Aunt Ally showed me this picture of Josh's great-grandpa, Vernon Wheeler, in Georgia this past weekend, and I gasped!! This looks more like Josh than any other relative's picture than I've ever seen! Josh strongly resembles his mom's side of the family, and this is his mom's mom's father. I couldn't stop looking at this picture! Aunt Ally had originally told me that she thought Jack looked like Daddy Vernon as a baby, so I'll be so curious to see who Jack resembles as he gets older! Daddy Vernon was known for being a wonderful, kind man who everyone loved.
This picture is of Daddy Vernon's two children, Gloria (Josh's only living grandparent) and Vernon, Jr.
Below is Vernon, Jr, before he was killed in WWII. He very much resembles many of Josh's cousins and his mom. He was tragically shot down after a bomb raid in Tokyo. I read an article about their crew, which was so interesting! They were the lead plane and were returning after successfully bombing the target when they were shot down. All members of the plane were killed.
This is a picture of Daddy Carl, Mama Gloria's husband, when he was younger. Everyone says he looked so much like Matthew Mcconaughey...I can definitely see it. I do see so much more resemblance on Mama Gloria's side of the family, though.
Below are pictures of Jack and Josh with Mama Gloria from this past weekend.
2 comments:
They look so much alike!! Those are great pictures!! Your boys are just precious, as always!
Lauren, I'm glad you got the pictures up...love the ones of Mother with Josh & with Jack!
Love you - it was sooooo great to see all of you!
Aunt Ally
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