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C
HARLES
T
HOMSON AND
K
ATHERINE
Y
AW
C
HARLES
T
HOMSON
,
1913
–
1956
We called him Daddy. He left us too soon—at
the young age of 43. Memories linger. The world
would call him a common laborer. His family knew it
was the labor of love. Very early in the morning he
would trudge up the hill to catch the first of many
buses that would take him into the city. He arrived