Glenwood Sadler of Hobucken

Glenwood Sadler

     Glenwood Sadler of Hobucken loved his home on Goose Creek Island.  His life's journey went full circle on his beloved Island.  Born in 1922 to Benjamin Brinson and Sally Elizabeth Sadler, Glenwood grew up in Hobucken. He attended Hobucken School until 1938 when he decided to go to work as a commercial fisherman in the surrounding waters of Pamlico Sound with Roland Styron.
     In January 1943, Glenwood enlisted in the US Army and was sent to Mississippi for basic training.  After completing basic training, Glenwood eventually was sent to serve in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Operations, where the U.S. was in war with Japan.  Glenwood was assigned to the 5307th Composite Unit.  This army unit was known as "Merrill's Marauders" and was known for being stationed in the Burma area of China and India.  In June 1945, Glenwood returned stateside from the Pacific and it wasn't long before he came home and married Lillian Hopkins.
     When Glenwood returned to Hobucken, he went back to work as a commercial fisherman.  He worked the tributaries of Pamlico Sound until 1953 and then moved down to Marathon, Florida where the shrimping business was starting to take off.  There he built a boat and named it the "Marauder". One can speculate that he named the boat from the name of his Army unit in the Pacific.  He and his family lived and worked in the Florida Keys for 16 years until 1969, when Glenwood decided it was time to return home to Hobucken.
     Back at Hobucken, Glenwood continued to work as a fisherman and also as a caretaker with Bert Robinson at one of the local hunting lodges.  He and Lillian became active members of the newly formed Goose Creek Island Ruritan Club and remained so for many years.  He also sang in the choir at the Hobucken United Methodist Church.  Glenwood Sadler passed away on August 18, 1998 and was buried in the Barnett Cemetery at Hobucken.
     Glenwood's life had gone full circle.  He began his life in his beloved village of Hobucken, traveled the far corners of the world as a infantry soldier with the US Army, sailed the beautiful waters of the Florida Keys, only to return to the briny, salty marshland of Hobucken where he always called home.  Glenwood was a servent of God and also to his community.  He never forgot his roots and he always exemplified the humbleness of a Goose Creek Islander.