Machine Gun Kelly and My Pop

My dad grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. He went to Lenox Elementary School from about 1909 and Central High School until about 1921. I say "about" because he was born in mid-December 1902, so I count 1903 as his first year for school age purposes. Anyway, at Central, in one of his classes (Chemistry, I think because he related this to me many years ago), he sat behind a boy who became George "Machine Gun" Kelly. I once asked my dad what this guy was like. He told me that he was, even then, sort of a bum. He was not good in school, not in class a lot, etc.

If you don't know Machine Gun Kelly, the link above will tell you about him. I am glad the he and my dad never became real buddies.