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- Parents:
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- Name: Albert Thomas Carey, Jr.
- Born: August 18, 1923
- Location: Jonesborough, Tennessee - Washington County
- Married:
- 1) September 12, 1956 - Ruth Holden
- Died: September 5, 1995
- Buried: ?
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- Children:
- 1) No Children
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- Notes:
 Ancient Order of
the Deep
This is to Certify that Albert Thomas Carey, Jr. was duly initiated
into the Solemn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the Deep having
crossed the equator on board the S.S. James Buchanan bound for
Battle Zone on the 5th of Feb 1945., Longitude 172 degrees.
- Signed. B.T. Miller (Davy Jones, His Majesty's Scribe
L. F. Mohr, Neptuis Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main
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- A.T. Carey, Jr. - SM third class, U.S. Navy, serving on a
PT boat base in the Southwest Pacific war area. The seaman was
in the service in January, 1943, going overseas in January, 1945.
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- A.T. and Ruth met at the wedding of his brother David to
Eva Stoots. They began dating off and on, but eventually married.
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- A.T. and Ruth had a very loving marriage. They had no children
and spent lavishly on nieces and nephews. All remembered getting
silver dollars (usually 5 of them) for birthdays and sometimes
Christmas which were kept by most as they discovered after A.T.'s
funeral.
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- They were smokers. Ruth smoked until she begin to have heart
problems in her later years. A.T. smoked his last cigarette moments
before he died from pancreatic cancer.
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- They were great kidders. Ruth called A.T. "Bud".
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- A.T. won the "Most Handsome" in the Tennessee Centennial
celebrations. And competed in a local "Best Beard"
competition, also taking top honors.
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- Ruth and A.T. often attended the football games of the University
of Tennessee. And were avid fans all their lives.
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- A.T. worked at Goodyear in Johnson City as an accountant
and often attended many Goodyear events. Including Goodyear sponsored
races at Bristol Raceway. He took his niece Vickie to one race
so she could meet her favorite Nascar driver at the time, Darrell
Waltrip.
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- Ruth passed before A.T. and it was obvious to family and
friends that her death took the sweetness out of his life. He
developed pancreatic cancer not long after and eventually passed
due to complications of the illness.
- Characteristics:
- Scarborough white forelock
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