Individual Details
Joe Kenneth Eubanks
(14 Feb 1929 - 30 Mar 2000)
Dad was born in Old Mobeetie, Texas, the son of John and Mattie Love Eubanks. As the tenth of eleven children, he joined the other Eubanks kids in picking crops and working the cotton fields. At 16 Dad enlisted in the Marine Corps, which took him to Philadelphia where he met and fell in love with our mother, Lena Trerotola. They married and had four children, Theresa, Joe, Lynn and Micael. They started family life in California, spent time in Texas, and eventually settled in Philadelphia. Dad started as a truck driver, then a TV repairman, but made his career as a electronic technician and Chief Inspector at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Dad was a very special person. Everyone loved him, and he seldom had an unkind word for anyone. Dad has great sense of humor. We kids remember his "long tall Texas stories" told in his deep soft Texan voice. He insisted he was not exaggerating about walking 10 miles in a blizzard to school (and that was just to catch the bus). He loved to tell us about the bull that chased him up a tree when he was a amall boy. Dad said he took off all his clothes one piece at a time along with his shoes and threw them at the bull to frighten him away. It didn't work, and he wound up in the 'til after dark. Between his car accidents, carless smoking adventures, and right down to hs false death report, we became convinced Dad had nine lives.
We have many happy memories of Dad. We loved playing Scabble with him, and will never forget his insistece that "biocomet" was a real word. We remember dad's patience, his kindness and his gentle ways.
In his later years dad took great delight in attractin wild birds to his property. Just this past winter he was so excited to count 18 cardinals on his front porch all at the same time.
Dad loved his family and we loved him. We will miss him dearly, and will cherish him in our hearts forever.
Find-a-Grave memorial maintained by: gardengirl
Originally Created by: Joyce Hooker McIntire
Dad was a very special person. Everyone loved him, and he seldom had an unkind word for anyone. Dad has great sense of humor. We kids remember his "long tall Texas stories" told in his deep soft Texan voice. He insisted he was not exaggerating about walking 10 miles in a blizzard to school (and that was just to catch the bus). He loved to tell us about the bull that chased him up a tree when he was a amall boy. Dad said he took off all his clothes one piece at a time along with his shoes and threw them at the bull to frighten him away. It didn't work, and he wound up in the 'til after dark. Between his car accidents, carless smoking adventures, and right down to hs false death report, we became convinced Dad had nine lives.
We have many happy memories of Dad. We loved playing Scabble with him, and will never forget his insistece that "biocomet" was a real word. We remember dad's patience, his kindness and his gentle ways.
In his later years dad took great delight in attractin wild birds to his property. Just this past winter he was so excited to count 18 cardinals on his front porch all at the same time.
Dad loved his family and we loved him. We will miss him dearly, and will cherish him in our hearts forever.
Find-a-Grave memorial maintained by: gardengirl
Originally Created by: Joyce Hooker McIntire
Events
| Birth | 14 Feb 1929 | Mobeetie, Wheeler County, Texas | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 9 Apr 1930 | (John Cleveland "Bud" Eubanks and Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Love) Stinnett, Hutchinson County, Texas |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 4 Apr 1940 | (John Cleveland "Bud" Eubanks and Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Love) Wheeler County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 30 Mar 2000 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Burial | Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey | | |
Families
| Spouse | Lena M. Trerotola (1930 - 2012) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Steven Michael Eubanks (1953 - 1972) |
| Father | John Cleveland "Bud" Eubanks (1886 - 1956) |
| Mother | Martha Elizabeth "Mattie" Love (1889 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Anna Mae Eubanks (1905 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Cecil Earl Eubanks (1908 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Lloyd Clinton Eubanks (1910 - 2002) |
| Sibling | John Farris Eubanks (1914 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Opal Lee Eubanks (1916 - 2004) |
| Sibling | John Calvin Eubanks (1918 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Mildred Elizabeth Eubanks (1921 - 2020) |
| Sibling | Walter Ireland Eubanks (1923 - 2020) |
| Sibling | Jewel Pauline Eubanks (1925 - 2018) |
| Sibling | Dorthy Faye Eubanks (1931 - ) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Bud Eubanks Husband M 43 years Texas - Grader man, public roadMattie Eubanks Wife F 40 years Texas
J Farris Eubanks Son M 15 years Oklahoma - Laborer, ranch
Opal Lee Eubanks Daughter F 13 years Texas
J C Eubanks Son M 11 years Texas
Mildred E Eubanks Daughter F 8 years Texas
Walter I Eubanks Son M 6 years Texas
Jewell Pauline Eubanks Daughter F 4 3/12 years Texas
Joe Kenneth Eubanks Son M 1 1/12 years Texas
Census (family)-shared
John C Eubanks Husband M 53 years Texas - Laborer, WPA road construction projectMattie Eubanks Wife F 50 years Texas
Walter I Eubanks Son M 16 years Texas
Jewel P Eubanks Daughter F 14 years Texas
Joe K Eubanks Son M 11 years Texas
Dorothy F Eubanks Daughter F 8 years Texas
Death
Joe Kenneth EubanksApplication: JOE KENNETH EUBANKS (Aug 1942)
Application: JOE KENNETH EUBANKS (20 Feb 1991)
Application: JOE K EUBANKS (03 Jan 2000)
Death: JOE K EUBANKS (30 Mar 2000)
Alias Joe K Eubanks
Sex Male
Birth Date 14 Feb 1929
Birthplace Mobeetie, Texas, United States
Social Program Application Date Aug 1942
Previous Residence Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Previous Residence Postal Code 08030-1366
Death Date 30 Mar 2000
Race White
Father's Name John C Eubanks
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Mattie Love
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Social Program Correspondence
Burial
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