World War II Honoree

Marilyn Hazel Pless Popejoy

Hometown

LaGrange, Georgia

Honored By

Daughter Marilyn Judith Carney & Family

DURING WWII ALL AVAILABLE MANPOWER WAS SENT OFF TO WAR, LEAVING A HUGE DEFICIT OF WORKERS ON THE HOME FRONT. AMONG THE HARD HIT PROFESSIONS WAS TEACHING. ALTHOUGH SHE HAD ONLY A YEAR AT FLORENCE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, SHE GLADLY ACCEPTED A POST TEACHING 7TH AND 8TH GRADERS AT KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, KENNEDY, ALABAMA UNTIL THE WAR WAS OVER.