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 1912 - 2003 (91 years)
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| Name |
Richard Waring Titus |
| Birth |
23 Jul 1912 |
Birmingham, Alabama  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
6 Aug 2003 |
Dawsonville, Georgia |
| Person ID |
I907 |
Georgia Society Member Graves Registry |
| Last Modified |
2 Dec 2006 |
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| Notes |
- Dick Titus was born on July 23, 1912 in Birmingham, Alabama and lived with his mother Eva and sister Evelyn in Anniston, Alabama until they moved to Atlanta when he was about 12 years old.
In his spare time, living near Piedmont Park, Dick would sit on the curb on North Avenue across from the fire house and wait for the alarm to sound so he could watch the horses move to the front of the fire, be hooked up and see them come roaring out onto the street. It must have been a thrill to hear the bells and horses and see the smoke from the fire engine.
Dick graduated from Boy’s High School as well as Georgia Tech which led to a commission in the Georgia National Guard. Before he was old enough to join, he cleaned the stables of the machine Gun Troop, 108th Cavalry, Georgia National Guard known as the Governor’s Horse Guards. He advanced from Private, cleaning the stables to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in charge of the inventory of the horses and their disposal in 1940 when the Troop was decommissioned.
December 7, 1941 brought us into World War II. Since meeting an equestrian, Anne Wells Skidmore, they decided to get married at Emory University’s Chapel on December 13, 1941 before going to active duty to train for his two year duty on the Island of New Guinea by way of the Queen Mary. Dick retired as a Lt. Colonel from the Army Reserves in 1976 with an accredited service of 41 years.
Dick retired from HUD in 1980 and worked on the family history on both sides of the family with Anne to trace the genealogy of ancestors back to 1585 in England on her side, three ancestors from
The Mayflower on both sides, and John Van Pelt, Sr. who fought with George Washington at Valley Forge on his side. In the 1990’s Dick helped Anne until she passed away in 1996. Then the tragic news came that his first son, Richard Skidmore Titus was dying of colon cancer and took care of his every need until he passed away in 2000.
Dick was a proud veteran, a hard working businessman, a great husband and father and took care of all the family needs as well as the family pets.
In 2003 Dick and his second son, Dan moved to Dawsonville, Georgia where they lived together until two weeks later when Dick passed away in his sleep on August 6, 2003.
Surviving is Dan Lewis Titus and his daughter Emily Anne Titus Long, married to Jacob Long from Roswell, Georgia who served in the 48th Brigade of the Georgia National Guard in Iraq 2005-2006.
Here at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery lie three Titus family members:
Dick Titus
His wife
Anne Wells Skidmore Titus, and
Richard Skidmore Titus
- Ancestor: John Van Pelt, Sr. (NY
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