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Post by terfly4fun on Jul 5, 2015 18:13:40 GMT -5
I grew up on a farm near McCordsville, Indiana convention grounds, and grew up around Ralph McLeary. (I'm not sure I spelled his last name correctly). Ralph was a little older than me, so while I was around 13 years old, Ralph McLeary went into the work, and he and his companion came and stayed at our house once time in the late fall, while we were out plowing the fields. I remember how one evening Ralph went out to help me plow. He drove one tractor and I drove another tractor, and it was just really neat to me, as a teenage kid, being out there working in the field with a worker. After I was out of the army I was job hunting and I stopped at a trucking company in Indianapolis one night, just to see if I could happen upon someone and have a conversation about working for a trucking company. I peered through this large door into the shop where mechanics were working on the trucks and, to my utmost surprise, there was Ralph McLeary working on a truck. He was all greasy. I noticed right off how he was much thinner. I had not known he had left the work; but, with his being there working on the trucks I figured he had obviously left he work. I heard he started his own church in Indianapolis. I knew other workers, many of them, who left the work while I was growing up. It would be interesting to hear their stories and find out why they left. I'd love to find Ralph McCleary and have a visit with him. Does anyone know how to contact him?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 19:08:58 GMT -5
a great place to find people is on classmates.com
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Post by slowtosee on Jul 5, 2015 19:42:43 GMT -5
There is a Ralph B. McCleary in Oakland, Tennessee listed as 65 years plus old on 411 search
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 6:51:27 GMT -5
Ralph married a sister to Cynthia Thomas who is in the work. Ralph lives south of Indy. His brother Richard is still living. Their mother died a few years back. Avis (their dad) has been gone for several years. RM is a very good singer.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2015 6:53:25 GMT -5
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