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Charles William "Bud" Vanderford (5099)
Father: Eugene Spencer Vanderford (4102)
Mother: Ada Lee
Jacobs
b. Oct. 13, 1913 [Wendell]
d. Oct. 16, 1984, buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park [Wendell - doc]
m. Oct. 15, 1938, Mary Haggert Gillispie [Wendell]
No Issue: [Wendell]
Information:
1929:
Bud, for $1 admission, attended the Barnstormers
Show at the Old Sky Harbor Airport in Murfreesboro, Tennessee where he took his
first flight in an airplane. He described the experience as "noisy and slow,
but it was a good old airplane. Its top speed was about 75 mph.
[Wendell - doc]
1930s:
Bud assisted with the nightly weather flights.
The planes went up after midnight with weather instruments strapped to their
wings. [Wendell - doc]
July 1, 1938:
Bud went to work for Eastern Airlines and
three years later was promoted to station manager at Nashville's Berry Field
(now Metro). [Wendell - doc]
1942:
Bud worked for Eastern Airlines and lived on
Murfreesboro Road. [Nashville Dir]
1947:
bud became a traffic manager for Eastern Airlines.
[Wendell - doc]
1961:
Bud worked for Eastern Airlines and lived in
Donelson, Tennessee. [Nashville
Dir]
1978:
Bud retired from Eastern Airlines.
[Wendell - doc]
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