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Just after her 22
nd
non-
birthday, on November 18,
1939,
Charles
Hazzard
Thomson and Katherine Ann
Yaw were married at St.
Michael’s Catholic Church in
Wheeling,
West
Virginia.
And two shall become one
(Mark 10:8) and from their
union posterity shall spring
(Clarke Commentary).
Establishing their household in St. Louis,
Missouri, soon two baby girls filled their third floor
apartment on Maple Avenue—Marianne (Ann) and
Margaret Jane (Peggy). Life is what happens when
you’re busy making other plans (John Lennon). World
War II was not in their plans but it happened. In
December of 1943 Charles enlisted in the United States
Navy and patrolled the Pacific on the USS Von
Valkenburgh until December of 1945. His ship saw
action at both Iwo Jima and Nagasaki. To supplement
their meager military income, Kay began to knit baby
booties and blankets for the boutique at Famous Barr.
Her beautiful items were so popular she was able to
sell everything she could produce.