Submitted by Name: Sharon Lynne Woods Fournier From: Fort Walton Beach, Fl E-mail: SFour59721@yahoo.com
Comments: The Elisha Woods was named after my Great grandfather, Capt. Elisha Woods. He received his pilot's license at the age of 22, and worked with the Barrett line for 55 yrs.My Grandfather Cassius C. Woods was also a river Capt. a WWI veteran, and a Royal Arch Mason. I never got to meet them, but I'm very proud of both. Cassius' son David is my father, a USAF veteran of 20 yrs.
Comments: This is a great site for searching for towboats. By way of introduction, I am a maritime lawyer who helps injured workers under the Jones Act and under the general maritime law. We also assist those most in need with receiving benefits like maintenance and cure. If you are looking for a maritime lawyer, you can reach me at 1(800)6279267.
I would like to applaud Dick for upholding the integrity of the maritime industry with this website, and continuing to keep that tradition alive. Safe boating!
Added: September 17, 2019
Submitted by Name: John Stone From: North Carolina E-mail: stone0302@ec.rr.com
Comments: I served as a deckhand 77-78 on the MV White Knight (Agri Trans) before college. I was 19. It was hard work. We had a great captain/crew.
We worked mostly on the Miss btwn STL and St Paul. Made a few trips up the IL R. It was hot in the summer and incredibly cold in the winter. I caught the boat once in Alma, Wisconsi. It was like the Arctic. The river was jammed with ice. Three weeks later I got off the boat in Rock Island. That's as far as we got!!
At one time my Dad, brother, sister, and I all worked in the riverboat business at the same time...but they were all different companies! My dad used to say "If I had known you were all going to work in the river boat business I would have started my own company!" Ha.
I have always thought my education as a man started on the White Knight. After college I spent 26 years in the Marines.
So to all of you out there that served on the White Knight or cut your teeth as a deckhand on a towboat...God bless ya.
Comments: worked on brimstone as deckhand 1967 summer. my stepfather was captain sam anderson from orange tx passed away last year at 88 loved working for texas molten sulfur parker bros.
Submitted by Name: Jim Peterson From: Columbia, SC E-mail: japmrfinc@gmail.com
Comments: Worked on the Varco as a deckhand after finishing college during the summer of 1970, before teaching assignment, pushing Oil barges from Mobile, AL up many rivers to Cordova, Al and the asphalt refining plant.
Name: Sharon Lynne Woods Fournier
From: Fort Walton Beach, Fl
E-mail: SFour59721@yahoo.com
The Elisha Woods was named after my Great grandfather, Capt. Elisha Woods. He received his pilot's license at the age of 22, and worked with the Barrett line for 55 yrs.My Grandfather Cassius C. Woods was also a river Capt. a WWI veteran, and a Royal Arch Mason. I never got to meet them, but I'm very proud of both. Cassius' son David is my father, a USAF veteran of 20 yrs.