William D. Golladay and Jane (Golladay) Fitzwater
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Title
William D. Golladay and Jane (Golladay) Fitzwater
Subject
Golladay, William Douglas (1925-1945)
Fitzwater, Regina Jane Golladay Swartz (1924-1990)
Description
Siblings William D. Golladay and sister, Regina Jane (Golladay) Fitzwater, are posed together. They are wearing matching sweaters and a couple of toys are beside them.
Their parents were Ernest Earl and Anna Kline (Roller) Golladay. They grew up in Woodstock.
Jane was a teacher in Woodstock when she married her first husband, Marion Swisher Swartz, in 1947. The couple raised four daughters together before he died.
After he died, she married again to Coolidge Monroe Marshall Fitzwater (1923-2011).
William D. Golladay served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He was with the 46th Infantry Battalion and 5th Armored Division when he died from wounds received in combat near the Rhine River in Germany. He is buried in the American Cemetery in the Netherlands.
PFC Golladay is a Purple Heart recipient.
Their parents were Ernest Earl and Anna Kline (Roller) Golladay. They grew up in Woodstock.
Jane was a teacher in Woodstock when she married her first husband, Marion Swisher Swartz, in 1947. The couple raised four daughters together before he died.
After he died, she married again to Coolidge Monroe Marshall Fitzwater (1923-2011).
William D. Golladay served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He was with the 46th Infantry Battalion and 5th Armored Division when he died from wounds received in combat near the Rhine River in Germany. He is buried in the American Cemetery in the Netherlands.
PFC Golladay is a Purple Heart recipient.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Mar 1930".
Contributor
Identified in 2025 by Katharine Shilling (Stamm) Schindler, who recognized both subjects.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public sources.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
William D. Golladay appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 008269, 018557 and 022077.
Regina Golladay Swartz Fitzwater is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection images 022077 and 028959.
Identifier
022077
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “William D. Golladay and Jane (Golladay) Fitzwater,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/51650.
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