SEPT. 11		A | B | C| D | E | F| G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z WORLD WAR I George E. Adams From Roanoke. Was an employee of Virginia Bridge & Iron Co. and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Four years before the war, he moved to Kentucky to work in the coal business. Survived by his mother, Mrs. Fannie L. Adams, three brothers, two sisters, and his wife, Mrs. George Adams. Killed by shellfire March 18, 1918 while in command of his company, near Ypres, Belgium. Awarded the Military Cross for Bravery in the field and buried in La Plus Donve cemetery, south of Messines. - Submitted by his niece, Ruth Adams McCray of Roanoke, and the Salem Times-Register James Becker Rader M. Bishop July 30, 1898 - Jan. 21, 1918 From Roanoke. Worked as a fireman for the Norfolk & Western Railway before the war. Served in the Navy. On his return from France, Bishop was washed overboard during a heavy storm. The ship circled, but shipmates couldn't find him. Body never was recovered. The crew set up a fund for Bishop's memorial and sent it home to his family. Survived by his father, Luther Bishop; brothers, Kyle, Edwin and Rutledge; sisters, Gertrude, Alma and Argalia. - Submitted by his niece and sister, Norva Dickerson and Alma Hardie of Roanoke Harry R. Bodow Fitzhugh L. Boothe From Roanoke. Killed in action Oct. 23, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Everett G. Booze William B. Brooks Carl H. Broughman Frank A. Browne From Roanoke. Died from disease, June 28, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Clifton 0. Burks From Roanoke. Killed in action Oct. 6, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Hobson Dewey Byer March 11, 1898 - Oct. 23, 1918 From Clifton Forge. Served in the Army. Byer and his brother, Roy, served in the same company. Killed near St. Mihiel Meuse, France. Survived by his brothers, Roy and Wilbert. Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Covington. - Submitted by his nephew, Wilbert B. Byer Jr. of Roanoke. James H. Christian Aubrey L. Compton From Roanoke. Killed in action Oct. 4, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Henry A. Crouch From Roanoke. Died from disease Oct. 6, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Addison A. Deyerle June 5, 1888 - Oct. 22, 1918 From Montgomery County. Drove a truck for Roanoke Ice Co. before the war. Served in the Army. Killed by mustard gas in the Argonne Forest. Survived by his parents, Joseph and Frances Deyerle; brothers, Frank W. Deyerle and Burnett Lee Deyerle; sisters, Juanita D. Leach, Joannie D. Bostwick, Mary Lavinder Pearce and Florence L. Deyerle. His sister Florence went to France to bring back his body. Says his great-niece: "This must have been a tough road for a lady in 1918." Buried in Evergreen Burial Park. - Submitted by his great-niece, Karolyn Sink of Roanoke T. Blair Dillard From Salem. Killed in a vehicle accident June 14, 1917. - Salem Times-Register Clarence E. Dillman From Roanoke. Died from disease Oct. 22, 1918. - Salem Times-Register George T. Dunithan From Roanoke. Died from disease Sept. 29, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Arthur L. Eanes From Roanoke. Killed in action Oct. 23, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Edward F. Eanes John C. Elliott From Roanoke. Killed in action Nov. 8, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Everett R. Epperly From Salem. Died of wounds Oct. 14, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Charles B. Ferguson From Salem. Died from disease Oct. 2, 1918. - Salem Times-Register William B. Ferguson From Roanoke. Served in the Navy. Died from disease April 11, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Auburn S. Fisher John C. Freeland Harry V. Garman From Catawba. Killed in action Jan. 21, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Lucian F. Garman From Catawba. Died from disease Dec. 4, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Isaac H. Gibson From Roanoke County. Worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway before the war. Served in the Army. Killed at the second battle of the Marne. Survived by his wife, Annie Stultz, and son, William Gibson. Buried in Chateau-Thierry Cemetery in France. - Submitted by his son, William Gibson of Roanoke, and by the Salem Times-Register Lewis H. Grant From Roanoke. Worked as a mechanic before the war. Killed in an accident April 18, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Jesse Gravely Robert Lee Green From Salem. Died from disease Oct. 7 or 9, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Robert E. Greer Died in France Oct. 3, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Roscoe S. Hawks From Roanoke. Killed in action Oct. 18, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Harry Frank Jones From Roanoke. Killed in action June 14, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Patrick Journette From Hollins. Died from disease Oct. 9, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Edward M. Kelly A | B | C| D | E | F| G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z RETURN TO THE TOP Claude S. Lancaster From Bent Mountain. Killed Oct. 15, 1918, in the Argonne Forest. - Salem Times-Register John Collins Leavell From Salem. Killed Oct. 15, 1918, in the Argonne Forest. - Salem Times-Register Garnett F. Lee Worked as a mechanic before the war. Killed in action July 15, 1918. - Salem Times-Register James B. Marks Earl H. Marsh From Vinton. Killed Oct. 4, 1918, in the Argonne Forest. - Salem Times-Register John F. McBurney Harry P. McFalls From Hollins. Killed in action Oct. 15, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Frederick Bruce McGrady From Roanoke. Killed July 15, 1918, at the second battle of the Marne. - Salem Times-Register George W. Meadows From Roanoke. Killed in action Oct. 12, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Clarence E. Metz From Poages Mill. Killed in action Nov. 6, 1918. - Salem Times-Register John Keith Miller From Salem. Died Nov. 18, 1918, of wounds received in the Argonne Forest. - Salem Times-Register Daniel C. Moomaw From Roanoke County. Went by his middle name, Clovis. Killed Oct. 5, 1918, in the Argonne Forest. - Salem Times-Register Aubrey Hastings Parry (Perry) Feb. 22, 1895 - June 12, 1918 Born in Lyndhurst. At the time of his enlistment in the Marine Corps, he worked at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Served in France with the 55th Company, 5th Regiment, attached to the American Expeditionary Forces. Killed in the battle of Belleau Wood. Survived by his parents, Arch Willis and Esta Lunsford Parry; brothers William, Commodore, Ira and James; and sisters Mabel, Eva, Hazel, Clara and Bess. Buried in Aisne-Marne Cemetery in France. - Submitted by his nephew Garland G. Parry of Roanoke Samuel Pasley From Salem. Lost at sea. - Salem Times-Register Auburn Pennington From Roanoke. Died from disease Oct. 9, 1918. - Salem Times-Register John A. Philpott Killed in action Aug. 8, 1918. - Salem Times-Register George E. Pittard Died at Camp Lee, Va., on April 15, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Charles A. Quinn Died from disease Sept. 9, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Harry Charles Reckley March 24, 1888 - Oct. 8, 1918 From Roanoke. Worked as a farmer and a carpenter before the war. Served in the Army. Died of influenza during the great epidemic of 1918. Survived by his parents, William and Laura Reckley; brothers, William, Guy, Carl and Chester; sisters, Daisy, Maud, and Pearl. Buried before the family found out he had been ill. Later reinterred at Allegany County Cemetery in Maryland. Says his niece: "Harry played the fiddle. At the time of his death, his brother Guy was in France with the Army. The family was very apprehensive that they would lose him, too." - Submitted by his niece Annie Marie Maxey Griffin of Vinton Harry St. Clair William 0. St. Clair From Roanoke. Died from disease Dec. 7, 1917. - Salem Times-Register Joseph H. Seymour Died from disease Oct. 1, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Clarence L. Simms James A. Sink From Hollins. Died soon after his discharge from the Army. - Salem Times-Register Lewis E. Slusher Jan. 11, 1890 - March 5, 1918 From Floyd County. Parents were Harvey and Julia Bishop Slusher. Died of pneumonia in Massachusetts after returning from France. - Submitted by his niece Betty Nester of Floyd Keller T. Smith Fred B. Stultz Served in the Army. Killed by a German sniper. Survived by his brothers Bailey, Grady, Jesse and Edward; sisters, Hattie and Josephine. - Submitted by his nephew Fred S. Hawks Charles L. Sweeney April 1895 - Oct. 23, 1918 Born at Prices Fork in Montgomery County; later lived in Roanoke. Worked a a carpenter before the war. Killed in France. Survived by his parents, Charles and Nannie Sweeney; brothers, Jessie, Dorando and Roy; sisters, Roxie Sweeney, Macy S. Lovern, Mary S. Lucas and Daisy S. Boswell. Buried in Meuse Argonne Cemetery in France. After the war, his mother wrote to the federal government: "Please let me tell you what a good boy Charley was. He was not married and was so good to stay at home. He worked for us since he was 9 years old. ... It is so hard to give him up." - Submitted by his grandnephew Gregory Sweeney of Cloverdale Roy B. Sworeland Thomas A. Taylor Campbell W. Tetter Prentiss G. Thompson William 0. Thompson June 11, 1891 - Oct. 9, 1918 From Roanoke. Went by the name Oscar. Served in the Army. He and his cousin volunteered in the summer of 1917; shipped overseas sometime after Christmas 1917. Killed in combat. Buried overseas. Survived by his brothers, Fred and Roy. - Submitted by his cousin Frances Lois Faries Wright Dove of Roanoke Marion B. Tinnell From Poages Mill. Died from disease Oct. 12, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Ben T. Tinsley From Salem. Died from disease in France, March 19, 1918. - Salem Times-Register John Wheeler From Vinton. Killed Oct. 12, 1918. in the Argonne Forest. - Salem Times-Register Bernard A. White From Roanoke. Died in an accident June 1, 1917. - Salem Times-Register Ligon M. White March 15, 1901 - Oct. 3, 1918 From Roanoke. Was a student before the war. Served in the Navy. Died of influenza aboard the USS Pocahontas, which was returning to the United States. Survived by his father and stepmother, Howard and Lelia White; stepsisters, Bessie M. White and Edna W. Follmar; stepbrother, Roy R. White. Buried at East Hill Cemetery in Salem. White was too young to enlist without parental permission, but he begged his parents and they finally relented. - Submitted by his stepsister Edna W. Follmar of Salem W.R. Whitescarver Jr. Died Oct. 4, 1918, of injuries suffered when he fell from a truck. - Salem Times-Register Roy O. Whitmire Harry C. Williams From Roanoke. Died of wounds. - Salem Times-Register William Sterling Willis Died from disease Oct. 16, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Harry I. Wilson From Roanoke. Died of self-inflicted wounds Aug. 17, 1918. - Salem Times-Register Albert W. Woodson July 5, 1883 - Sept. 25, 1917 From Roanoke. Served in the Army. Died from disease in San Francisco. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.P. Woodson; brothers, Henry, George, Eugene and Frank; sisters, Katie, Mae and Elsie Woodson, and Bessie Woodson Nash. Buried at Fair View Cemetery. - Submitted by his niece Jean N. Hale of Roanoke and by the Salem Times-Register Crockett I. Wright July 18, 1896 - Oct. 25, 1918 From Rocky Mount. Served in the Army. Survived by parents, Joel and Martha Wright; brothers, Dewey, Joel, Velty, Brad, Hobart, Frank, Molton and Sankey; sisters, Marilda Mullins, Ruth Austin and Lola Brown. Buried at Gogginsville United Methodist Church Cemetery in Rocky Mount. Died exactly two weeks after his brother Richard, who also served in the Army. Another brother, Sankey, was killed in World War II. - Submitted by his niece, Evelyn M. Scott of Roanoke, and by a family friend, Faye Young of Rocky Mount Richard D. Wright Nov. 16, 1891 - Oct. 11, 1918 From Rocky Mount. Apparently lived in Roanoke. Served in the Army. Survived by parents, Joel and Martha Wright; brothers Dewey, Joel, Velty, Brad, Hobart, Frank, Molton and Sankey; sisters, Marilda Mullins, Ruth Austin and Lola Brown. Buried at Gogginsville United Methodist Church Cemetery in Rocky Mount. Died exactly two weeks before his brother Crockett, who also served in the Army. Another brother, Sankey, was killed in World War II. - Submitted by his niece, Evelyn M. Scott of Roanoke, and by a family friend, Faye Young of Rocky Mount Harrison Wright From Salem. Died of wounds Sept. 24, 1918. - Salem Times-Register George J. Zeller A | B | C| D | E | F| G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z RETURN TO THE TOP