SIXTH GENERATION

32. Grover Belmont PROCTOR Sr was born on 7 Jan 1918 in Rocky Mount, NC. He graduated in 1935 in Moncure High School, Moncure, NC. He served in the military in 1944/45. He served in the U.S. Army as Pfc from April 1944 until his discharge in November 1945. He participated in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge) and Rhineland (Siegfried Line) Campaigns; was wounded near Olzheim, Germany, in February 1945; and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. (source: U.S. Army documents) He died on 22 Jun 1982 in Raleigh, NC. He was buried on 24 Jun 1982 in Apex Cemetery, Apex, NC.

He was married to Edna Ruth HOOKS (daughter of Bennett Hardy HOOKS and Bertha Gertrude HOLLAND) on 11 Jul 1943 in Pinetops, NC. He was married to Ruth in the two-story house owned by his great-uncle, Rev. Gold G. Trevathan, who (as a preacher in the Primitive Baptist Church) also performed the ceremony. Ruth's processional was down the staircase of the home, to where Grover was waiting, and they were married on the first floor. (source: Ruth Proctor Covert, 5/27/2000) Their witnesses were Mrs. Camelia King (of Greenville, N.C.) and V. F. Bulluck. (source: Marriage License) Grover Belmont PROCTOR Sr and Edna Ruth HOOKS had the following children:

+53 i. Grover Belmont PROCTOR Jr.