Thomas Basco HENDRIX, Jr.

1930 - 2001  (71 years)

• Name	Thomas Basco HENDRIX  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	27 Feb 1930	Greer, SC   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Baptism	19 Jun 1958	St. Paul's- Spartanburg, SC   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 2001	Ocala, Fl.   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Ocala, Fl.   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I12258	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Basco HENDRIX, Sr.,   b. 1 Nov 1893, Sugar Tit, SC d. 6 Mar 1973, Spartanburg , SC (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jessie Mae ROGERS,   b. 23 Apr 1896, Greer, SC d. 31 May 1971, Spartanburg , SC (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Jan 1916  [3]
  Family ID	F4367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Betty STINNETTE
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Basco HENDRIX, III + 2. Charles Robert HENDRIX   3. Rebecca Elizabeth HENDRIX + 4. Trina Ann HENDRIX + 5. Susan Marie HENDRIX,   b. 27 Oct 1958, Spartanburg , SC d. 10 Apr 2007 (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Sandra Kaye HENDRIX + 7. William Stephen HENDRIX + 8. Teresa Lynn HENDRIX   9. Mary HENDRIX,   b. 1 Mar 1963, Spartanburg , SC d. 1 Mar 1963, Spartanburg , SC (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural] + 10. Vincent Patrick HENDRIX + 11. Michael Joseph HENDRIX + 12. Christopher Anthony HENDRIX
  Family ID	F4345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Family 2	ANN
  Family ID	F4366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Thomas B Hendrix Birth Date: 27 February 1930 (Historical Events) Death Date: 26 April 2001 (Historical Events) Issuing State: South Carolina Residence at Death: Ocala,Marion,Florida 34479 SSN: 250-34-9311[bettys family.FTW] Duplin Man Writes Book On Alaska On Saturday, May 4, Mr. Alsa GAVIN now of Southport spoke to the Duplin Historical Society on his 20 years experience in Alaska as a teacher and school administrator. He talked about his book on Alaska, which he has just recently published entitled "Walking Among Tall Trees." Back in the 1940's I remembered when he was commandant of Edwards Military Institute in Salemburg and had lost sight of him without knowing that he was in Alaska. The book brought back many memories to me of my own visit to the Yukon River region of Alaska in 1951. Name: Thomas B Hendrix Birth Date: 27 February 1930 Death Date: 26 April 2001 Issuing State: South Carolina Residence at Death: Ocala,Marion,Florida 34479 SSN: 250-34-9311 Mr. GAVIN was born near Warsaw in 1914 and came from a pioneer colonial family. His father gave up farming and moved to Rose Hill where he was employed as a cabinetmaker at Atlantic Coffin and Cabinet Company. After about three years he moved his family to Goldsboro, where he was employ in a furniture factory and there his health failed. They then moved to Magnolia. Alsa was the oldest of seven children and he bore the responsibility of supporting the family. They worked in a factory where produce cups and baskets were made. He worked while he was in school and in 1933 he graduated from Magnolia High School. It was the middle of the Great Depression and going to college was out of the question. In 1932 young Alsa joined the Citizens Military Training Corps. In 1933 he joined the newly created Civilian Conservation Corps. He then worked for a time with the Edwards Memorial School and with the help of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. JONES, co-presidents of Pineland College where he was graduated in 1938. During the meantime Edwards Military Institute was established and he became commandant, a position which he held until 1945. He taught in public school for three years and then he was employed by the Navy at Camp Lejeune. He later returned to the graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1949 Alsa GAVIN was married to Betty WITT, a Virginian, and they now have two married daughters. In 1951 GAVIN accepted a teaching position to also serve as principal at Eagle, Alaska, the natural setting in Alaska, the lack of roads, the customs of the natives, the frontier spirit of the territory, as well as some of the problems which he and his family faced while teaching in Alaska. The experiences which he had had in rural Duplin probably prepared h help with the viscitudes which he found in Alaska. Much of his writi about the people in Alaska whom he came to know, to understand, and to love. Alaska is the last frontier of the United States and since the drilling of oil wells, the country has changed. Some communities in Alaska are still without roads.

  
  

• Sources

  [S79] Copy (2) of Bishop.FTW. [S59] bettys family.FTW. [S75] Contributed to this web site by Charles Robert 'Bobby' Hendrix,3RDgreat grandson of William "Billy" Hendrix, III and Charity Wood. [S160] Jessie Mae Rogers.FTW.