, Dale County, Alabama
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1952	Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
  Burial	Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
  Person ID	I89	lammon
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	John L Lammon,   b. 11 Sep 1839, Barnes Cross Roads, Dale, Alabama d. 15 Jan 1923, Wagar, Washington, Alabama (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Frances Elizabeth McSwain,   b. 7 May 1852   d. 7 Jul 1919 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	16 Jun 1870
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maggie Belle McKee,   b. 1897 Mar 28, Phoenix, Yazoo County, Mississippi d. 1960 Oct 03, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
  Marriage	31 Jul 1918	Achensburg, Mississippi
  Children	+ 1. Holcombe Lammon, Jr,   b. 10 May 1921, Wagar, Washington County, Alabama d. 23 Feb 1945, North Sea, Off the Coast of Norway (Age 23 years)  [Birth] + 2. Allen McKee Lammon,   b. 23 Oct 1925, Wagar, Washington County, Alabama d. 10 Feb 1986, Katy, Harris County, Texas (Age 60 years)  [Birth] + 3. Barbara Jem Lammon
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2016

  
  

• Photos

  Holcombe Lammon Holcombe Lammon

  
  

  Headstones

  Holcombe Lammon Headstone 1885 - 1952 Holcombe Lammon Headstone 1885 - 1952 Plot: Section 6

  
  

• Notes

  B-1900 Alabama Soundex, Geneva Co. D-Barbara Helland 1910 Alabama Soundex, Escambia Co. says born in 1887. 1920 Alabama Soundex, Washington Co. says born in 1886. Personal Info via phone from daughter, Barbara Lammon Helland, (1996). B-SLC #1752977: Washington Co., Alabama list of Registered Voters, p. 394: registered 1920 Preswick P.O. Stricken from list in 1948: left county. Holcombe Lammon, Sr. worked in sawmills most of his life as superintendent. During WW II he worked in Maritime Shipyard in Mobile, AL., in the "Mold Loft" where the templates for battleships were made. His first son, Holcombe Lammon, Jr. was also a woodcraftsman and worked in the same place as his father during WW II until he entered the Merchant Marine. His ship was torpedoed near Murmansk, Russia. He served as Boatswain and was cited for his heroic actions trying to build life rafts right until the time the ship went down. He was lost with the ship. Allen McKee Lammon, second son of Holcombe Lammon, Sr., was also aboard this ship. He was rescued and worked as a construction engineer until his death.