SK3 Charles Reed Bean (WWII, Typhoon Cobra)
Remembering SK3 Charles Reed Bean (Moorefield) August 8, 1923 - December 18, 1944 ---- "It was only by the combined might of the winds and the seas that Spence was silenced and finally laid to rest—honorably buried at sea as is befitting a brave and rugged seaman!" -Rear Admiral Henry A. Armstrong ---- SK3 Charles Reed Bean (Service Number 8951357) was born in Moorefield, WV on August 8, 1923, the son of Orvon and Essye (Reed) Bean. For Charles' entire life, his family lived in Moorefield. The 1930 Census gave Orvon's occupation as bookkeeper for a local lumber company. Later, Orvon worked as a supervisor of Liquor Store District Distribution (1940 Census). Charles was a member of the Moorefield Methodist Church starting December 2, 1934 ("Dies When Typhoon Sinks Destroyer," The Moorefield Examiner ). Charles graduated from Moorefield High School in 1941, and went on to graduate from Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, TN in 1943 (WV Memory Project). W...