Harry Bell turned 94 today, and celebrated with his crew at the Triplett
Day drug store lunch room. Harry's WWII story is in this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Heroes-World-War-SoldiersLand/dp/1589799631
by Thomas Simmons, one of the crew that gathers at 10:30 an at the Drug
store for coffee, stories good times. The group keeps a folder at the
drugstore with the "best of" jokes and a record of whose turn it is to
pay the bill.
After the War Harry was an engineer for Mississippi Power and his wife
Louise ran a travel agency a block up the street from Triplett-Day. They
closed the travel agency a couple years ago, and Louise died last
summer. Harry is typical of WWII vets and never draws attention to
himself, but he donates to a lot of causes and has been a great support
to the church.
Harry is getting frail, and I am not sure how many more Birthdays he
will have. There are not a lot of WWII vets left to send a birthday
greeting to. If y'all want to send him a birthday greeting, you can
send a card in care of
Gulfport First United Methodist Church
2301 15th Street | Gulfport, Mississippi 39501
or
via mall...@fumc-gulfport.org
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