Pete Harold McGee (1921 - 1994)

Born 27 Oct 1921 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Fonzie (Driggers) McGee — married 13 Dec 1975 in Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia

Died 16 Nov 1994 at age 73 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States of America

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Biography

Names:

Pete Harold McGee^[1]

Birth:

27 Oct 1921 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina^[2][1][3][4]

WWII Draft Registration

16 Feb 1942 - Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia^[5]

Pete McGee is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1945-1946

Military Service - Form 53 55:^[6][7]

Begin: 27 Feb 1945 - Ft McArthur, Los Angeles County, California

End: 28 Dec 1946 - Separation Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Note: He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Service Ribbon, the World War II Victory Medal and the Occupation Medal - Japan. He was a machinist with the 495th Engineer Heavy Shop and was qualified with the SS 30 Cal RifleM-1. His separation papers are recorded in Duval County, Florida in the Soldiers and Sailors Record Book 52, page 124.

Occupation:

machinist with the 495th Engineer Heavy Shop in WWII - US Army Form 53 55:^[6]

a master mechanic in the tool and dye industry - Death Certificate^[6]

Marriage:

26 Apr 1958, Charlton County, Georgia^[8]

Divorced June 1959, Duval County, Florida^[9]

13 Dec 1975, Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia^[1][10]

Husband: Pete Harold McGee

Wife: Fonzie Driggers

Residence:

28 Dec 1946 - 1623 N Allen Street, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - US Army Form 53 55^[6]

27 Feb 1945 - Wilmington, , California - US Army Form 53 55^[6]

08 Aug 1974 - 1608 W Line Street, Leesburg, Florida^[11]

08 Aug 1974 - 16 Nov 1994 - 1320 Braebury Drive, Leesburg, Lake County, Florida^[11][10][4]

Medical:

heart trouble and had open heart surgery and a slow recovery - 1988 Christmas Letter^[12]

myocardial infarction - his Death Certificate^[6]

Death:

16 Nov 1994 at Florida Hospital, Orlando, Orange County, Florida^[3][4]

Probate:

3 Jan 1995 - Lake County, Florida^[13]

Note: File #94-1502-CP - daughter-in-law, Rachel Helms McGee inherited the family home and all assets.

Burial:

21 Nov 1994 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Leesburg, Lake County, Florida - Funeral Card received at the Funeral Home^[6][4][14]

Note: at a Military Graveside Service conducted by the Lake County War Veterans Honor Guard. Beyers Funeral Home, 1123 W Main Street, Leesburg was in charge of arrangements.

Research Notes

Timeline of possible marriage/divorces for Pete prior to and between his marriages to Peggie Driggers McGee. These divorces may or may not pertain to the man in this profile. More research is needed. McGee-1611 15:16, 20 October 2016 (EDT)

• Divorce: 1949, St. Johns, Florida spouse: Ollie Mcgee [possibly Olive per City Directory]
• Married: Apr 1958, Charlton, Georgia spouse: Fonzie McGee^[8]
• Divorce: Jun 1959, Duval, Florida spouse: Fonzie McGee^[9]
• Divorce: Oct 1963, Duval, Florida spouse: Margaret O Mcgee
• Divorce: Nov 1968, Duval, Florida spouse: Lee Ella Mcgee
• Divorce: Mar 1973, Duval, Florida spouse: Helen
• Married: Dec 1975, Charlton, Georgia spouse: Fonzie McGee^[1]

His year of birth is also seen as 1920 and 1923. Both dates have been disproven by his birth registration in 1921^[2]

27 Oct 1923 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - This date was originally recorded on a family group sheet filled out by his mother. The date was later crossed out and the correct date written in.^[15]

27 Oct 1920 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - This is the date he used when filing his SS-5 form to apply for a Social Security number.^[16]

GEDCOM Data

Pete H McGee. ^{[17][18][19][20][21][3][22][16][23][24][25]}

P Harold McGee. ^[26]

Harold McGee. ^[27]

Born

27 October 1921, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA. ^{[28][18][29][30][31][3][32][16][33][34][25]}

27 Oct 1920^[16]

Died

16 Nov 1994, Orange, Florida, United States^{[3][35][16][36][25]}

Residence

• 1930 Census - Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son^[37]
• 1935 Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina^[18]
• 1940 Census - Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son^[18]
• 1945 When he enlisted - 1945 North Carolina. ^[38]
• 1973-1993 - Leesburg, FL. ^[39]

Military Service:

27 Feb 1945, Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California. ^[40][25]

Buried

Leesburg, Lake County, Florida, USA. ^[41]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Pete Harold McGee and Peggie Fonzie Driggers McGee, Charlton County, Georgia Marriage License and Certificate, Book 3"O" - 348. [gives his age as 54 in 1975]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHTK-DWJ : 8 December 2014), Pete Harold Mcgee, 1921; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 18, p. 1166, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVH1-DZG : 25 December 2014), Pete Harold Mcgee, 16 Nov 1994; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 131806, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Personal knowledge of Debi Hoag. We always celebrated Pete's birthday on 27 Oct 1921. We visited him at Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida, the night he died. They called while we were driving home to say he had died. I attended the funeral and tend to the grave on a regular basis.
5. ↑ "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QZ-CNML : accessed 20 October 2016), Pete Harold McGee, 1940-1942; citing , Fulton, Georgia, United States, Records of the Selective Service System, 1926 - 1975, RG 147, National Archives at St. Louis, Missouri.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} Records related to Pete H McGee inherited from family members. See Provenance Section
7. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K854-VBQ : 5 December 2014), Pete H Mc Gee, enlisted 27 Feb 1945, Ft Macarthur, San Pedro, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Pete Harold McGee and Peggie Fonzie Driggers McGee, Charlton County, Georgia Marriage License and Certificate Book No "II" on Marriage Record, Page 244
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKZ7-2JB : 25 December 2014), Peter H Mcgee and Fonzie Mcgee, Jun 1959; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Duval, Florida, certificate 8336, volume 863, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Orange County, Florida, Volume: 89-3914, Fonzie Peggie Driggers McGee, 1989
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Lake County, Florida, Official Records, Deed book 560, page 396, purchase of Lot 4, Hampton Court, Edmund D and Evelyn R Reichard to Pete H and Peggie D McGee
12. ↑ McGee Family Files inherited from various family members. See Provenance Section.
13. ↑ Lake County, Florida, Probate File #94-1502-CP, Pete H. MGee, Order of Summary Administration (Testate)
14. ↑ Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Leesburg, Lake County, Florida. Headstone picture taken 8 November 1995.
15. ↑ William Curtis McGee Family Group Sheet. See Provenance Section.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4} U. S. Social Security Act Application for Account Number - McGee, Harold, Record Number: xxx-xx-2416, 30 August 1939. McGee Family Files. Privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.
17. ↑ Source: #S-151419773 Year: 1930; Census Place: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina; Roll: 1692; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0024; Image: 207.0; FHL microfilm: 2341426
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3L-MZY : accessed 20 October 2016), Pete H Mcgee in household of W Curtis Mcgee, Ward 2, Gastonia, Gastonia Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-21, sheet 3B, family 53, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2914.
19. ↑ Source: #S-149922272
20. ↑ Source: #S-149922267
21. ↑ Source: #S-149922262
22. ↑ Source: #S-149922257
23. ↑ Source: #S57272710
24. ↑ Source: #S-149922248 Number: 237-22-2416; Issue State: North Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3} "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010," Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2441 : accessed 11 October 2017), search for "Pete McGee born 1921 died 1994."
26. ↑ Source: #S-149940190
27. ↑ Source: #S-149922272
28. ↑ Source: #S-151419773 Year: 1930; Census Place: Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina; Roll: 1692; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0024; Image: 207.0; FHL microfilm: 2341426
29. ↑ Source: #S-149922272
30. ↑ Source: #S-149922267
31. ↑ Source: #S-149922262
32. ↑ Source: #S-149922257
33. ↑ Source: #S57272710
34. ↑ Source: #S-149922248 Number: 237-22-2416; Issue State: North Carolina; Issue :Date: Before 1951
35. ↑ Source: #S-149922257
36. ↑ Source: #S-149922248 Number: 237-22-2416; Issue State: North Carolina; Issue Date: Before 1951
37. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33S-WFL : 8 December 2015), North Carolina, Gaston County, Gastonia, ED 24, Sheet 13A, household 247, Pete Mcgee in entry for Curtis and Donnie Mcgee family; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), microfilm publication T626, roll 1692.
38. ↑ Source: #S57272710
39. ↑ Source: #S-149922262
40. ↑ Source: #S57272710
41. ↑ Source: #S-149922257

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #106994720 for Pete H. McGee; no picture

City Directories:

• "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995," Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 : accessed 20 Oct 2016)
  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1947, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 409

    [McGee Pete H mach[inist] Jax Ginter Box Co R245 E 17th]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1949, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 406

    [McGee Pete H (Olive) emp Jax Ginter Box h237 W 4th apt 4]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1951, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 395

    [McGee Peggy (wid Edw) clk Clean Clns r840 Edgwood
    McGee Peter H mach K W Weatherby Tool & Due Wks r840 Edgewood av]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1955, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 553

    [McGee Fonzie D br mgr Dixie Clns r729 King
    McGee Peggy D (wid Edw S) clk Finkel Outdoor Products h729 King
    McGee Pete H mach Natl Container r729 King]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1956, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 550

    [McGee Fonzie D (wid Edw S) slswn h729 King
    McGee Peter H mach Natl Container r729 King]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1956, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 605

    [McGee Fonzie D Mrs slswn Grant's r729 King
    McGee Peggy D Mrs slswn Grants h505 W 16th
    McGee Peter H mach Terml Bag r505 W 16th]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1959, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 674-675

    [pg 674 McGee Fonzie D Mrs slswn Grant's R729 King
    pg 675 McGee Pete H (Peggy D) mach Illinois Glass h337 W 11th]

  • Jacksonville, Florida, City Directory, 1960, Richmond, Virginia, USA: R. L. Polk & Co., pg 665

    [McGee Fonzie D Mrs slswn Grant's r729 King
    McGee Pete H (Peggy D) mach Owens-Illinois h337 W 11th]

Provenance - The following are privately held by Debi McGee Hoag, WikiMail. Leesburg, Florida.

• McGee Family Files inherited from Rachel Helms McGee, February 1996
  • 1988 Christmas letter
• McGee Family Files inherited from Pete Harold McGee, November 1994
  • Donnie Navy McGee's eulogy written by Donnie's son, John McGee, and sent to Pete McGee following the funeral
  • William Curtis McGee Family Group Sheets prepared by Mrs. Donnie Navy McGee, Charlotte, North Carolina, circa 1965, 2pgs. Data taken from the family bible in the possession of Mrs. Donnie McGee. Current whereabouts of the family bible used as a source of this information is unknown. It may be with Donnie's son, John Patrick McGee. Page 2 - Pete's birthday has been crossed out and 27 October 1921 written in. The incorrect date may have been filed with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
• McGee Family Files inherited from Charles Ervin McGee, December 2013
  • Papers regarding Fonzie "Peggy" Driggers McGee:
    • Certificate for Interment Rights
    • Family History filled out in Peggie McGee's handwriting
  • Papers regarding Pete Harold McGee
    • Orange County, Florida, Death Certificate, Pete McGee, 1994.
    • Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, Book of Births 18, Page 1166.
    • US Army Form 53 55
    • Beyers Funeral Home Memorial card
• McGee Family Files contributed by Debi McGee Hoag
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Leesburg, Lake County, Florida Headstone Pictures

Ancestry GEDCOM sources

• Source: S-149922248 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: Social Security Death Index, Master File
• Source: S-149922257 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Find A Grave
• Source: S-149922262 U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
• Source: S-149922267 Web: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Birth Index, 1865-2012 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Birth Index
• Source: S-149922272 North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: North Carolina Birth Indexes
• Source: S-149940190 Repository: #R-794644620 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Repository: R-794644620 Ancestry.com
• Source: S-151419773 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930
• Source: S57272710 Repository: #R-794644620 U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: <a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1263923">1263923</a>. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.