The Marriage of Charles Riley Brock, Jr. and Helen Pauline McDaniel

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. was born 16 November 1927 in McFarlan Anson County, North Carolina. He was the second born son and 3rd born child of Charles Riley Brock, Sr. and Henrietta Florence Pate.

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. was married at least 3 times.

On 9 May 1954, Charlie Riley Brock, Jr,. and Helen Pauline McDaniel of Chester County, South Carolina were married by Hattie Y. Harden a Notary Public for South Carolina. The marriage took place in Chester, South Carolina.

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. served in the United States Air Force, There is information published on-line that cousin Charles was a Lt. Colonel and POW during the Vietnam War. I have found no information to substantiate this Claim and his Military supplied Tombstone shows that he was an enlisted man, not an officer, with the rank of Staff Sergeant. The National Archives Archival database show that Charles Riley Brock, Jr. enlisted into the US Army Air Corps on 9 February 1946. The Air Force did not exist in 1946. Its creation took place on 18 September 1947. Charles Riley Brock, Jr. served in Korea with the United States Air Force with the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSgt.). The Department of Veterans Affairs Death File show that Charles Riley Brock enlisted twice serving for 4 1/2 years AFTER WWII and serving for 9 years during and after the Korean War. Enlistment Date: 15 Nov 1945 Discharge Date: 12 May 1950 | Enlistment Date 1: 14 Oct 1952 Discharge Date 1: 14 Dec 1961.

Charles and Helen had four children. Their first born, a son, died as an infant on the day of his birth. Charles was age 26 when he married Pauline in 1954. Its possible he was previously married but no proof has been found.

Charles Riley Brock, Jr.  died on 3 July 1995 in Rowan County, North Carolina. At the time of his death he was married to Yvonne Waters. When and where Charles Riley and Helen Pauline McDaniel were divorced is not known. What is known is that Helen Pauline McDaniel died 18 September 2022.

I show Charles Riley Brock, Jr. 3rd wife  to be Margie West. I don’t know in what order he married Margie, when or where.

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. is buried in Grandview Memorial Park, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina.  

Charles Riley Brock, Jr. is my 1st Cousin once removed. 

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1. Charles Riley BROCK, Jr., birth certificate Birth Certificate Book #14; Page 650 (16 November 1927), Wadesboro Register of Deeds, Anson County, North Carolina.

2. 1930 US Census, Robeson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Alfordsville, Robeson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 002, Page 11A/23(stamped), Line 27, Dwelling 197, Family 204, Household of C. R. [Charles Riley] BROCK; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 May 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T626, Roll 1716.

3. 1940 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 13-10, Page: 11B/130(stamped); Line 58, Household #168, Household of Riley BROCK; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://Ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3799.

4. National Archives, "Access to Archival Database," database, National Archives, National Archives - Access to Archival Database (https://aad.archives.gov/ : viewed on-line 25 February 2016), Charles R. Brock, Jr.; citing FILM REEL NUMBER         3.374.

5.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976,  Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  3 August 2022),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, Charles Riley Brock Jr; Certificate number , 3 July 1995.

 6. The Herald, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 5 July 1995, Page 8, column 2 & 3; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed & transcribed 3 August 2022); www.newspapers.com/.

 7. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7267473:2441

 8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  25 February 2011); Memorial page for Charles R. Brock, Jr; (16 October 1927–3 July 1995); Find a Grave memorial # 54270353, Citing Grandview Memorial Park; Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA.

 9. "South Carolina County Marriage Records, 1907-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 August 2022), Marriage:  Charles Riley Brock & Helen Pauline McDaniel; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/900127979:61450; Marriage License Date: 9 May 1954.