WSB-TV, WAGA-TV: Winecoff Firefighters Honored at The Ellis Hotel 2011

Richard Hamil Interviewed by WSB Radio Reporter Sandra Parrish 2016

 

Goodson Family Photographs Discovered

Here are photos of the Goodson family, circa 1943 - newly discovered by Winecoff Fire reader, Cheryl Pampe Fowler. She tells the story of the photos, kept safe for seventy-five years, in her Readers' Mail item.

The Goodson's tragic story is told on pages 51, 52 and 226 of the hardback edition of The Winecoff Fire: The Untold Story of America's Deadliest Hotel Fire.

The Goodson home in Clay City, Ill.

Living room where Cheryl Pampe Fowler later lived and played.

The home was on Pure Oil Company land.

Joe Goodson. a Pure Oil geologist and his wife, Galdys

Joe Goodson Jr. and son, Joe III

Gladys Goodson and Joe III

Cheryl Pampe Fowler and brother, Carl William Pampe.

 

 

The Pampe family moved into the Goodsons' Clay City home in the weeks following the Winecoff fire.

Chet Wallace Plays Winecoff Piano

Chet Wallace plays a refurbished piano recovered from The Winecoff Hotel.

TBS StoryLine Video 2007

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Final Honor

Westview Cemetery Atlanta

Winecoff firefighter Raymond McGill was laid to rest February 8th in Atlanta's Westview Cemetery.

Forsyth County Fire Chief Danny Bowman officiated the service

Raymond McGill began his Atlanta firefighting career in 1940 but was quickly called to service in World War II. It was upon his return to Atlanta that he faced his biggest challenge: the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire. His distinguished action there attracted the attention of Chief C.C. Styron, who in May of 1947, promoted McGill to become Chief of Training. In 1962 he authored a training manual for young firefighters. He served the Atlanta Fire Department for thirty-four years. Raymond McGill - a hero of the Winecoff fire - was one hundred years old.

Allen Goodwin and Sam Heys Address YMCA Youth Assembly