Those Dead and Missing As a Result of the Disaster of April 16,1947
O WINDS OF TEXAS
Weep! Weep, O winds of Texas, weep
Tears for the dead, the new dead, resting there.
O winds of Texas, mourn with those who mourn
And let your tears unite with human tears
In this sad hour when ebbing tides of faith
Flow to the vast and somber seas of gloom.
O timeless winds of Texas, proud and free,
Bring visions of tomorrows yet to be;
The tides of life that ebb in grief and pain
Will flow with courage in the heart again!
John Pooley Wright
KNOWN DEAD
A
Adams, George Kenneth; Aguilera, Longinos A.; Aldridge, Clement; Aldridge,
Curley; Anderson, Haney Othello; Antwine, Moses Lee; Armatta, Lawrence J.;
Arriaga, Adam; Atwood, Fred Robinson, Sr.; Ayala, George T.
B
Bahr, Lawrence W.; Baker, Trueman Orsamus; Balque, Stelly; Barger, Warren
Marshall; Barnes, Aubrey D.; Barre, Charsles Joeseph; Bartosh, Don; Beard,
John Eugene; Berchick, John; Bima, Pier Harry; Blagrave, H. E.; Beodeker,
Johnnie A.; Bogard, Harold Leon; Bonowotz, Harold Harbin; Boudinot, Richard
E.; Bradford, Harold Loyd; Bradley, Hughs; Bratcher, Ray Lycon; Bristow, Gladys
Otto; Brown, L. Q.; Brumley, F. G.; Bryce, James F.; Buenrostro, Juan; Bunker,
Edward Joseph; Butez, Louis; Byrd, Lamare.
C
Calhoun, Cornell; Cammer, Jack Garth; Campella, Eduardo Rollos; Canales, Frank
Alejandro; Canalas, Jose; Cannon, Arthur Hildreth; Carlisle, Willie J.; Castillo,
Julian; Causey, Harvey; Cedillo, Juan; Child, James Winfield, Jr.; Christensen,
Syvert B., Jr.; Clark, Lynn D.; Clarke, Julius E.; Clay, James; Coffman, Lee
Montgomery; Coleman, W. C.; Comstock, Charlse Strong; Conklin, Harry Charlse;
Cobern, Hilton Thomas; Corbett, Claude Milton, Sr.; Couch, Alfred Boyd, Sr.;
Couch, Mrs. Maude Alice; Cox, Henry Edward; Crawford, Stanley J.; Crisp, John
Edwin; Curry, Daniel Newell; Czolbe, Charlse H.
D
Dahl, Robert Marion; Dalehite, Henry Gibbs; Dalrymple, Isaac Elwood, Jr.;
Darke, Francis Edward; Davis, Charles; Davis, Clarence Edward, Sr.; Davis,
John Harvey; Davis, Kirby A.; Davis, Mack A.; Davis, Mrs. Ollie; Davis, Vernon
Hillard; Davis, W. I.; Dean, John Nathaniel; De Boer, George Jr.; De La O.,
Pedro; De Leon, Jesse; Densen, Jewel E.; Dent, Thomas C. III; Denton, Thomas
Grisham; Dickey, Willard Ed; Dock, Herman Anthony; Donahoe, Herman; Drachenberg,
Arthur; Driskell, Chester; Dudley, J. Frank; Dudley, Royal Francis; Duesterhoft,
Fritz Raymond; Durham, Thomas; Durst, Benigno Robertson; Dycus, James Edward.
E
Earl, Annie Bell Jones; Earls, Gilmore; Edwards, Austin, Jr.; Ellis, Michael
(Mike) Gregory; Emsoff, Archie Boyce; Evans, Drue Madison; Evans, Q. T. Hardy;
Ezekiel, Patrick Joseph.
F
Faulkenhagen, William Herman; Felkner, David L.; Ferguson, Walter Raymond;
Ferris, Carlton Ried; Findeisen, Frank William; Fletcher, Emory; Ford, George
Edward; Foreman, Leve, Jr.; Freshour, Claude Christopher, Jr.; Friend, James
Williams; Friloux, Hugh Matthew; Fuentes, Amelia (Mrs.); Fuerst, John; Fuller,
John B.
G
Gallaway, Walter L.; Garanzuay, Antonio Alfaro; Garcia, Genaro Garza; Garcia,
Salome H.; Garcia, Jose; Garnett, Johnny; Garza, Alfredo; Garza Raymond Hernandez;
Gates Leonard A.; Gerson, Benjamin; Gilcrease, Charlse Knipe; Gillis, Thurman;
Gipson, Billie Joe; Givham, Eldridge Kyle; Goar, Isaac Burton; Gollberg, Bernhard,
Sr.; Gonzales, Genaro, Jr.; Gonzales, Jose Fernandez; Gonzales, Josephine;
Green, Clarence William; Grice, Earl Monroe; Griffin, Ervin Richard; Griffin,
Louis E.; Griffin, Napoleon Carl; Gryder, W. C.
H
Halladay, James Ray; Hamilton, Charlse Dosie; Hamilton, Gracie Lillian; Hammerand,
Alvin Sam; Harms, Arthur Bernard; Harrell, John A.; Hartnett, Earl Clinton;
Harvey, Letha; Hassell, John B.; Hatfield, Roy Truman; Hawkins, Thomas Broyhill;
Haymon, Woodrow; Hays, Dolphin Wayne; Heffner, Thomas Edward; Helms, Oran
R.; Hemperley, Farris Laymon; Henricksen, Edward Henry; Hering, Lester; Hernandez,
Mary Hilda; Hernandez, Raymon; Hernandez, Willie Alfredo; Herrin, Richard
Joseph; Hext, Doyle; Hightower, Willie; Hinson, Woodrow Columbus; Hobbs, U.
L.; Hodson, Jesse Curtis; Hoffman, William Edward; Hogan, Louis, Jr.; Hollander,
Fred W.; Homme, Louis; Howell, Forest Emil; Howell, Louis Carlton; Hughes,
Ulus; Hunter, Lambert Harry; Hurwitz, Meyer Joseph; Hutchins, Lonnie Clifton;
Hutchinson, Horace Albert; Hydrick, Charles Clarence, Jr.
J
Jacobs, Paul William; Jerkofsky, Adolph W, Jr.; Jerry, A. C.; Jewel, Edwin;
Jimenez, Ernestine; Johnson, Alvin Thomas; Johnson, Arthur Joseph; Johnston,
Farman F.; Jones, Frank; Jones, Jesse; Jones, Kulin; Jones, Mose; Juarez,
Elijas; Juarez, Jose.
K
Katzmark, Emil John; Kelly, Charles M.; Kelly, Vernon Levi; Keyes, Andrew
Lee; Koch, Frank William; Kohn, Richard A.; Korenek, Adolph J.; Krause, Charles
C.; Krc, Henry; Kunkel, Melvin John.
L
La Blue, Joseph Charles; Lacquement, Mrs. Willie Ora; Lacquement, Ulysis Grant;
Langley, Jess W.; Lara, Miguel (Mike); La Salle, Leonard; Latson, Willie;
Leader, Arthur Leroy; LeCarre, Joseph; Leddingham, Albert Walker, Jr.; Lee,
James Anderson; Legendre, George C.; Leining, August E.; Leinig, Harry Richard;
Lewis, Theo. Benjamin; Lewis, T. J.; Lindsey, Thedos Morrison; Linkey, Robert;
Lomas, Cayetano, Jr.; Lomas, Elizabeth; Loper, Argus Cleo; Luhning, Joseph
Clarence, Jr.; Luther, Frank J., Jr.; Lutteman, Frederick I.
M
Manhardt, Frank Joseph; Mantzel, Anton J.; Maresch, Eddie Joe; Martin, Samuel;
Martinez, Ventura; Marzahn, John Henry; Masters, Auborn Dorris; Matthews,
Emmett; May, Emmett E.; Mayville, Clarence Anthony; McAdams, Alvin Luther;
McCoy, Barney Jackson; McFarlane, Graham R.; McGrew, Edith; McIntyre, Thomas
Franklin; McNallen, Paul James; Meadows, Jacob Otto; Medina, Armando; Meek,
Joseph Dewitt; Menge, Harvey Alonzo; Miller, Teddie Roosevelt; Milstead, H.
M. Jr.; Mitchell, David; Moore, Elijah Melvis; Morris, James Norman; Morris,
Willis; Morrison, James T.
N
Nichols, Frank Albert; Nieto, Justo; Nieto, Vincento Olivares; Nixon, James
A.; Norris, Ennis, Jr.; Norris, John Stephen, Jr.; Norwood, John C., Jr.;
Nutt, Clyde Miller.
O
Olivares, Cecilio; Oliver, Lawrence Adele; Olsen, Hubert H.
P
Park, Plez A.; Parker, James Freeman; Parks, John Elliott, Jr.; Paske, Marion
P.; Paskett, Michael; Pate, Robert William; Payne, Thomas James; Pedraza,
Carlos; Pelosi, Rocco Louis; Perez, Gregorio Hernandez; Perez, Jesus Martinez;
Perry, Autmen Jordan; Pettit, Jesse Lee; Phillips, Goodwin Jackson; Pitts,
Ardell Walten; Pitts, Robert H.; Pritchard, Thomas W. Jr.; Prosser, Earl Niles.
Q
Quinto, Bert Franklin.
R
Ramirez, Timoteo; Ramos, Sam; Randall, Frank; Randall, Joseph Unther; Randle,
James; Randle, Maynard; Rangel, Rosalio; Rasmussen, James Pete; Ray, Rufus
Milton; Readhimer, Ernest Earl; Reed, David E.; Reed, William S.; Restivo,
Joseph L.; Revia, Louis; Reyna, Frank; Rice, Lorenzo; Richardson, Joe; Richie,
Jessie Ray; Rivers, Lee; Roach, William Francis; Rodriquez, Pedro; Rollins,
Mose; Root, Clarence Roy; Rowley, William Wayne; Ruecker, Fred Arthur; Rusk,
Mortin Isaac; Russ, Glenn Francis, Jr.; Russell, Leroy Charles.
S
Salazar, Francisco; Salazar, Trinidad Lucio; Saragoza, James; Sargent, Haskell
T.; Sauceda, Catarino; Sauceda, Humberto M.; Saylors, Henry Crawford; Scofelia,
Joseph Adolph; Scott, Jerry Miles; Scott, Joby; Screws, William Albert. Jr.;
Sebesta, Raymond Gillis; Shavers, German; Sherdan, Jack; Shoemaker, John Reagan,
Sr.; Siller, Gustave Joseph; Smith, Cudjo James; Smith, Melvin Lee; Smith,
Ray Carrol; Smith, Robert Dee; Smith, Robert Lee; Smith, Robert Noel; Southerland,
Robert D.; Spivey, Duwain; Stafford, Arthur W.; Stafford, Joel Clifton; Stalmach,
Donald Daniel; Steel, Hal Lawrence; Sterry, Henry E.; Stewart, Basil Meredith;
Stidham, Lawrence Otto; Stiles, Darrell Eugene; Stiles, Royal C.; Stork, Ernest;
Strinek, Frank, Jr.; Suniga, Apolonio; Sutton, Joseph John; Swann, James Clabourne;
Swanson, Oliver J.
T
Tamez, Santos; Tanberg, Damian Ernest; Tholen, Otmore Raymond; Tines, Elizabeth;
Torres, Irma; Torres, Jesus; Tyson, Merril H.
V
Vail, Norma Jean; Vail, Peggy Alene; Valadez, Edmundo, Jr.; Valigura, W. J.;
Valle, Henry A.; Varley, John Williams; Voelker, Clarence Edward; Vogg, John
A.; Voiles, William P. Chauncey.
W
Wade, Lucille; Wagner, Josephine; Waits, Radie; Walker, Forest Anderson Sr.;
Walker, Floy Marvin; Warford, Busby Lee Roy; Warren, Thomas Bryan; Washington,
Willie, Sr.; Welch, Hager Eugene; Wells, Bruce L.; Wells, Crafton Oliver;
Wells, Dale Deloss; Wells, Grace; Westbrook, Thomas Henry; Westrup, George
Henry; White, Dallas; White, James Arthur; Whitley, Robert Record, Jr.; Williams,
Floyd B.; Williams, Antoinette; Williams, George; Wimberly, Robert Doyle;
Womack, Thomas A.; Wylie, Annie Lue.
Y
Young, Sol; Youngman, Mrs. Ollie Bell; Youngman, Hollie Oran.
Z
Zapata, Ida Wally; Zipprian, Louis Leon
REPORTED MISSING
Able, Lewis R.
Bartosh, J.J.; Bates, Carl Edgar; Baumgartner, Henry J.; Bickson, James; Braddy, Joseph Milton; Buenostro, Miguel; Bunker, Gerald; Bussy, Woodrow.
Cain, Lloyd George; Campos, Manuel G.; Campuzano, Juan, Jr.; Canada, James; Capitillo, Antonio; Carmona, Roger; Churchill, Byrd; Colquitt, James R.; Comouch, Henry; Copeland, M. W.; Cunningham, Mason Kimble.
Davis, Zolan; Dickey, E. K.; Dickey, John, Jr.; Drake, F. E.; Durio, Roy Louis.
Edgar, Roy Lee; Epperson, M. C.
Fereday, Virgil D.; Findeisen, Henry John; Ford, J. I.; Fowler, Jewell; Franklin, John D.; Frazer, William Howard; French, Robert; Fundling, William H.;
Gallaway, Roy; Gannaway, Paul D.; Garza, Estaban; Ghirardi, Mike; Gilley, W. E.; Given, Elbert; Godbehere, John E.; Gollberg, Joseph E.
Hattenbach, Arthur F.; Hattenbach, Clarence S.; Hattenbach, John L.; Hattenbach, William; Herm, Ludwig A.; Hensley, James; Herrera, Santos, Jr.; Hoff, Louis George; Holmsten, W. Russell; Hopkins, John L, Jr.; Howell, Forest W.; Hughes, William Fred.
Innocencio, Juan; Incocencio, Tippy; Isom, Clay.
Jacka, James W.; James, O'Brient; Johnson, Ted L.; Johnson,William Carl; Jolley, Ernest A.; Jolley, Frank P.; Jones, Rufus D.
Kaiser, William Louis; King, William C.; Kolojolis, James; Krcha, E. R.
Linberg, Lawrence L.; Longora, Zros; Luna, Raul.
McMeans, R. H., Jr.; McQueen, William Franklin; Martinez, Patricio; Mays, Warren; Medrano, Sabino, Jr.; Medrano, Sabino, Sr.; Merriam, Bunnie F.; Mikeska, Henry Jerry; Millender, Joseph D.; Miller, Jack O.; Moore, Thomas Kleber, Sr.; Moses, Otto; Munos, Robert; Murphy, Dale Smith.
Neeley, Maurice R.; Nelson, Lawrence E.; Newlin, John C.; Nichols, Victor J.; Nunez, Sebastian B.
O'Sullivan, William C.
Paysee, Louis B.; Peacock, W. J.; Pentycuff, Marcell; Pentycuff, William D.
Quinn, Luther A.
Ramirez, Marcelino S.; Ramirez, Marcus V.; Randle, Simon; Ray, Joseph B. Jr.; Reagan, Harvey T. Jr.; Reagan Harvey T. Sr.; Reddick, Jimmie; Richardson, Lee; Rhoden, Fritz L.; Robenson, Oscar; Rodriques, M.; Rodriques, Roberto; Rogers, F. C.; Rogers, John D.; Rose, Ernest; Russaw, Ernest.
Salazar, Tony; Self, William E.; Seaton, Eldred; Shelton, Willie; Sheridan J.; Smith Clyde; Smith John R.; Spillers, E. V.; Stafford, Marshall B.; Stewart William C., Jr.; Stiles, Robert B.
Tadlock, James H.; Thompson, Jimmie; Thornton, Jack M.; Thornton, John Rodney; Torres, Salvador V.; Tumlinson, Fred Edward.
Unger, Julius
Vasquez, Fernando; Vestal, Clarence Rome.
Watts, B. H.; Webb, Kenneth Eugene; Wehmeyer, Victor; Westmoreland, Marion D.; Whitney, Record; Williams, George; Williams, Melvin S.; Wohleb, Clement A.; Woods, Clarence J.
Yeager, Henry W.
Zaragoza, Ignacio R.; Zaragoza, Manuel R.; Zetak, J. P.
The Names of the 31 missing of the 42 officers and men of the S. S. Grand Camp have not been released for publication.
I AM TIME
By Beth Wallace Slaymaker, President
Galveston Writers Club
I am Time.
Some call me the healer of wounds,
But I am not.
I am the fingers of Him
Who opens and none can shut;
I am the hands of Him
Who shuts and none can open.
I led you into this life
And I will show you out…
Yes I am Time,
The servant of Him
Whose love is named Limitless
And whose age is Eternity.
I do not heal,
But He has sent me to tell you
That as I pass by
All things become good.
By the Community, State and Nation Part One
By the Community, State and Nation Part Two
By the Community, State and Nation Part Three
Lest We Forget