Military Monday~2nd Lt. Carrie W. Rivers

Carrie Lou Williams was a daughter of Daniel T. Williams and Viola Etheridge. Born on 1 October 1913 in Lawrenceville, Georgia she married William Blease Rivers on 24 March 1940. ¹ 

William Blease Rivers was born 7 June 1912, a son of William Turnage Rivers and Henrietta O. ‘Hattie’ Hammond. ^{2 3 4}

Carrie Lou was a Nurse. She served during WWII at Station Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia from 26 January 1943 until 28 July 1943.⁵ 

William Blease Rivers was a tool planner in the aircraft industry. He moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Phoenix, Arizona where he worked as a tool planner with the Lockheed Corporation. They also lived and worked in San Jose, California. 

William Blease Rivers died in Feb. 1970 in California and his body was returned to Chesterfield for burial. ^{6 7}

Carrie Lou Williams Rivers died 11 November 1999 in Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona. She was laid to rest in the Resthaven Memorial Park, Phoenix, Arizona. ^{8 9 10}












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[1] Social Security Administration, Ancestry database, Ancestry, (http://www.ancestry.com : <viewed|accessed> 4 October 2015), Carrie Lou [Williams] Rivers, 256-12-4431, before 1951 derived from U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File,database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 24 July 2011).
[2] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 October 2015); Memorial page for William Blease Rivers; (7 June 1912–5 February 1970); Find a Grave memorial # 122354682, Citing Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery; Hunts Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[3] 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #40, Page 188A, Line 34, Dwelling 572, Family 586, Household of William T. RIVERS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 5 September 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
[4] 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #18, ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed ); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_2192.
[5] National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64, "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 4 October 2015), 2nd Lt. Carrie Lou Rivers; citing WWII Nurse's Corp..
[6] California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com: 4 October 2015), California State Registrar, Office of the State Register, Sacramento, and the Butte County Courthouse, Oroville, William B. Rivers; Certificate number , 5 February 1970.
[7] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, William Blease Rivers (7 June 1912–5 February 1970), Memorial # 122354682.
[8] Carrie Lou Rivers obituary, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, 18 November 1999.
[9] "Social Security Death Index,"Ancestry, entry for Carrie Lou [Williams] Rivers, 256-12-4431.
[10] "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," on-line digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 4 October 2015), Carrie Lou Williams Rivers; citing Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: Department of Veterans Affairs.; 2ND LT US ARMY, died 11 November 1999.