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OBITUARIES
Hempstead County Arkansas Genealogy Trails FAMBRO, Hugh LAMBERT, Major General Joe C.  Happy, TX-- Service for Hugh Fambro, 76, of Happy will be at 10:30 am
Wednesday in Central Church of Christ with Trey Morgan, Minister,
officiating.
Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulia, TX will be directed by Walace Funeral home of Tulia. Fambro died Saturday, January 15, 1994 in San Anthony's hospital in
Amarillo, TX.
He was born in Hope Ark., on Feb 22, 1917, and was married to Gladys George Malone on Aug 31, 1967 in Amarillo. He moved in 1950 to Randall, County, where he was a farmer and rancher. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, a daughter Freida White of Fort Worth; two
sons, J.C. of Hereford, TX and Roger of Dimmitt, TX; three sisters, Hazel Fields of San
Luis Obispo, Calif, and Agnes Stringer and Jean Bates, both of Tulia; 13
grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. --Lubbock Avalanche Journal - Monday, January 17, 1994, contributed by Mary Wilson.
Adjutant General in 1960s Gen. Lambert's last assignment before retiring in 1968 was that of president of the Department of the Army Selection Boards here. Before that he had been commanding general of the 4th Army Corps at Birmingham, Ala., for more than a year. He was born in Washington, Ark., and grew up in Arkansas and Texas. He enlisted in the Army in 1925. Nine years later, while remaining in the regular Army, he was appointed an officer in the Army Reserve Corps. In 1940, before this country entered World War II, Gen. Lambert was discharged as an enlisted man from the regular Army to go on active duty as a Reserve Corps officer. After the war, he was integrated as an officer into the regular Army. He served mainly with the 14th Armored Division during the war and saw more than 150 days of ground combat in the European theater. Gen. Lambert later was an adjutant general with Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and was stationed in Germany. He was a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, the Armed Forces Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart and the French Croix de Guerre. In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, Dora, of the home in Falls Church, and three grandchildren. Source: Washington Post, The (DC) - May 5, 1979. |