Individual Details

Thurman Worth Gaines

(August 25, 1915 - October 13, 2008)

"Worth Thurman Gaines enlisted in the US Navy at Dallas on October 8, 1942 and was sent to schools at San Francisco, Norfolk, Virginia and Clearwater, Florida. He was Honor Man at Metalsmith School in San Diego, and was in welding school at San Francisco. He was discharged as Metalsmith First Class on November 17, 1945, Camp Wallace, Texas. He earned Good Conduct and World War II Victory Medals." (Service record of Worth Thurman Gaines.)

Events

BirthAugust 25, 1915Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas
MarriageMay 27, 1944Mildred Mae "Mickey" Oard
DeathOctober 13, 2008Brown County, Texas

Families

SpouseMildred Mae "Mickey" Oard (1925 - )
ChildMickey Jean Gaines (1945 - )
ChildPhillip Worth Gaines (1947 - )
FatherIsaac Byler "Ike" Gaines (1888 - 1975)
MotherStella Mae Hereford (1892 - 1979)
SiblingGrace Gaines (1913 - 1998)