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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
NODDING, Byron Russell - died at the Saint John Regional Hospital on July 1, 1979, following a lengthy illness. Mr. Nodding was born at Beaver Harbour in 1916, a son of the late Clifford and Bertha Nodding. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 40. He is survived by his wife, Doris; two daughters: Mrs. Ora McCarthy and Mrs. Joan Belliveau; three sons: Stephen, Clifford and Mark, all of Beaver Harbour; five sisters: Mrs. Blanche Morgan of Bridgewater, NS, Mrs. Freda Steeves of Saint John, Mrs. Amy McAllen of Rollingdam, Mrs. Mary Lewis of Beaver Harbour and Mrs. Gertrude McLaughlin of Trenton, ON; several grandchildren. The body rested at the St. George Funeral Home. Legion service were held at the funeral home. Funeral service was held from Beaver Harbour Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Gaye officiating. Interment took place in the Beaver Harbour Community Cemetery.
Byron's brother Burwell Dakin Nodding also served in the RCNVR.
Byron Nodding's brother, Mervyn Grant Nodding was lost at sea when she merchant ship he was serving in, the Empire Jaguar was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 on 08 Dec 1941. (see article transcribed below)
Beaver Harbour Man Feared Lost At Sea
Beaver Harbour, Feb. 17 - Clifford Nodding received sad news from England was week advising him that the ship, "Empire Jaguar", of the Mercantile Marine on which his son Mervyn Grant, 27, was serving has been lost and it is presumed that all on board perished. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved family, his father, sisters, Blanche, Amy, Gertrude, Mary, Mrs. Edward Mahar Freda) and brothers Byron of the R.C.N.V.R. Halifax, Burwell and Garfield.
His mother passed away nearly four years ago and soon after her death Mervyn shipped on a boat leaving Halifax and since then had been in nearly every foreign port in the world. Since war started fears for his safety have been felt and this week the dreaded news came. The last news heard of him was written in November probably before his ship left port in England. (The Saint Croix Courier 20 Feb 1941)
Book of Remembrance entry for Mervyn Grant Nodding
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