New Guinea

Seaman First Class Robert Locus, sent to New Guinea.

In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Wainwright, butler Luther Locus, 27, wife Eula, 23, and son Robert, 6.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1108 Wainwright, cook Luther Locus, 37, wife Eula, 37, also a cook, and son Robert, 16.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1108 Wainwright, owned and valued at $2000, cook Luther Locus, 47, salesman at own filling station, wife Eula, 46, tobacco factory laborer, and son Robert, 26, filling station laborer.

In 1940, Robert Locus registered for the World War II draft in Washington, D.C.:

The 13 July 1943 issues of the Evening Star reported that Robert Locus and Brownie Gibson had been issued a marriage license in Rockville, Maryland.

In the 1950 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1108 Wainwright, Eula Locus, 56, widow; son Robert, 37, proprietor/automobile mechanic; daughter-in-law Brownie G., 31; grandson Robert Jr., born in March; and cousin Niecy Evenson, 73.

On 31 December 1959, Robert Locus, 46, married Agnes Angeline Harris, 28, in Nash County, N.C.

Image courtesy of Veterans of World War II Wilson County, spiral-bound volume, Wilson County Public Library.

T/5 Jones killed in New Guinea.

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Rocky Mount Telegraph, 21 March 1944.

Technician Fifth Grade Thomas Jones Jr. died in an automobile accident in New Guinea in March 1944.

Jones registered for the draft in 1942 in Cambridge, Maryland. Per his registration card, he was born 25 December 1923 in Wilson; he lived at various locations in Cambridge and Dorchester, Maryland; his contact was Henrietta Whitlock; and he was employed by E.T. Webb, Jamesville, Virginia.

His body was returned to Wilson for burial. Howard M. Fitts Sr. handled arrangements for a military headstone to mark Jones grave in Rest Haven cemetery.

Though a corrected birth date is penciled in on the application, Jones’ stone was delivered with an incorrect date. This photo is found at www.findagrave.com.