(back L-R) 1. William Ottis Hargis 1924-2005, 2. William Norvel Hargis 1869-1946, 3. Jack Gordon Hargis 1927- , 4. Nancy (Gearhart) Hargis 1871-1959 , 5. Vernon Lee Hargis 1925- , 6. Charles Ottis Hargis 1896-1976, 7. Maudie Marie (Chapman) Hargis 1901-1985, 8. Patricia Nell Hargis, (front L-R) 1. Robert Elmo Hargis 1929-1996, 2. Sally Jean Hargis , 3. Randell Delano Hargis 1933-1990, 4. Thomas Clark Hargis, 5. Thomas Allen Hargis 1904-1982
Vernon Hargis is back row 5th from left. Aboard ship WWII.
Vernon Lee Hargis was born in Conasauga, Polk County, Tennessee on 30 Sep 1925. He is the son of Charles Ottis Hargis and Maudie Marie (Chapman) .Hargis. Vernon was raised on a farm in Rowan County, Kentucky. He volunteered for service in the U.S. Navy during the outbreak of WWII, joining on 7 Oct. 1942. Seventeen years old at the time he had to lied about his age to get accepted. Vernon served aboard the USS Sands APD-13 as Machinist Mate 3rd Class. His ship and crew participated in most of the major battles in the South Pacific during the war. Vernon was honorably discharged on 24 Feb1946. On 24 Dec 1947 he married Eula Letha Littleton, daughter of Leslie Medley Littleton and Louie May Hamm, from Rowan County, Kentucky. They lived for a while near Cincinnati, Ohio where he worked at Fisher Body in Hamilton. In 1951 the family moved to Oregon where he worked at his uncle Tom's Logging business along with other logging outfits. He later worked at the Martin Box Company in Oakland, Oregon. Vernon worked at the Nordic Plywood Mill from the mid 1950's until1962. The family left Oregon in 1962 and moved to Clermont County, Ohio. Vernon and Eula raised 7 children, Caroline, Shirley, Eula, Debra, Angela, Timothy and Philip. Vernon was working as a truck driver when he retired in 1985. He and Eula moved to Tucson, Arizona after his retirement but later returned to Clermont County, Ohio.
Vernon Lee Hargis with grandmother Nancy (Gearhart) Hargis 1871-1959 and daughter Caroline Kay Hargis 1948-
Vernon Lee Hargis
Vernon Lee Hargis and wife Eula Letha (Littleton) Hargis
"Happy 60th wedding anniversary 24 Dec 2007"