Charles (Charlie) Albert Womack passed away peaceful- ly on December 30, 2024, at age 101, in Eureka, after a brief illness.
Charlie was born at home near Pineville, Louisiana, and at age one traveled in a Ford Model T to Northern California with his parents, grandmother, and aunt and uncle. The trip took over a month, stopping to sleep at friendly farmers’ houses.
They settled in Crannell, where his father worked at the Little River Redwood Company. As a teenager, Charlie delivered milk door-to-door…