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Harding McDowell

Harding McDowell

 

 

Biography

Harding Atlas McDowell was born and raised in High Point, North Carolina.  He graduated from High Point High School in 1937.  Following graduation and marriage to Evangeline Hawks, Harding worked for Globe Furniture Company, later Burlington House Furniture, and retired as Product Engineer of Research and Development after forty-two years of service.  Harding is an extension graduate of North Carolina State University through the High Point College night school program in Industrial Engineering.  Harding is a veteran of World War II. He received an honorable discharge and received his Army separation papers. He received a good conduct medal and five bronze stars. He was eligible for a purple heart twice during combat but in the heat of combat was unable to file the appropriate papers.

After the death of his first wife Evangeline Hawks on August 17, 1987, he remarried Mary Westmoreland in Raleigh, NC. Harding and "Polly" still live in High Point, NC as of October, 2007. He is the father of Keith and Jerry McDowell and their sister Carolyn McDowell Nance.