This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bartlett Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8550 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 31 Mar 2005 Bartlett Funeral services for Harry B. Bartlett, 89, of Midland were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 26, 2005, at First Christian Church in Rockdale with Rev. Doug Springer officiating. Interment followed at I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Mr. Bartlett died Tuesday, March 22, at a Midland nursing home. He was born Oct. 21, 1915, to Jim and Ruby Bartlett in Tracy. He was a Rockdale High School graduate and worked his way through college as a singer on a local radio station in Fort Worth while attending Texas A&M in Arlington. He earned an associates degree in aeronautical engineering. Mr. Bartlett was a World War II veteran, serving in the U.S. Navy as an amphibious boat pilot. He landed the first Marine troops during the invasion of Okinawa. One of his favorite Navy pastimes was boxing and he became known as “Hurricane Harry,” which earned him a featherweight championship. After an honorable discharge, Mr. Bartlett worked as a traveling salesman for Periodical Sales Co. of Chicago, IL. He was able to travel to 48 states until he settled in Idaho. He later worked in the lumber industry, but his love for sales took over and he became sales manager of J.C. Penney in the men’s fashion department. During his spare time, Mr. Bartlett also sold Watkins Products. He and his wife, Lou, opened their home to needy and troubled drug-dependent children. They retired and moved to Temple after 45 years in Idaho. They were involved in the First Assembly of God Church in Lewiston, Idaho, and Temple. Mr. Bartlett moved to Midland in November 2004 to be near his daughter, Dolores L. McCall. His wife, Louella; his parents, Jim and Ruby; and a brother, Iva Lee Bartlett, preceded him in death. Survivors are his daughter, Dolores L. McCall of Midland; two sons, Jimmy Lynn Bartlett and wife Hilda and Rocky Mark Bartlett and wife Nancy; two grandchildren, Naomi and Jenny; and four great-grandchildren, all of Portland, Oregon; four brothers, Joe Harvey Bartlett of Houston, Walter “Bud” Bartlett of Conroe, Clifford Bartlett of Rockdale and Bill Bartlett of Salado; and his caretaker, Bobby Baker; also, numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lone Star SPCA, P.O. Box 50426, Midland, TX 79710.