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- Alvin Jobes was commonly called Al or Uncle Alvin. Perhaps it is a generational "thing" or a matter of respecting ones elders but I have never heard anyone in my generation or any other that is close to my age refear to him as Uncle Al.
In 1943 Al graduated from Triadelphia Senior High School, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. Upon his graduation he found himself in three campians of World War II (Ardennes, Central Europe and Rhineland) as a Cpl in the 9th Armd Div 73rd AFA Bn. He was discharged from the Army in 1945 and immediatally went to Bethany College, Ohio County, West Virginia. On May 07, 1948 in Oakland, Maryland he married Carol Sarah Landon Bier. By the time 1950 had come around he graduated WVU School of Mines Engr. and went on to be the Section Forman at Valley Coal Company, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. Uncle Alvin seemed to take his education very seriously, always striving to improve his own self and the well being of the family. Other than this short biography to support this fact there is also the fact that he was registered as a 32nd Degree Mason.
Although Al had had many experiences already in his on March 25, 1953 he experienced one that no one is ever preapred for, being a father for the first time. This is when Deborah Ann Jobes was born. The family would see even more changes within the next year as in 1954 he began work with the Ohio Departement of Highways, Newmark, Ohio. In 1958 Al and Carol recieved an early Christmas present on December the 9th when thier son Edward Alan Jobes was born. Then a few days before Grandma Edna Biers 67th birthday, on May 01, 1961 Uncle Alvin and Aunt Carol had thier last child, Robert Landon Jobes, with the Landon coming Carols father, James Landon Bier. About two years later Alvin founded the consulting engr. firm of Jobes Henderson & Assoc. in Newmark, Ohio. I can not imagine how hectic this time must have been for him and Aunt Carol, with having three little ones around, although to Carol it may not have seemed so hectic (after all she had been raised in a house not only full of love but also very, very full of family.) In 1983 the couple finally retire to Cocoa Beach, Florida. It was during this retiremnet that they were able to greet ther first grandchild into this world. This retirement only lasted a few years for in 1987 he went to work for Pan Am World Services of Florida. He retired again soon after in 1991. On January 30, 1998 Uncle Alvin retired for the last time as he passed away in Cocoa, Florida.
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1925 - 1998 (72 years)
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Deborah Ann Jobes
