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Philip E. McAfee, Sr.

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Dublin Core

Title

Philip E. McAfee, Sr.

Subject

McAfee, Philip Edward Sr. (1926-1979)
African Americans - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Portrait of Philip McAfee as a young man. He is wearing a two-tone striped jacket and a hat.

Philip was a son of Roy Wayland, Sr. (1891-1966) and Julia Margaret (Spinner) (1890-1963) McAfee, from Woodstock. He had many older siblings and one younger sister. He grew up on Water Street and his father worked at MMA.

By 1940, the family owned the home they lived in.

Philip E. was 18 years old when he registered for the WWII draft. He worked for Rust Engineers in Front Royal and was described as being 6’ tall and 165 pounds. He served in the Army as a Private.

In 1950, Philip lived on Connecticut Avenue in Washington D.C., when he married Shirley Mae Burrill in September, a young woman from Luray. The couple had two sons together, Philip Edward McAfee, Jr., and Kenneth Roosevelt McAfee.

At some point, they moved back to Woodstock and lived at 135 N. Water Street where Philip worked in a restaurant for many years.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Identified by Georgia E. Cooper, the subject's niece, who recognized him while looking through the albums.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Philip E. McAfee, Sr. appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002741, 006640 (right), and 011798.

Identifier

002741

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Philip E. McAfee, Sr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 18, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28153.

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