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2.	Sheila Ann Heitzmann - bom on January 28, 1939 in Gulfport, MS and died on March 26, 2008 in Warrensburg, MO. She was cremated and her ashes were placed in her mother's tomb in St. Mary's Cemetery in Bay St. Louis. She married Robert Lowell ?Bob? Floyd on March 19, 1956 in Bay St. Louis and later divorced. They had:
a.	Robert Lowell ?Bobby? Jr. - b. 12/28/1956
b.	Brian Keith - b. 8/22/1963 and d. 8/21/2002
3.	Erin Roberta Heitzmann - bom on June 4, 1948 in Bay St. Louis. She married Joe William Hazelwood on October 25, 1969 in Bay St. Louis. She currently lives in Corpus Christi, TX and they had:
a.	Lori Catherine - b. 6/23/1971
b.	Lindsey Grey - b. 9/7/1977
C.	Carl Jacob George Heitzmann - born on December 22, 1908 in Bay St. Louis, MS.
He was baptized at the Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis on March 24, 1909 and again at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church on May 24, 1911. In his early years and while in California, he did not participate in any religion. Once he married Velma (a ?hard shell? Catholic) it was a different story. He was active in his church and raised his three sons Catholic. He was named after his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, but he rarely used the ?Jacob? part of his name. He lived in Bay St. Louis until he was age 19 (1927) and completed the eight grade there. He then moved to Bakersfield, California to live with his Uncle Alvin Heitzmann. He told me that he and his father were building a house in Bay St. Louis, and they got into an argument. He ?threw his hammer down,? went home to get some belongings, and jumped on the next freight train heading West.
Once in California, he went to work for his Uncle Alvin at the Snow Flake Bakery in Bakersfield and was employed as a baker. He did this until he came home and was inducted into the Army on July 29, 1942. He was assigned to the 340th Bomb Group (Service #34-345-282) and was assigned to many places in North Africa, Italy, Germany, etc. He was trained as an airplane mechanic and usually ended up on small airstrips near enemy lines. He told me they were traveling in Italy when they stopped for the night. He and a friend found a small hill on the side of the road to set up their tent. As they were setting up, a ?buck sergeant? came up and pulled rank on them (Carl was a corporal at the time) and made them move to a less desirable location. As luck would have it, a German plane dropped a bomb directly on where they would have been sleeping and blew that sergeant to pieces. After that, if anybody wanted his place to set up for the night - he could have it! He was later promoted to sergeant and was discharged in San Antonio, TX on November 29, 1945.
Following his discharge, he returned home, worked at odd jobs, got married, and later started a retail lumber and hardware business with his brother, Roger, called the Superior Supply Company, located at 309 Third Street, in Bay St. Louis. Opening day was April 1, 1948, according to an article in the Sea Coast Echo ?Centennial Edition? in August 1958. I worked there a number of summers making deliveries, stocking shelves, loading trucks, etc. I remember earning twenty-five cents per hour, and later getting a raise to fifty cents per hour! I really had some good times at work.
On October 8, 1974,1 interviewed my mother, Velma Agnes Zengarling Heitzmann, on how she met my dad. She said she first met him in November 1941 on the beach at the head of Main Street in Bay St. Louis. She was on the beach with her
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