Growing Up in Williamsport, Ohio

A Tribute to The Cornwell Family

I don’t know when Bob and Alice Cornwell moved to Williamsport. When I was in high school, they lived next door to John Smith on Water Street. Bob worked for the Dunlap Company. He was a husky, red haired man and Alice had a jovial personality and laugh. Jerry was their oldest child and Doris came next; then David and Johnny were born. They were all good looking with beautiful eyes. The boys were strong, silent types like their Dad. Doris’s personality was like her mother and she did a lot of giggling. Jerry often walked to basketball games with me and I stopped to pick Doris up for church.

One evening, I stopped for Jerry to walk to a basketball game with me. He had not quite finished his supper and came out of the house with a piece of fried liver in his hand. It looked delicious and must have been because he stuck it in his shirt pocket.

They lived in Williamsport all of their young lives. I saw Jerry for the last time when we were cleaning out my mother’s house. He had worked for the Dunlap Company until he retired. He didn’t remember the “liver incident”. Doris and I found one another in recent months through Facebook because her married name was Ferguson. There was no Ferguson connection but she sent me a card hoping to get together.

Jerry and Johnny were already gone. Doris passed away last week. It is hard to see childhood friends go. However, it is nice when you have nothing but good memories! Please uphold and support the Cornwell, Stone and Ferguson families in every way possible during these difficult days.

©Marilyn Francis Ferguson 2020
Photography/graphics by Michele Ferguson Schuck