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During World War II "Mr. Harry" did his part on the home front, buying war bonds, supporting drives, and contributing to Red Cross and U.S.O.
The small business which he began in 1908 has grown like a sturdy oak from a little acorn, and is now the oldest drygoods store in Tifton.
MABEL HAULBROOK PETERSON
In the plantation home at Homer, Georgia, near Athens, Mabel Haul- brook Peterson, daughter of William Coleman and Susanna Mason Haul- brook, was born. When six years old Mabel moved to Calhoun and at- tended the public school, later, graduating from the high school. She then attended the Woman's College at Athens.
In 1901 the family moved to South Georgia and for a year and a half she taught in the Tifton County Schools. A year later she married Dr. John A. Peterson, prominent dentist of this county. To this union were born three children, two of whom died in infancy. John Haulbrook, the oldest son, is one of the best dentists in this section.
Mrs. Peterson is a charter member and an honorary life member of the Woman's Club of Tifton, a member of the Methodist Church and Bible teacher in a circle of WSCS. She has been superintendent of juniors .in Church School, efficient counselor of young people of the Epworth League, and Sunday School teacher of college girls.
In her home she gave spiritual and mental training to other children, besides her own, who have gone out to bless the world.
FRANKLIN BROWN PICKETT
Dr. Franklin Brown Pickett, son of Jeptha B. Pickett, Sr., and Kath- ryn Raines Pickett, was born in Webster County. In high school he re-
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ceived special instruction to enter the medical department of the University of Georgia at Augusta, Georgia. After receiving his degree in 1897, he went to Ty Ty to practice medicine. Dr. Pickett later did post-graduate work at the Polyclinic, New York City.
Dr. Pickett came from a family of physicians, whose combined service extended over a period of one hundred-fifty years in Worth and Tift Counties. He helped to establish a progressive school system in Ty Ty and Tift County, serving as chairman of the local and county Board of Educa- tion during a long period, and served as mayor of Ty Ty for many years.
He volunteered for services in World War I and later received a cap- tain's commission. Dr. Pickett was chairman of the local Selective Draft Board during World War II, and received a congressional medal.
Dr. Pickett married Miss Martha Williams, daughter of W. E. and Kathryn Gibbs Williams. The Pickett children are Theodore Franklin, Mary Kathleen, and Frankie Evelyn.
After many years of heavy service Dr. Pickett is still active.
MRS. J. W. POOLE
Mrs. J. W. Poole (Carrie Ayers) daughter of Sam and Emily Den- nard Ayres, married J. W. Poole on June 11, 1878, and they moved to a place in Berrien County (now in Tift) fifty-two years ago. Their children are Mrs. Nan Musselwhite, Mrs. W. W. Reynolds, Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mrs. Fred Cody, Miss Ellie Poole, and Ralph Poole, who served in the World Wars I and II. Her two grandsons and one great-grandson fought in the last war.
This star mother and grandmother has two affectionate titles, conferred by her admirers: "Granny Poole" and "Sweetheart of the American Le- gion of Tift County Post Number 211." Each year she leads in selling poppies. Besides her contribution to patriotic and religious organizations, she helps the underprivileged, white and colored.
She has been a member of the Tifton Baptist Church for fifty-two years.
DAVID CROCKETT RAINEY
David Crockett Rainey was born at Amboy, Turner County, Georgia on August 22, 1884, the son of Daniel L. and Mary Evelyn Rainey. His early years were spent on the farm. In 1903 he attended Georgia Normal School at Abbeville, Georgia.
In 1910 he answered the call to the gospel ministry and was liberated and ordained by the Rebecca Baptist Church. In the fall of 1910 he en- tered Norman Institute at Norman Park, where he was active in the de-
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bating societies, and made all the athletic teams, playing right end on the football team, guard on the basketball team and left field on the baseball team.
In the spring of 1911 he became pastor of Bessie Tift Chapel, in Tifton, Georgia. Since that time he has served the following churches in the Mell Association : Zion Hope, Ty Ty, Mt. Zion, Eldorado, Lake View, Lenox, Pine Grove, Omega, Brookfield, and Brushy Creek, and Pine Forest Church in the Mallory Association. He was active in the building of the Chula Church and served there as pastor. At the present he is serving Zion Hope, Mount Olive, in the Ben Hill Association, and Antioch, in Colquitt Association.
In 1913 he married Miss Cammie Starling and to this union was born five children: David Carl, Henry Grady, Mary Claire, Myrtle Grace (deceased) and Donald Dinsmore Rainey.
In 1930 he became probation officer and Welfare Worker for Tift County. During these years he has married over five hundred couples, and conducted a large number of funerals.
MRS. W. T. SMITH
Maud Burns Smith, the daughter of a prominent farmer and livestock dealer, was born in Columbia, Tennessee. She attended Belmont College at Nashville, Tennessee, and after graduating came to Tift County to teach. Here she met and married Dr. Smith, a beloved Tifton physician, who later became an oculist.
She early became an ardent worker and teacher in the Tifton Methodist Church, and was an influential member in the Tifton school system. Mrs. Smith served one time on the city board of education and was very active in various social and educational circles.
She has received recognition for her outstanding work in the Twentieth Century Library Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Tift County Medical Auxiliary, and the Tifton Garden Club.
Her children are: Mrs. Ed Killian, of Anniston, Alabama; Mrs. David B. Howard, of Atlanta, and Dr. William T. Smith, Jr., of Tifton.
JOHN YOUNG SUTTON
(by Murl Rountree)
John Young Sutton, son of Jacob Young Sutton and Elizabeth Welch Turner Sutton, was born February 14, 1862, in Dooly County. His father died during the War Between the States, and his mother, later. He received
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his schooling by a lightwood fire in the kitchen. Later, Sutton wore a three- dollar suit, a dollar pair of boots, and a fifty-cent hat upon leaving his guardian. During the next few years he worked for sixty or seventy dol- lars a year.
In 1884 he married Martha A. Smith, of Irwin County. Only two of their nine children are living: Mrs. Ida Daniels and Mrs. Nancy Eliza- beth Ingram. He has four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
In 1893 he moved to a farm, six miles from Tifton, where he still lives. Four years later, his wife died. In 1901 he married Margie Johnson, of Stewart County. They have no children. He is a member of the Ty Ty Baptist Church and is probably the first Baptist in Georgia to declare a belief in open communion.
He is still a loyal Tift Countian who can attribute his longevity to his living by the Book of Books.
ELIAS WEBB
Elias Webb, son of the Reverend W. W. Webb, was born and reared on a farm near Tifton. He attended the Tifton High School and Georgia- Alabama College. Elias helped his father with farm work before going to business college.
Mr. Webb is a member and director of the Rotary Club, a member of the Baptist Church and Baptist Training Union. He has taught a class of boys at the Baptist Sunday School for twenty-five years. Mr. Webb is one of the two advisers from Tift County for the Chehaw Council of Boy Scouts. He was one of the directors of Tifton Board of Trade. In fact, Mr. Webb has been active in all civic affairs.
Fishing, athletics, and children are his hobbies.
He has educated two worthy students who were financially unable to at- tend college and is now helping support a foreign missionary.
CHAPTER XXI SOME OF THE TIFT COUNTY BOYS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR II
(Not all Tift County soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II are included here. The editor of the book announced several times in the Tifton Gazette that she would use only sketches sent by the families of these soldiers. )
GARLAND C. ANDERSON
Garland C. Anderson was born May 16, 1917 at Crandall, Georgia. In 1920 he moved with his family to Omega, where he attended high school and graduated in 1935. Afterwards he attended the Coynes Radio and Electric School in Chicago, Illinois.
On March 10, 1941 he answered the call to colors and enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps; his assignment was in the radio depart- ment. Upon completion of his training here in the States, Garland was sent to Hickman Field, where he met his death during the Japanese sneak attack at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Garland C. Anderson, an only child, is survived by his mother, Mrs. Jen- nie Mae Anderson, who lives in Omega. Early in 1946 his name was se- lected by the V.F.W. of Tifton, Georgia as the first Tift County boy to lose his life in World War II. The Tifton Post, therefore, was named in his honor the Garland C. Anderson Post Number 5250.
TILTON EDWARD BELFLOWER
Tilton Edward Belflower, son of the late Willie Jesse and Carrie Mc- Cook Belflower, was born in Tift County April 18, 1919. He attended the Brookfield and Tifton schools and was a farmer even while studying. He was single and had one sister, Mrs. Billy Pierce, and several half-brothers and sisters.
On September, 1939 he joined the army at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was in the Tank Division. Prior to going overseas, he went to Fort Bragg. He went over the last of November and landed at Oran, N. Africa. Bel- flower fought in Sicily and Italy before being sent to England for a rest period. After serving in the Normandy Invasion, he received his fatal wound in France, August 24, 1944.
Sergeant Belflower is buried in an army cemetery at St. Andre-de-l-Eure, France, forty-eight miles from Paris, France.
WINFORD ELIJAH EVANS
Winford Elijah Evans, son of Elijah F. Evans and Essie Campbell Evans, was born at Daviston, Alabama. Later Winford lived at Brook-
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field, Omega, and near Tifton. While attending the Brookfield school he assisted his father on the farm.
In November, 1942, he entered service. He had his training in Camp Walters, Texas. During this time Winford won two medals in rifle con- tests. His overseas service was first in Africa, where Winford was a guard for several months. His company finally moved to Italy. Evans was killed on May 9, 1944 in battle on the Anzio Beachhead in Italy.
His musical gift was a source of much pleasure to his comrades and him between battles.
REUBEN G. FUNDERBURK
Private First Class Reuben G. Funderburk was born in Pinehurst, Georgia, Dec. 20, 1915, a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson Funder- burk. He attended schools in Pinehurst, Georgia, Oakridge, and Tifton.
When war was declared in December, 1941, Reuben G. Funderburk volunteered for active duty with the U. S. Army. Immediately after taking Basic Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he was transferred to the 117th Infantry 30th Division. The 30th Division moved from Fort Jack- son to Camp Blanding, Florida, for a six weeks training course. After six weeks of hard intensive training, the Old Hickory Division moved to Fort Benning, Ga., for more advanced training. When the training was com- pleted the Division went on maneuvers in Tennessee. From Tennessee they went to Camp Atterbury, Indiana. For six more long weeks of hard train- ing, the Division was shipped to New York where they sailed for Eng- land. In June 1944 the Old Hickory Division landed in France, where the fighting had begun.
Private First Class Reuben G. Funderburk was killed in action near La Cambre, France, July 15, 1944.
RUSSELL LEONARD GARNER
Russell Leonard Garner was born October 23, 1908 at Harding.
When Russell was five years of age he had typhoid-pneumonia, which re- sulted in an operation.
He received his entire schooling, other than what he received in the Navy, at Harding School.
He joined the U. S. Navy July 2, 1927. He attended school for several months at the Great Lakes Naval Training School at Chicago.
Russell was in service for fourteen and one-half years. On November 27, 1941, he was killed at San Diego, California. He was test pilot and took
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the plane up for testing when something went wrong about it and he was killed.
Russell was a good boy, was well-liked by everyone, especially his boy- hood friends. Although he was killed before war was actually declared, he was one of the first of our fine young men to give his life in service for his country.
OLLIE E. GIBBS
Lieutenant Ollie Gibbs, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Gibbs, Sr., was born February 24, 1917 in Tift County. He graduated from Tifton High School in 1936. Later Gibbs graduated from an electrical college in Chi- cago and became an expert electrician.
In 1942 he volunteered for services in the Army Air Forces and after- wards received training in California, Arizona, and Louisiana. In 1944 he had to choose between being an instructor at Harding Field, Louisiana, and going overseas. Choosing the latter to be with his "buddies," Gibbs went to Duxford, England. From this base he sometimes flew two missions daily. On June 22, 1944, the P-47 plane, of which Gibbs was pilot, developing propeller trouble, crashed. Gibbs's temporary resting place is near Cambridge, England.
RALPH GIBBS
Ralph Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Gibbs, was born August 4, 1917, in Tifton. While a student at Tifton High School, where he was graduated in 1934, Ralph won first place in music at a district meet.
At Emory University he was soloist and accompanist for the glee club. While a freshman at Eastman School of Music, New York, Ralph had the honor of playing in Kilbourn Hall.
He entered service July 12, 1941, in the Army Air Corps. Ralph went overseas June 5, 1943, and was with the ground forces of the Seventh Army Air Forces in England.
He married Miss Margaret Matheson, Rickmonsworth Herts, England, in 1944. Sergeant Gibbs was killed April 23, 1945, at North Barrules, Isle of Man, in an airplane crash while on a non-operational cross-country flight. He was buried in the American cemetery at Cambridge. His wife and little daughter Rozanne, survive him.
While in service Ralph gave several musical programs in England and was organist for post chapels.
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CURTIS MATHEWS
Curtis Mathews, aviation ordnanceman third class U. S. N. R., was born April 13, 1925. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Y. E. Mathews. Route 4, Tifton, Georgia.
He attended school at Harding and Tifton, graduating with the 1942 class of Tifton High. Until entering service he was employed in the gro- cery business.
He received his Navy training at Bainbridge, Maryland and Jackson- ville, Florida, and saw service at Sanford, New Smyrna, and Titusville, Florida, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Manteo, North Carolina.
Ordnanceman Mathews died July 23, 1945 at a naval hospital in Nor- folk, Virginia, as the result of second degree burns received when a rocket was discharged accidentally.
CHARLES WILLIAM MATHEWS
Charles William Mathews was born in north-east Tift County January 3, 1920. He attended the Harding School.
After entering the navy in March, 1940, he was stationed on the cruiser Helena, which was damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
At the time of his death Charles was a coxswain. He was awarded post- humously the American Defense Service medal, World War II Victory medal, and the Purple Heart.
He was listed as missing on July 6, 1943 in the battle off New Georgia Island and declared dead August 10, 1945.
ALVIN MCKINNEY*
Pfc. Joseph Alvin Mckinney, son of Aaron Alvin and Beulah Powers Mckinney, was born at Tifton, Georgia, August 27, 1918. He graduated from the Tift County Industrial School May, 1937. For one year Mc- Kinney attended tht Georgia State College at Savannah, Georgia. He en- tered service May 26, 1941. During the summer of 1942 Mckinney went overseas and later on April 27, 1944, died at Bougainville, while defending ยท his country.
SIDNEY NEIGHBORS
Sidney Neighbors, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Neighbors, was born in Tifton, December 19, 1921. He attended the Tifton schools. On No-
*McKinney creditably represented his race in the great conflict. Tift County appreciates every good citizen.
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vember 7, 1942, he enlisted in United States Navy. Neighbors received boot training at Great Lakes, Illinois. He attended the Arm Guard School in Gulfport, Mississippi. On March 25, 1943 Neighbors left New York in a convoy attached to a merchant ship, which a submarine attacked later in the North Atlantic.
Sidney was missing in action on April 16, 1943. A year later officials presumed that he was dead.
CHARLES EDWIN PATTON
Charles Edwin Patton was born in Tift County, Ga., April 1, 1909, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Patton. He received his education in the Tif- ton Public Schools. Afterwards, he was employed in the Tifton Post Office for twelve years as city mail carrier. On May 22, 1942 he was called into the services of the U. S. Army. He received his training at Fort Mc- Clellan, Ala., Miami, Fla., and Camp Gordon, Johnston, Fla., near Carra- belle. He was then shipped overseas, being stationed in England for some time. He was shipped to LeHarve, France, where he died of coronary thrombosis on Dec. 25, 1944, only a short time after he arrived there. He now lies at rest in United States Military Cemetery St. Andre. France.
ROBERT B. POWLEDGE
Robert B. Powledge was a boy of fourteen when he came to live with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Culpepper. He was a shy boy who soon entered into all the school activities under the guidance of his teachers and made many lasting friends. He will be remembered for his ath- letic ability in all sports and especially in football.
Robert voluntarily entered the National Guard in 1941, joining the IOIst, Anti-aircraft Battalion in Atlanta. After being at Camp Stewart a year, Robert transferred to the Air Corps as an aviation cadet. After nine months of many trials and hardships, he won his "silver wings." That day was the happiest in his short life.
In March 1943, Robert left the States, a second Lieutenant in command of his own B-17. He was stationed in England. On July 17, 1943, he left on his ninth combat mission to go over Germany, from which he failed to return. His ship was last seen going down over the North Sea.
Though the details of his death are not known. all who knew him are sure he died a hero's death.
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FREDERICK E. (BILL) SEARS
Frederick E. Sears, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sears, was born Septem- ber 16, 1917. After graduating from Tifton High School in 1937, he worked with Wade-Corry Company until 1940 when he enlisted in peace- time army. Before going to the Aleutian Islands, he was stationed at Camp Stewart, Georgia, and at Fort Monroe, Virginia. After his transfer to the Army Air Forces, Bill returned to the States for training and later was ill of rheumatic fever in a hospital.
Soon after his dismissal from the hospital, he was sent overseas to Ger- many. He was with General Patton's Third Army. Corporal Sears was killed in March, 1945, after crossing the Mozelle river, trying to capture a small town. He is buried in the American cemetery at Luxemburg, where General Patton is buried. Sears was awarded two stars, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
GEORGE SUTTON
George Sutton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Sutton, Sr., was born March 10, 1918, in Tifton. He was an honor graduate of Tifton High School in 1935 and was one of the best students ever to attend this institu- tion. He won a competitive scholarship to Emory University and a scholar- ship to Louisiana State University.
While studying at Tech to be an electrical engineer, George was a member of the Kappa Eta Kappa, honorary electrical engineering society, Coop Club, member of track team, and Y.M.C.A. Cabinet, a lieutenant in the ROTC, and a member of an honorary scholastic society.
After his graduation at Tech and his work with the Babcox-Wilcox Boiler Company in Ohio, George entered the armed forces in 1941 with the Army Signal Corps. Later, he transferred to the Army Air Forces and received training as a navigator. Assigned to a B-24 Liberator Bomber, Lieutenant Sutton was sent overseas in 1943 and was killed in England, February 3, 1944.
PFC. DURWARD LEE WILLIS
Pfc. Durward Lee Willis was born in Tift County, June 18, 1922, a son of Mrs. Ollie Lastings Willis, of Tifton, and Lee Franklin Willis, formerly of Tifton. His brother and sister are Lee Franklin Willis, Jr., of Tifton, and Mrs. Pauline Willis Creech, of Brunswick, Georgia.
Durward attended the Brookfield and Tifton Schools. He was a mem- ber of the Brookfield Baptist Church.
In 1939, he joined the U. S. Army Air Corps at Fort McPherson, Ga.
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From there he was sent to Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La. He trained there as a gunner on a B-17 and was later transferred to the Savannah Air Base, Savannah, Ga. Later his squadron was sent on maneuvers in Louisiana.
Upon completion of these maneuvers he was assigned to overseas duty in the Philippine Islands. He left San Francisco, California, in October of 1941 and arrived in Manila the middle of November. From Manila he was sent to the Island of Leyete. Upon the fall of the Philippine Islands in May, 1942, he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and died of dysentery while still a prisoner November 7, 1942.
TIFT COUNTY BOYS KILLED IN ACTION IN WORLD WAR II
Name
Branch
Date
Place
Next of Kin
1. Anderson, Garland C .- Army
Dec. 7, 1941
2. Croft, Theodore W .- Navy
Dec. 7, 1941
3. Brooks, Silas B .- Army
.July 14,
4. Spillers, Samuel W .- Merchant Marine
5. Willis, Durwood Lee-Army
July 1, 1943
6. Watson, Cletes J .- Navy
March 9, 1943
7. Rooks, Tom H .- Army
May 10, 1943
8. Matthews, Charles W .- Navy
.July 6, 1942
9. Mullis, Albert J .- Navy
10. Martin, Wyman D .- Army
11. Powledge, Robert M .- Army
.. July 14, 1943
12. Sutton, George M .- Army Feb. 3, 1944
13. Woodall, Alva McLean-Army
14. Aultman, Elton L .- Army
May 28, 1944
15. Kelley, W. A., Jr .- Army
June 6, 1945
16. Gibbs, Ralph-Army
April 23, 1945
17. McIntosh, Benjamin-Army
April 16, 1945
18. Sears, Frederick E .- Army
March 16, 1945
19. Hobby, Eugene-Army
.Jan. 23, 1945
Luzon
Mrs. C A. Sears, Mother, Tifton .Pauline Hobby, Sister, Tifton
France
21. Willis, Cecil H .- Army
Germany
22. Johnson, George C .- Army
Oct. 4, 1944
Germany
23. Lavender, Clyde F .- Army
May 24, 1944
24. Belflower, Tilton-Army
Aug. 24, 1944
25. Evans, Winford-Army
.May 9, 1944
Italy Mrs. E. F. Evans, Mother, Tifton, Rt. 5
26. Dowdy, John-Army
June 27, 1944
France Mr. Prescott Dowdy, Brother, Tifton
27. Gibbs, Ollie-Army
June 22, 1944
28. May, Talmadge-Navy
Sept. 15, 1942
29. Goff, Horace-Army
Aug. 24, 1944
France
Hawaii Mrs. Jennie Mae Anderson, Mother, Omega
Hawaii Mrs. Henry S. Brooks, Mother, Omega
China Mrs. Henry S. Brooks, Mother, Omega Tanker "Liebert" Mr. James Spillers, Father, Rt. 1, Ty Ty
Philippine Is. Mrs. Ollie L. Willis, Mother, Tifton
N. Atlantic Mr. L. M. Watson, Father, Tifton
N. Africa Mrs. Etta G. Rooks, Mother, Rt. 3, Tifton
"Helena'
Mrs. A. O. Matthews, Mother, Tifton Mrs. Virginia Mullis, Wife, Tifton
England
Mrs. W. P. Brown, Sister, Tifton
Over Europe Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Culpepper,
Aunt and Uncle, Tifton
England Mrs. George M. Sutton, Mother, Tifton Over Germany Mrs. Luna Woodall, Mother, Orlando, Fla. Over China Mrs. E. L. Aultman, Wife, Fitzgerald Mrs. L. W. Aultman, Mother, Tifton
Mrs. W. A. Kelley, Mother, Tifton
Kwajalein
England Mrs. Ralph Gibbs, Wife, England Mrs. H. F. Gibbs, Mother, Tifton
Italy
Mrs. J. H. McIntosh, Mother, Enigma
Germany
20. Johnson, Paul-Army .Jan. 3, 1943
Mr. W. W. Hobby, Father, Tifton Mrs. Paul Johnson, Wife, Tifton Mrs. Cecil H. Willis, Wife, Tifton
Mrs. Sol K. Johnson, Mother, Omega
Italy Mrs. Attie E. Lavender, Mother, Tifton
France .Mrs. Billy Pierce, Sister, Tifton
"Wasp" England Mrs. O. E. Gibbs, Mother, Tifton Mr. G. W. May, Father, Tifton Mrs. Hattie Goff, Mother, Tifton
Name Branch
Date
Place Next of Kin
France Mrs. J. D Patton, Mother, Tifton
N. Burma Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cooper, Mother and Father, Tifton
Australia Mrs. John Gladney, Sister, Tifton
San Diego, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Adams, Mother and Father, Tifton
Luzon Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Whiddon, Mother
and Father, Tifton
35. Garner, Russell Leonard-Navy Nov. 27, 1941
36. Cromer, Edward Carl-Army May 25, 1945
37. Neighbors, Sidney-Navy April 16, 1943
38. Matthews, Curtis-Navy July 23. 1945
39. Funderburke, Reubin-Army .July 15, 1944
France Mother, Mrs. Ceody Funderburk
COLORED
1. Board, Robert Lee, Jr .- Army
.. Aug. 6, 1943
2. Mckinney, Joseph Alvan-Army
April 27, 1944
Brentwood. L. I. Robert L. Board, Father, Tifton Bougainville .Beulah G. & Aaron A. Mckinney, Tifton
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