William Franklin "Frank" Landreth^[1]

1924 - 2013  (88 years)

• Name	William Franklin "Frank" Landreth
  Born	25 Jul 1924	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	16 Mar 2013	McMinn County, Tennessee   [3, 4, 5]
  Buried	20 Mar 2013	Green Hill Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee   [6]
  Person ID	I153196	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Robert Kinzer Landreth,   b. Abt 1899, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 12 Mar 2006  (Age ~ 107 years)
  Mother	Audrey G. Anderson,   b. 19 Jun 1906, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Feb 1996  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F57321	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Addie Sue Brown,   b. 27 May 1927,   d. 19 Jan 2012  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Bill Landreth   2. Susan Landreth   3. Sherry Landreth
  Family ID	F175102	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jul 1924 - Tennessee Census - 1930 - Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee Died - 16 Mar 2013 - McMinn County, Tennessee Buried - 20 Mar 2013 - Green Hill Cemetery, McMinn County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 27 Apr 2004. Wilson M. Lonas, Jr. obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name Franklin Landreth Event Type Census Event Date 1930 Event Place Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 5 Marital Status Single Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son Birth Year (Estimated) 1925 Birthplace Tennessee Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter B Sheet Number 8 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Robert K Landreth Head M 31 Tennessee Audrey G Landreth Wife F 23 Tennessee Franklin Landreth Son M 5 Tennessee Audrey Ruth Landreth Daughter F 0 Tennessee Clarcie Jane Landreth Mother F 68 South Carolina [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 24 Jun 2017. Margaret Josephine Keeling obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Daily Post Athenian (Athens, TN), 16 Mar 2013. William Franklin "Frank" Landreth Sr., 88, a resident of Etowah for more than 60 years, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Etowah . A native of Knoxville, he was a member of Church on the Rock. He worked for L&N Railroad as an engineer. A son of the late Robert Kinzer Landreth and Audrey Anderson Landreth Hellard, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Addie "Sue" Brown Landreth ; one brother and two sisters. He joined the Armed Services at the young age of 16 with his mother signing for him to serve his county in the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Pearl Harbor when it was bombed in 1941. After a tour in Hawaii, he went to Solomon Island and Guadalcanal Vella Lavella, leaving there in 1943 to volunteer for a secret mission. He had six bouts of malaria before he got to Burma. In 1943 and 1944, he was on a secret mission with Merrill's Marauders in Burma. He walked 1,000 miles across the north end of Burma fighting the Japanese along the way. He was one of the 300 survivors out of the 3,000 men that started with Merrill's Marauders. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Nancy Landreth of Ooltewah; two daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Jerry Bryan of Etowah, and Sherry Condee and Craig Holmes of Niota; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday in the South Chapel of Bordwine Funeral Home with the Rev. Leon Devine officiating. Burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Green Hill Cemetery with military honors. Pallbearers will be Stanley Headrick, Eddie Harris, Zach Arwood, Terry Thompson, Stacy Parrot and Craig Holmes. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Bordwine Funeral Home of Etowah is in charge of arrangements. If you are unable to attend, sign the guest registry at www.bordwinefuneralhome.com [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index. Issued in Tennessee [S99] Farrar Funeral Home, (http://www.farrarfuneralhome.com), 106880691.