Family Group Sheet
NameBoyd C. Thompson
Birth13 Mar 1921, Scioto Co., Ohio
Death12 Sep 2002, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
BurialJamison Cemetery, Garrison, Lewis Co., Kentucky
FatherWilliam Thompson (~1892-)
MotherMargaret “Maggie” Royster (~1895-)
Marriageabt 1939
Divorce
SpouseGarnet E. Skaggs
Birth5 Jun 1921, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio
Death16 Apr 2010, Grovetown, Columbia Co., Georgia
FatherDewey Estel Skaggs (1898-1966)
MotherRose Anna “Annie” Pack (1903-1949)
Other spousesJoseph W. Brickey
Children
Birthabt 1945, Lebanon, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania
Death5 Sep 2000, Augusta, Richmond Co., Georgia
Notes for Boyd C. Thompson
The SSDI lists Boyd C. Thompson, born 13 Mar 1921, died 12 Sep 2002, last residence South Shore, Greenup Co., Kentucky, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.
The Ohio deaths index lists Boyd C. Thompson, age 82, born 13 Mar 1921 iin Kentucky, died 12 Sep 2002 in Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio, residence Kentucky, zip code 41175 (South Shore, Greenup Co., near Wheelersburg), mother’s maiden name Royster, married, Army veteran.
The reported birth place is wrong; the 1930 census listed his birth place as Ohio, and he does not appear in the Kentucky birth index. His family apparently moved back and forth across the river.
The Ohio deaths index lists Boyd C. Thompson, age 82, born 13 Mar 1921 iin Kentucky, died 12 Sep 2002 in Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio, residence Kentucky, zip code 41175 (South Shore, Greenup Co., near Wheelersburg), mother’s maiden name Royster, married, Army veteran.
The reported birth place is wrong; the 1930 census listed his birth place as Ohio, and he does not appear in the Kentucky birth index. His family apparently moved back and forth across the river.
Census
1930 census of Scioto Co., Ohio, Washington township, enumerated 25 April, lists on p. 24B as family #509:
Thompson, William, 38, age at first marriage 22; Maggie, wife, 35, age at first marriage 18; Estel, dau, 12; Boyd, son, 9, b. Ohio Ky Ky; Alonzo, son, 6; Alberta, dau, 4; William Jr., son, 2. All except Boyd born Ky Ky Ky.
Thompson, William, 38, age at first marriage 22; Maggie, wife, 35, age at first marriage 18; Estel, dau, 12; Boyd, son, 9, b. Ohio Ky Ky; Alonzo, son, 6; Alberta, dau, 4; William Jr., son, 2. All except Boyd born Ky Ky Ky.
Notes for Garnet E. Skaggs
The U.S. Public Records index (based mostly on voter registrations) lists the following addresses for Garnet (or Garnett) E. Brickey with birth date 5 June 1921:
283 Labert Hollow Rd, Portsmouth, OH
643 Oleander Ave, Fort Myers, FL
115 Shadygrove Dr, Apt B, Martinez, GA
4747 W. Creek Mill Court, Grovetown, GA
(The Grovetown address also appears with the middle initial S, probably for Skaggs.)
The SSDI lists Garnet E. Brickey, born 5 June 1921, died 16 Apr 2010, last residence Grovetown, Columbia Co., Georgia, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.
An article in the Columbia County [Georgia] News-Times contained the following interview with Garnet:
“A past generation
Two of Ross' more recent recruits, including Tutt, were women, but at one time, female recruits weren't such a common thing.
"I was in the first group to arrive at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., for basic training,'' said Garnet Brickey, of Grovetown, who entered the Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. "We took over men's barracks, barracks that had been used by men, and they were really rough ... They (the Army) were a little slow to accept women. We were auxiliary when I first enlisted and after about seven months they accepted us into the regular Army.''
For Brickey, the reason to sign up for military service was obvious.
"Well, it was just I was amazed at the fact that the Japanese bombed us, attacked us, so I just decided I wanted to help out,'' she said. "I wanted to do my part.''
Brickey said she mostly remembers Pearl Harbor for how people responded to it, adding that many people enlisted in the Army.
"They (Americans) were very angry,'' she said. "There was a shop next door to me and the owner of the shop got a barrel and broke every dish made in Japan. I heard him out there breaking dishes.''
Brickey said her job in the Army was to help out back in the United States by transporting officers and picking up injured soldiers who had returned from the battlefield.
These days, Brickey said, the world is much different, saying the war in Iraq doesn't have similarities to how the U.S. got involved in World War II.
"I don't think we have any business going into Iraq,'' she said. "If he (Saddam Hussein) had planned and been behind this attack on 9-11, it would have been different, but he wasn't really. He wasn't a nice man. He was a bad man, but he did not attack us and I don't think we should have stuck our nose in his business. I think it's altogether different.''
That said, if given the chance again to serve her country, Brickey said that after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, she likely would have enlisted in the Army just as she did after Pearl Harbor.
"I guess so,'' she said. "I would have done my part.''
283 Labert Hollow Rd, Portsmouth, OH
643 Oleander Ave, Fort Myers, FL
115 Shadygrove Dr, Apt B, Martinez, GA
4747 W. Creek Mill Court, Grovetown, GA
(The Grovetown address also appears with the middle initial S, probably for Skaggs.)
The SSDI lists Garnet E. Brickey, born 5 June 1921, died 16 Apr 2010, last residence Grovetown, Columbia Co., Georgia, SSN issued in Ohio before 1951.
An article in the Columbia County [Georgia] News-Times contained the following interview with Garnet:
“A past generation
Two of Ross' more recent recruits, including Tutt, were women, but at one time, female recruits weren't such a common thing.
"I was in the first group to arrive at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., for basic training,'' said Garnet Brickey, of Grovetown, who entered the Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. "We took over men's barracks, barracks that had been used by men, and they were really rough ... They (the Army) were a little slow to accept women. We were auxiliary when I first enlisted and after about seven months they accepted us into the regular Army.''
For Brickey, the reason to sign up for military service was obvious.
"Well, it was just I was amazed at the fact that the Japanese bombed us, attacked us, so I just decided I wanted to help out,'' she said. "I wanted to do my part.''
Brickey said she mostly remembers Pearl Harbor for how people responded to it, adding that many people enlisted in the Army.
"They (Americans) were very angry,'' she said. "There was a shop next door to me and the owner of the shop got a barrel and broke every dish made in Japan. I heard him out there breaking dishes.''
Brickey said her job in the Army was to help out back in the United States by transporting officers and picking up injured soldiers who had returned from the battlefield.
These days, Brickey said, the world is much different, saying the war in Iraq doesn't have similarities to how the U.S. got involved in World War II.
"I don't think we have any business going into Iraq,'' she said. "If he (Saddam Hussein) had planned and been behind this attack on 9-11, it would have been different, but he wasn't really. He wasn't a nice man. He was a bad man, but he did not attack us and I don't think we should have stuck our nose in his business. I think it's altogether different.''
That said, if given the chance again to serve her country, Brickey said that after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, she likely would have enlisted in the Army just as she did after Pearl Harbor.
"I guess so,'' she said. "I would have done my part.''
