Sunday, May 22, 2011

My Uncles in Uniform

Today's Houston Memory Card (see this post for details) is about my dad's three brothers . . . my Uncle Jesse, my Uncle Johnny and my Uncle Tom.  It reads "My uncles on my dad's side were all men in uniform - Uncle Jesse and Uncle Tom served in the Houston police force and Uncle Johnny was a special delivery messenger with the U.S. post office."  I'll make a scrapbook layout about them when I get back in town because there's much more to the story.  In fact, my Uncle Jesse was only the second Mexican American police officer for the city of Houston.  He served honorably for 33 years! You can read more of his story in this post at my cousin Irene's blog.  
Well, I just go back into town and wanted to update this post before it goes "live" because while visiting my brother (who lives in my parents' former home), he gave me two more boxes of heritage family photos he recently found! I thought I had them all and had them all organized, but now I've got more work to do.  Oh well, it's worth it because I found some real treasures, like this one which goes with today's post:
That's my Uncle Tom on the left and my Uncle Jesse on the right.
Are there any men in uniform in your family tree?

7 comments:

helena said...

fantastic to have more old photos. Loving your card series

scrappyjacky said...

Love the card you've made for this one,Rinda....and what a great heritage photo. I wish I had more old family photos.

Sian said...

More heritage photos? What treasure! There must be a story there somewhere about your family being keen photographers? Because mine weren't and I don't have very many pictures.

Your cards are so evocative - each one conjures up the right mood for the story

ComfyMom~Stacey said...

Great old photos! I have a wonderful one of my mom's dad in his Naval uniform while he was home on leave during WWII.

Mommy2CVC said...

How cool that he found more pictures and gave them to you!!! I'm so happy that you were able to share in the quinceanera with us! The girls are so happy that Clara got to spend the night! Much love to you guys!!!

Scrappy Grams said...

honorable men! What a wonderful treasure to have.

debs14 said...

You keep finding real treasures in that box of photos Rinda! Great picture.
My dad was a 'man in uniform' during the Second World War, I really need to find one of the photos and do a layout in his memory.