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SCHARR FAMILY
Wisconsin
The Scharr family of Ocean Springs, Mississippi had its domestic
origins in west central Wisconsin. There is a high degree of
certitude that two Scharr brothers from Wurtemberg in southwestern
Germany, John Scharr (1827-1860+) and Ulrich Scharr
(1828-1877+), settled here between 1858 and 1862. John Scharr’s
family made its way west to Pepin, Wisconsin via Illinois and New
Jersey, while Ulrich Scharr appears to have come directly to
Wisconsin and acquired land at Nelson, Wisconsin. Nelson is only
seven miles east of Pepin, which is situated on the Mississippi
River. It would be Joseph U. Scharr (1874-1954), a son of Ulrich
Scharr, who would lead his young family south to Mississippi before
1920.(1860 Wisconsin Federal Census, M653R1426, p. 48)
Ulrich Scharr
Ulrich Scharr (1828-1881) and Phillipine Wentz Scharr (1837-1921),
both natives of Germany, were the parents of twelve children, eight
who survived into the 20th Century. Ulrich Scharr came
from Wurtemberg while Phillipine Wentz was born in Bavaria(Hasloch,
Reinpfale). By 1857, the Scharr family was residing in Nelson,
Buffalo County, Wisconsin where Mr. Scharr farmed. This area of
west central Wisconsin, which borders on Minnesota, is still
sparsely populated. In 1870, Ulrich Scharr possessed real estate
valued at $1500 and his personal estate was worth $1200. The
Scharr’s had five children at this time: John Scharr (1857-1944);
Rosa Scharr (1862 -1935); Theodore Scharr (b. 1864); Louisa Scharr
(b. 1866); and Pauline Scharr (b. 1869). (1870 Wisconsin Federal
Census, M593R1704, p. 121) Ulrich and Phillipine had three more
children: Minnie Scharr (1871 – 1954); Joseph U. Scharr (1874 –
1954); and Lillian “Lilly” Scharr (1877 – 1952).
In 1900, Mrs. Phillipine Scharr was a widow and domiciled at
Nelson, Wisconsin. She had two children residing with her: Joseph
Scharr, a railroad carpenter, and Lilly Scharr. Lilly suffered an
injury as a child and remained with her mother, helping care for her
until she passed in 1921.(1900 Wisconsin Federal Census, T623R1779,
p. 165 and Donald Scharr, April 13, 2004)
Joseph U. Scharr
In late 1918, Joseph Ulrich Scharr (1874-1954), a career railroad
man, would leave the frigid cold winters of Wisconsin and North
Dakota and relocate his family to the temperate climes of The South
settling just north of Pass Christian, Harrison County,
Mississippi. In 1919, the Scharrs found Ocean Springs,
Mississippi-“The Land Where Dreams Come True”.(The History of
Jackson County of Miss., 1989, p. 342)
On June 24, 1903, at Nelson, Wisconsin, J.U. Scharr had married a
young school teacher, Lenora A. Zabel (1881-1962). She was a native
of Minnesota and the daughter of Ferdinand A. Zabel and Alice
Habersaat. By 1910, the J.U. Scharr family was residents of La
Crosse, Wisconsin. Here Mr. Scharr made his livelihood as a
railroad foreman with the Burlington Railroad.(1910 Wisconsin
Federal Census, and The Gulf Coast Times, June 25, 1953, p. 1)
In 1914, the Scharr family relocated to a homestead in
Dickinson, North Dakota. By 1918, the Scharr’s, at the
encouragement of Joseph’s sister, Rosa Scharr Rohl of Pass
Christian, Mississippi, decided to leave the hard life on the North
Dakota plain for the Mississippi Coast. They arrived in Pass
Christian late in the winter of 1918. In 1919, Joseph U. Scharr and
his bride of sixteen years, Lenora A. Scharr (1881-1962), and their
five children: Merrill F. Scharr (1904-1977); Ellen Scharr
(1906-1996); Clair U. Scharr (1908-1972); Lucile Amy Scharr Webb
(1910-2001) and Orwin Joseph Scharr (1914-2002), settled into the
Daniel B. VanCourt home on Bowen Avenue in Ocean Springs. All the
Scharr children were born in Wisconsin except Orwin J. Scharr, who
was a native of Dickinson, North Dakota. (The Gulf Coast Times,
June 25, 1953, p. 1)
Joseph worked as a foreman of a signal crew for the
L&N Railroad until his retirement in 1940. He was active in the
Masonic Lodge, serving as Most Worshipful Master and helped with the
construction of the current Masonic Lodge now located on the corner
of Government and Bellande. After retirement, Joe served one term
as an alderman for the City of Ocean Springs.
Joseph passed away at his home on November 4, 1954. Lenora remained
active in the Ocean Springs Methodist Church until her death in
January 1962. The Scharr’s were buried in Evergreen Cemetery in
Ocean Springs, MS.
Scharr Home
In June 1924, Joseph U. Scharr acquired a large home on
Cox Avenue, present day 816 Church Street from George L. Friar
(1869-1924). The consideration was $1950. Originally constructed
without wiring for electrical service, Joseph wired the house to
provide his family with the modern convenience of electricity. This
two and one-half story, wood frame house has a pyramidal roof. The
one story porch features three bays supported by turned posts,
brackets, balustrade, and hip roof. The paired, second floor
windows integrate with the square, attic lights to create an effect
topped by a gable.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 54, pp. 67-68, Donald
Scharr, April 12, 2004, and Berggren, 1986, pp. 1-2)
The J.U. Scharr home was probably built in 1905, by
Dr. O.L. Bailey (1870-1938) in Lot 5-Block 52 of the Cox Map of
1872. This tract has seventy-five feet on Church Street and runs
one hundred thirty-five feet east-west. Lot 5-Block 52 was
originally acquired by Maria A. Carver from George A. Cox
(1811-1887) in November 1883 for $253. She conveyed it to Dr.
Bailey for $400 in April 1905. Dr. Bailey then sold the parcel to
Emma Arndt Meyers (1866-1924+) in December 1905 for $1100,
indicating that a structure may have been erected during Dr.
Bailey’s ownership.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 8, p. 727, Bk. 29, p.
470)
In
late January 1892, The Biloxi Herald announced that: “The
VanCleave Hotel has been sold to Mr. Meyers of Pass Christian. It
is intended to add another wing to the building”.(The Biloxi Herald,
January 30, 1892, p. 1)
It can
be ascertained from the Jackson County Land Deed Records that Mrs.
Emma Arndt Meyer of Ocean Springs paid R.A. VanCleave and his wife,
Eliza, $3300 for the hotel on December 14, 1891. The sale excepted
the furniture, beds, bedding, dining room furniture, and kitchen
furniture.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 13, p. 157)
Emma
A. Meyer ’s brother, George E. Arndt (1857-1945), had come to Ocean
Springs in 1881, from Rodney, Mississippi and established himself as
a hard working businessman. He owned and operated the Paragon
Saloon at Washington and Robinson across the street from her hotel,
which was situated on the present day site of the Salmagundi gift
shop. In March 1924, Mrs. Meyer was a resident of Los Angeles.(The
Jackson County Times, March 1924, p. 5)
The Scharr family owned and maintained their Church
Street home until after the demise of Lenora Zabel Scharr in January
1962. Her heirs conveyed the home to Noah I. Johnson and Geraldine
Johnson in February 1964. In June 1999, Noah I. Johnson sold the
old Scharr home to Walter T. Bolton.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 253, p.
267 and Bk.
1178,
p. 637)
Children of J.U. and
Lenora Z. Scharr
Merril F. Scharr
Merril Ferdinand Scharr (1904-1977) was born March 29,
1904 at Lacrosse, Wisconsin. On April 23, 1927, he married Mary
Elizabeth Josey (1905-1990) at the home of L.A. Darsey (1849-1929),
the Methodist minister at Ocean Springs. Miss Myrtle Souque of
Mobile was bridesmaid and Clair U. Scharr was his brother’s best
man. The newly weds honeymooned in Mobile.(The Daily Herald, May
9, 1927, p. 4 and JXCO, Ms. Circuit Court MRB 17, p. 417)
Mary Elizabeth Josey was a native of Laurel, Maryland,
and the daughter of Elias B. Josey and Pharoah Lewis Josey. Their
children were: Mary M. Scharr Hayes (1929– 2000) and Brenda Fair
Scharr (b. 1945) married Thomas E. Bounds III (b. 1944).
In 1930, Merril F. Scharr worked for the L&N Railroad as a
signalman. Merril was the first operator of Texaco station on
Washington and Porter, which had been built by Fred S. Bradford and
Russell Carver. In February 1949, he acquired the Pan-Am Station on
Government Street with Mr. Josey. It was owned by P.J. Wieder
(1887-1985). (The Daily Herald, October 26, 1977, p. 2 and The
Ocean Springs Record, March 5, 1992, p. 3 and The Jackson County
Times, February 4, 1949, p. 1)
Merril F. Scharr passed on October 24, 1977 in Ocean
Springs. Mary E. Scharr expired April 5, 1990. Both were interred
in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery in Biloxi.(The Daily
Herald, October 26, 1977, p. 2 and April 6, 1990, p. C-2)
Ellen L. Scharr
Ellen Loretta Scharr (1906-1996) was born April 5, 1906, at LaCrosse,
Wisconsin. She graduated from Ocean Springs High School with the
Class of 1924. Her classmates were: Rebecca Danenhower, John P.
Edwards II, Bernard “Bennie” P. Seymour (1907-1969), and Arlene
White (1907-2000). Shortly after graduation, Miss Ellen Scharr left
for the Normal School at Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She completed
the two-year course.(The Daily Herald, June 7, 1924, p. 5)
Ocean Springs-California
In August 1941, Ellen L. Scharr married James Lundy Clarke Jr.
(1892-1961), the son of James L. Clarke and Charlotte V.
Richards.(HARCO, Ms. Circuit Court MRB 52, p. 602)
James L. Clarke Jr. was reared on East Porter and attended local
schools. His father was a local contractor and built several homes
on Porter between Bellande and Kotzum before 1930. James L. Clarke
Jr. was peripatetic by nature and worked for the L&N Railroad. His
niece, Lurline Schrieber Hall, remembers that her Uncle Jim worked
in Pensacola, Hammond, Louisiana, and California before returning to
Ocean Springs to marry Ellen L. Scharr who was the cashier at
Gottsche’s Thrifty-Nifty at this time. (Lurline S. Hall, February
15, 2004)
Before WWII, Ellen and James L. Clarke Jr. settled in Redondo Beach,
California. Here she was employed in clerical work associated with
the shipping industry. In California, Mr. Clarke was a butler for
two retired silent movies stars, Norma Talmadge (1893-1957) and
Constance Talmadge (1897-1973). A third sister, Natalie Talmadge
(1895-1969), married comedian Buster Keaton (1895-1966).(Lurline
S. Hall, February 15, 2004 and The Livingston Enterprise,
April 29, 1996)
James Lundy Clark Jr. expired at Long Beach, California
on August 19, 1961. His corporal remains were shipped to Ocean
Springs and given a Methodist burial in the Evergreen Cemetery.(The
Daily Herald, August 21, 1961, p. 2)
Montana
In January 1964, Ellen married Raymond C. Easton (1885-1977) at Long
Beach, California. She had been introduced to him by several
cousins who lived in Montana.
Mr.
Easton was born May 10, 1895 at South Haven, Minnesota, the son of
Alexander C. Easton. Following military service during WWI, Raymond
settled at Gardiner, Montana where he was employed at Yellowstone
National Park. He had married Amanda Stave (c. 1907-1963) at
Livingston, Montana in 1927. Mr. Easton retired as acting
postmaster at Gardiner, Montana in 1957. He and Ellen relocated to
Livingston, Montana in 1970. He expired here in the fall of 1977.
Ellen S. Easton died April 1996, at Livingston, Park County,
Montana.
Clair U. Scharr
Clair Ulrich “Cus” Scharr (1908-1972) was born
February 12, 1908, at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. After his graduation
from Ocean Springs High School, he was the only graduate in his
class, young Scharr enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. On October
29, 1939, Clair married Eunice Garlotte (b. 1918), the daughter of
Raymond Garlotte (1895-1963) and Ernestine Seymour (1902-1992) of
Fontainebleau. The newly weds made their home on Porter Avenue in
Ocean Springs. Clair and Eunice divorced, but remarried in April
1944, in the Baptist Church.(The Daily Herald, November 6, 1939,
p. 6 JXCO, Ms. Circuit Court MRB 30, p. 122 and 41, p. 19)
In May 1953, Clair U. Scharr married Hilda Friar
(1911-1987), the daughter of Robert A. Friar (1878-1948) and
Elizabeth C. Wolf (1885-1919). The nuptials were held at St. Paul’s
Methodist church. Hilda taught school in the Ocean Springs public
school system.(JXCO, Ms. Circuit Court MRB 71, 69 and The Gulf
Coast Times, may 16, 1953)
In July 1957, Clair U. Scharr
married Irja M. Malstrom (1911-1990), a native of Viborg, Finland,
and the daughter of Vaino Waldemar Malstrom and Esther Charlotte
Sundman. Irja was a resident of Kenner, Louisiana. The couple
resided 608 Magnolia Avenue in Ocean Springs. (JXCO, Ms. Circuit
Court MRB 92, p. 496)
Clair U. Scharr expired on August 4, 1972. He was survived by his
daughter, Kay Scharr Sprayberry. Mr. Scharr’s corporal remains were
interred in the Evergreen Cemetery in Ocean Springs.(The Daily
Herald, August 4, 1972, p. 2)
After the death of Clair U.
Scharr, Irja M. Scharr married Luther H. Tarbox (1907-1978), a
native of Camden County, North Carolina, in December 1968, in the
Presbyterian Church. They relocated to Houma, Louisiana where they
both died.(JXCO, Ms. Circuit Court MRB 111, p. 431)
Lucile Amy Scharr
Lucile Amy Scharr (1910 -2001) was born at LaCrosse, Wisconsin on
September 22, 1910. Prior to her marriage, Miss Scharr had been a
telegraph operator for Western Union at several of their Mississippi
stations. Lucille married John Webb (1902-1998), the son of Charles
Webb (1876-1965) and Delia Smith (1882-1932), at the Baptist
parsonage at Ocean Springs in early May 1935. The Reverend J.E.
Barnes officiated with Ellen Scharr and Merril Scharr, her siblings,
serving as their attendants.(The Daily Herald, May 10, 1935, p.
5)
Lucille A. Webb and John Webb were the parents of three children:
Jon Dwain Webb, Ann Darlene W. Batia, and Reed Scharr Webb. John
Webb grew up in the Fort Bayou community, which was focused around
the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. He made his livelihood as a
barber in Ocean Springs. In September 1929, he and Mr. Fairley, a
neighbor from north of Old Fort Bayou, commenced the Sanitary Barber
Shop in the O.D. Davidson building on Washington Avenue.(The
Jackson County Times, September 14, 1929, p. 2)
Lucile S. Webb expired at Ocean Springs on July 20, 2001. John Webb
preceded her in death as he passed on October 6, 1998. Both were
interred in the Crestlawn Memorial Park cemetery in Ocean Springs.(The
Sun Herald, July 24, 2001, p. A-5 and October 8, 1998, p. A-11)
Orwin J. Scharr
Orwin Joseph “Little Cus” Scharr (1914-2002) was
born in Dickinson, North Dakota on April 14, 1914. He graduated
from Ocean Springs High School with the Class of 1932. In March
1933, Orwin enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and went to Parris
Island, South Carolina for basic training. From July 1933 to June
1936, Orwin was assigned to the U.S.S. Texas. During a portion of
his sea duty, Orwin was joined on the U.S.S. Texas by his brother,
Clair U. Scharr, a fellow Marine. Virginia Thompson Lee (1901-1986)
writing for The Jackson County Times, related of the Scharr
brothers reunion aboard the naval dreadnaught: “we extend best
wishes for a BIG AND BETTER time, as TWO SCHARR’S can cause twice as
much fun as ONE.” (The Jackson County Times, September
29, 1934, p. 2)
While on the U.S.S. Texas, Orwin and Clair U. Scharr were the
recognized ship champions in wrestling and boxing, respectively,
representing the U.S.S. Texas when in port. Orwin was also a member
of the U.S.S. Texas’s fleet championship whaleboat racing
crew.(Donald Scharr, April 12, 2004)
Elinor Wright
Orwin J. Scharr returned to
Ocean Springs after his military service. In January 1940, he
married Elinor Wright (1913-1953) in St. Paul’s Methodist Church in
Ocean Springs. The newly weds made their initial home in the Bosse
Cottage at present day 316 Jackson Avenue upon returning from their
up state honeymoon.(JXCO, Ms. Circuit Court MRB 30, p. 309)
Elinor Wright was a native of
Whittier, California and the daughter of John C. “Jack” Wright
(1879-1941) and Florence Hunt (1875-1961). Haralson Lafayette “H.L.”
Hunt (1889-1974), the Texas oil tycoon, was her uncle. Elinor and
her family came to Ocean Springs from southern Illinois, in 1919,
where her father operated at dairy and pecan orchard in what is now
the Maurepas Landing Subdivision.
J.K. Lemon (1914-1998) fondly remembers the day the Wright family
drove into town from the north. He was a five-year old, towhead lad
living at 16 Iberville Drive. Jack Wright stopped in front of the
Lemon home to ask James K. Lemon (1870-1929) directions to their new
property. Their touring car had an Illinois license plate and was
inundated with road dust, as this was the era when unpaved roads
were the norm. That evening Mrs. Lemon went to the Wrights' home
with some vegetable soup she had prepared especially to welcome them
to town. Being Yankees of sorts, they weren't accustomed to having
large beef chunks in their "vegetable" soup. They called it "animal
soup"! Regardless, the Wrights got a glimpse of good Southern
hospitality the Lemon way.(J.K. Lemon, October 1991)
After completing her studies at Ocean Springs High School in 1931,
Elinor Wright matriculated to Whitworth College, at Brookhaven. She
continued her studies at Wesleyan University and the University of
Illinois where she received her master’s degree. Elinor returned to
Ocean Springs to teach history at the public high school. In 1939,
she wrote the script for the first enactment of the Iberville
Landing pageant celebrated in Ocean Springs.(The Gulf Coast
Times, February 14, 1953, p. 1 and Donald Scharr, April 12, 2004)
Orwin and Elinor W. Scharr were the parents of: David O. Scharr (b.
1941); Andrew J. Scharr (b. 1943); and Roberta Elinor “Robin” Scharr
Allen (b. 1947).
Elinor Wright Scharr expired at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans on
February 14, 1953, after an extended duel with cancer. Her corporal
remains were interred in the Southern Memorial Park cemetery at
Biloxi.(The Daily Herald, February 14, 1953, p. 4)
Postmaster Scharr
Orwin J. Scharr commenced his employment with the US
Postal Service at Ocean Springs in 1940. He had worked briefly as a
signalman for the L&N Railroad after being discharged from the
Marine Corps in the late 1930s. Mr. Scharr was officially appointed
Postmaster at Ocean Springs on September 25, 1964, the 22nd
person to hold this post since 1853. During his tenure, the new US
Post Office on Desoto and Jackson was dedicated on June 19, 1966.
Postmaster Scharr retired from the postal system in April 1969.(The
Sun Herald, August 9, 2002, p. A-9, The Ocean Springs News, October
1, 1964, p. 1 and The Ocean Springs Record, June 23, 1966, p. 1)
Orwin J. Scharr was an exceptional human being. His
love of Ocean Springs and its history was second to none. One of
Orwin’s passions was to chronicle the past of the Methodist
community in Ocean Springs from its 19th Century
commencement. He had joined St. Paul’s United Methodist Church as a
teen and served as its treasurer for forty years. In addition,
Orwin belonged to McLeod Masonic Lodge No. 424 F. & A.M. holding the
office of Most Worship Master and treasurer during his sixty-year
association.(The Sun Herald, August 9, 2002, p. A-9)
Community service was another aspect in the active
life of Orwin J. Scharr. He served four terms on the Ocean Springs
School Board from 1962 until 1981. Circa 1967, Orwin succeeded Dr.
James Waddell as president of the school board when the popular
local physician retired from this august body. During Scharr’s
dedicated tenure on the local school board the town grew and the
school system expanded proportionately. A new high school and
Greyhound Stadium were completed in 1965; a new junior high school
was built in 1974; the Pecan Park and Magnolia Park Elementary
School plants were finished respectively in 1967 and 1969.(The
Sun Herald, August 9, 2002, p. A-9)
Ruth
Y. Dickey White Scharr
On January 21,1955, Orwin married Ruth Yvonne Dickey (1913-2000),
the widow of Eugene Lamoreaux “Shorty” White (1913-1945). She was
born at New Orleans on February 16, 1913, the daughter of John Leo
Dickey (1880-1938) and Jennie Woodford Dickey (1879-1969). Orwin
and Ruth were the parents of Donald Scharr (b. 1955). Her children
with E.L. White were John White and Nancy White Wilson.(JXCO, Ms.
Circuit Court MRB 81, 266)
Ruth Y. Dickey, discovered Ocean Springs in the early
1920’s when her parents acquired the Christian C.A. Hanson
(1845-1914) home at present day 112A Shearwater Drive. Mr. Dickey
named their summer home, Shadowlawn. By 1933, the family had moved
permanently to Ocean Springs. Ruth was a 1933 graduate of Newcomb
College in New Orleans. She received the silver plaque, the highest
award offered at Newcomb. After she taught elementary school in
Ocean Springs for three years, Miss Dickey relocated to the Crescent
City to work as an assistant in the Tulane Library. In August 1941,
Miss Dickey returned to Ocean Springs to marry Eugene “Shorty” White
and to teach high school English. She became Head Librarian at
Keesler Air Force Base in 1948, where she remained until her
retirement in 1973. Ruth passed on August 22, 2000. Orwin Joseph
Scharr expired on August 7, 2002. Both were buried in the Evergreen
Cemetery on Old Fort Bayou.(The Jackson County Times, March 22,
1941, p. 4 and The Sun Herald, August 23, 2000, p. A-8 and August 9,
2002, p. A-9)
REFERENCES:
Brian
Berggren, Indian Springs Historic District,
(Mississippi Department of Archives and History: Jackson,
Mississippi-1986)
The History of Jackson
County, Mississippi, “Joseph
and Lenora Scharr”,
(Jackson County, Mississippi Genealogical Society: Pascagoula,
Missisissippi-1989)
Journals
The
Daily Herald, “Ocean Springs”, June 7, 1924.
The
Daily Herald, “Ocean Springs”, May 9, 1927.
The
Daily Herald, “Webb-Scharr”, May 10, 1935.
The
Daily Herald, “Scharr-Garlotte”, November 6, 1939.
The
Daily Herald, “Schaar-Wright”, 1940.
The
Daily Herald, “Mrs. Scharr Dies”, February 14, 1953.
The
Daily Herald, “Schaar Funeral”, February 1953.
The
Daily Herald, “Schaar-White”, 1954?.
The
Daily Herald, “J.U. Scharr Dies”, November 9,1954.
The
Daily Herald, “James L. Clarke”, August 21, 1961.
The
Daily Herald, “Clair Scharr”, August 4, 1972.
The
Daily Herald, “Merrill (sic) F. Scharr”, October 26,
1977.
The
Gulf Coast Times, “Death Takes Beloved Elinor Wright Scharr;
Funeral Rites Held Monday”, February 14, 1953.
The
Gulf Coast Times, “Hilda Friar Wed To C.U. Scharr”, May
16, 1953.
The
Gulf Coast Times, “Mr. And Mrs. J.U. Scharr Celebrate Golden
Wedding”, June 25, 1953.
The
Jackson County Times, “Local and Personal”, September 14,
1929.
The
Jackson County Times, “The Column”, September 29, 1934.
The
Jackson County Times, “Scharr’s Garage”, October 28,
1939.
The
Jackson County Times, “Dickey-White”, March 22, 1941.
The
Jackson County Times, “Pan-Am Service Station Sold By Phil
Wieder”, February 4, 1949.
The
Livingston Enterprise, Raymond C. Easton”, November 3,
1977.
The
Livingston Enterprise, “Ellen S. Easton”, April 29, 1996.
The
Ocean Springs News, “Mrs. Lenora Scharr”, January 18,
1962.
The
Ocean Springs Record, “Mohler’s Goes Independent”, March
5, 1992.
The
Sun Herald, “Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Scharr”, April 6, 1990.
The
Sun Herald, “John Webb”, October 8, 1998.
The
Sun Herald, “Ruth Dickey White Scharr”, August 23, 2000.
The
Sun Herald, “Lucile Amy Webb”, July 24, 2001.
The
Sun Herald, “Orwin J. Scharr”, August 9, 2002.
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