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- U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Erving H Rand Jr
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Virginia
State: Virginia
County or City: Nottoway
Enlistment Date: 14 Jul 1941
Enlistment State: Virginia
Enlistment City: Richmond
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Photographer, News
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 75
Weight: 203
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The Topsail Voice (Hampstead, NC)
September 15, 2010
Erving "Sally" H. Rand, Jr., 91, of Hampstead, passed away Sept. 10, 2010, at his residence.
Sally was born Feb. 18, 1919, in Crewe, VA, to the late Erving H. and Helen Verser Rand.
In 1940, he graduated from Fork Union Military Academy. He served in the U.S. Army from 1940 to 1945 in New Guinea and the Philippines. He graduated from Virginia Tech in 1950 where he played football and baseball and for 32 years he worked for Sperry Rand Corp, in the New Holland Division, retiring as Director of Retail Operations NA.
Sally had a particular interest in the Alabama Boys Ranch, which he helped develop. He was an avid golfer, quail hunter and enjoyed playing cards with many steady friends.
He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church for more than fifty years and was an active member of the Topsail Presbyterian Church in Hampstead.
He dearly loved his family, and was especially close to his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara; children, Sarah Neal Thomas and husband Warren, Bill Rand and wife Diane and Barbara Bowers and husband Rick; grandchildren, Betsy and Rand Thomas, Will and Kathryn Rand and Sarah and Rodes Bowers; brother, William V. Rand and sister, Blanchard Rand Foote.
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