Comments on: Manly Names of Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2007/10/18/manly-names-of-decatur/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Sam http://www.decaturmetro.com/2007/10/18/manly-names-of-decatur/#comment-74 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:02:32 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-74 More than that. The Messers. Hard had a steel fabricating business they named, “The Straiton Hard Steel Erection Company”. They called my previous employer, wanting paid for “putting in the flagpole in your recreation area”. I never met SR iii, but Jr. was a nice guy.

]]> By: Erika http://www.decaturmetro.com/2007/10/18/manly-names-of-decatur/#comment-73 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:55:28 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-73 I had a customer named Rod Biggerstaff.

]]> By: David http://www.decaturmetro.com/2007/10/18/manly-names-of-decatur/#comment-72 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:19:32 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-72 Thinking more about it, if the first guy named Straiton Hard named his son Straiton Hard, Jr; and Jr named his son Straiton Hard III; something about the name must have worked for them.

Maybe it was like the Johnny Cash song about a man named Sue. His Dad said he named him that to make him tough.

]]> By: David http://www.decaturmetro.com/2007/10/18/manly-names-of-decatur/#comment-71 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:44:39 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-71 I ran into that also in searching for Decatur news, but elected to pass on it.

Straiton’s second cousin, Augusta Howard Warren, passed on to her reward back in January, as noted in the Albany paper:

http://www.albanyherald.com/obituaryarchives/2007/obituary012607b.htm

Anybody who gives their kid a name like this should be publicly flogged!

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