Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHarry Baker ARTHUR Jr. 
Birth Date17 Sep 1920
Birth PlaceAlbany, Dougherty County, Georgia
Death Date19 Apr 1983 Age: 62
Death PlaceMartinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
Memoor 18 April 1983
Burial Date25 Apr 1983
Burial PlaceArlington, Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery
MemoSection: 13, Grave 5274-A-3
OccupationUS Navy Captain WWII, Korea, Vietnam
ReligionEpiscopalian
Spouses
Birth Date23 May 1921
Birth PlaceBirmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Death Date3 Mar 2014 Age: 92
Death PlaceFairfax County, Virginia
Burial PlaceArlington, Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery
ReligionEpiscopalian
Family ID5733
Marr Date2 Nov 1946
Marr PlaceBirmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
ChildrenHarry Baker (1947-2017)
G. W. (1952-)
Notes for Harry Baker ARTHUR Jr.
He was a career Naval Officer serving in many locations throughout the world. When he retired from the Navy after attaining the rank of Captain, he was the head of Adult Education for the Arlington County Schools. He adopted Arch after he married Gertrude.
Notes for Gertrude Ann (Spouse 1)
GERTRUDE WHEELOCK ARTHUR
Passed away on March 3, 2014. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Gertrude Ann Wheelock attended public schools there. She then attended Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore and Stuart Hall in Staunton, Virginia. In 1942, she married Lt. Arch Hurt Seewald of Memphis, Tennessee. The marriage ended when Lt. Seewald was killed at Remagen, Germany near the end of WWII. Her second marriage was to Navy Lt. Harry Baker Arthur, Jr. of Albany, Georgia. Capt. Arthur died in 1983. As a military family, they moved many times, living on the east, west and gulf coasts as well as Guam and Hawaii. While living in Honolulu, Mrs. Arthur worked for a time as a social reporter covering the military family news beat for The Honolulu Advertiser. A lifelong love of flowers led to a custom flower arranging business in Arlington, VA. At about the same time, she joined the Flower Guild of the Washington National Cathedral, serving as a group captain and as an instructor. Memberships included the DAR, Colonial Dames of Maryland and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Arlington, VA. Survivors include three sons, Arch Seewald Arthur (Judy), Harry Baker Arthur III, and George Wheelock Arthur, one sister, several nieces and nephews, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral and burial services will be held at a later date.
Published in The Washington Post on Mar. 9, 2014
On Find A Grave.
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Gertrude (Bamy) was first the wife of an Army Officer, Arch Hurt Seewald, during World War II. They met while they were both in school in Virginia. They married shortly thereafter. After his death in Germany, March 5, 1945, she remained in Birmingham with her parents, but spent a great deal of her time in Memphis, TN, with the Seewald family. She married the second time to Harry B. Arthur, Jr., a career Naval Officer. They had two more sons. Bamy is very artistic and multi-talented. Her favorite skill is that of Flower Arranging. She teaches flower arranging across the country, and is on the Altar Guild at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. where she arranges flowers with other guild members.
Passed away on March 3, 2014. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Gertrude Ann Wheelock attended public schools there. She then attended Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore and Stuart Hall in Staunton, Virginia. In 1942, she married Lt. Arch Hurt Seewald of Memphis, Tennessee. The marriage ended when Lt. Seewald was killed at Remagen, Germany near the end of WWII. Her second marriage was to Navy Lt. Harry Baker Arthur, Jr. of Albany, Georgia. Capt. Arthur died in 1983. As a military family, they moved many times, living on the east, west and gulf coasts as well as Guam and Hawaii. While living in Honolulu, Mrs. Arthur worked for a time as a social reporter covering the military family news beat for The Honolulu Advertiser. A lifelong love of flowers led to a custom flower arranging business in Arlington, VA. At about the same time, she joined the Flower Guild of the Washington National Cathedral, serving as a group captain and as an instructor. Memberships included the DAR, Colonial Dames of Maryland and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Arlington, VA. Survivors include three sons, Arch Seewald Arthur (Judy), Harry Baker Arthur III, and George Wheelock Arthur, one sister, several nieces and nephews, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral and burial services will be held at a later date.
Published in The Washington Post on Mar. 9, 2014
On Find A Grave.
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Gertrude (Bamy) was first the wife of an Army Officer, Arch Hurt Seewald, during World War II. They met while they were both in school in Virginia. They married shortly thereafter. After his death in Germany, March 5, 1945, she remained in Birmingham with her parents, but spent a great deal of her time in Memphis, TN, with the Seewald family. She married the second time to Harry B. Arthur, Jr., a career Naval Officer. They had two more sons. Bamy is very artistic and multi-talented. Her favorite skill is that of Flower Arranging. She teaches flower arranging across the country, and is on the Altar Guild at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. where she arranges flowers with other guild members.