Alva Marvin Fravel
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Title
Alva Marvin Fravel
Subject
Fravel, Alva Marvin (1919-1984)
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photo of a photograph of Alva M. Fravel wearing his U.S. Army uniform.
Alva was born in Edinburg to Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel. As a baby, he lived with his parents on his paternal grandparents’ farm on Calvary Road in the Stonewall District of the county. Ten years later, the family had moved to Edinburg and lived with his maternal grandparents where his father worked as a salesman in a radio shop and his grandfather was a Blacksmith.
After high school, Alva went to Washington, D.C. where he got a job with J.C. Harding & Company, an electric sales and service company located on 10th Street, N.W. When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, Alva lived on Harvard St., N.W. Two years later, he enlisted in the military at Camp Meade, Maryland, where the record noted he had experience as “Skilled linemen and servicemen, telegraph, telephone, and power”.
In 1946, he married Vera Dare Stocks (1922-2009) in Washington, D.C. Vera was born in Grifton, North Carolina. She had moved to Washington D.C. before the war to work for the U.S. Government.
When they married, Alva was employed by C&P Telephone Company, where he stayed for 45 years. After their daughter, JoAnne, was born, they moved to Arlington, VA. Vera worked in the private sector until returning to the U.S. Government in the 1960's as an auditor until she retired in 1987.
Alva was born in Edinburg to Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel. As a baby, he lived with his parents on his paternal grandparents’ farm on Calvary Road in the Stonewall District of the county. Ten years later, the family had moved to Edinburg and lived with his maternal grandparents where his father worked as a salesman in a radio shop and his grandfather was a Blacksmith.
After high school, Alva went to Washington, D.C. where he got a job with J.C. Harding & Company, an electric sales and service company located on 10th Street, N.W. When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, Alva lived on Harvard St., N.W. Two years later, he enlisted in the military at Camp Meade, Maryland, where the record noted he had experience as “Skilled linemen and servicemen, telegraph, telephone, and power”.
In 1946, he married Vera Dare Stocks (1922-2009) in Washington, D.C. Vera was born in Grifton, North Carolina. She had moved to Washington D.C. before the war to work for the U.S. Government.
When they married, Alva was employed by C&P Telephone Company, where he stayed for 45 years. After their daughter, JoAnne, was born, they moved to Arlington, VA. Vera worked in the private sector until returning to the U.S. Government in the 1960's as an auditor until she retired in 1987.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1942
Contributor
Identified by Reba Dellinger
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Alva Marvin Fravel appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003097, 007513, 007514, and 008933.
Identifier
003097
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Alva Marvin Fravel,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 26, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/29133.
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