James Anthony Mudd, Sr., 93 of LaPlata died on August 9, 2015 at Sagepoint Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in LaPlata, MD. James was born on February 22, 1922 in Bel Alton, MD to the late Walter H. Mudd and Jennie Lee Mudd. James graduated from Sacred Heart School (now Archbishop Neale School) and while waiting to be deployed into the service worked many odd jobs for several months all over the LaPlata area. One of the most memorable jobs early in his life was at Chapel Point Park where he would talk about working on the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge as it was being built bit by bit across the Potomac River. He would back up SMO Oil trucks driving up a ramp to the top of the bridge to unload his materials. Black top had “not at that time” been poured yet and luckily, being young, he had nerves of steel and never worried about falling into the water. During WWII he was a Navy Pilot flying a single engine airplane called the “Hellcat” off aircraft carriers, USS Wasp, USS Hornet and USS Hancock all stationed in the Pacific Ocean flying missions to the Philippines. Most of the flights […]
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