Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-05-13
COMMUNITY HONORS
MEMORY OF SOLDIERS

This year. for the first time, joint
memorial exercises were held in Fort
Mill Monday afternoon at the Presby-
terian church for the Confederate dead
of the community and the Fort Mill
soldiers who lost their lives in the
World war. The exercises, which were
under the auspices of Florence Thorn
well chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, consisted of patriotic
songs, an address by the Rev. w. X.
Bauknight, pastor of st. johns Meth
odist church, the calling of the respec-
tive rolls of the Confederate and World
war soldiers by X. Shannon, adjutant
of the local Confederate camp, and
Arthur C. Lytle, adjutant of the Fort
Mill post, American Legion. A number
of 0onf federate veterans attended the
exercises, but it was noted TO the re-
gret of all that the "thin gray line"
grows thinner with each succeeding
year. Following the exercises at the
church the audience formed procession
to the town cemetery, where the graves
of the Confederate soldiers were dec
GRATED with floral offerings.
The following list of World war SOL
diers and sailors was read by Adjutant
Lytle as the community's contribution
of manhood to the armed forces of the
country. The asterisk ("l following
Z the name of the soldier indicates that
he was in the service as member of
the 3Oth division:
Army-Thomas B. Spratt, j. Erskine
Ardrey, Samuel w. Parks,' James d.
Fulp, George w. Potts, Francis M.
Mack Richard A. Fulp,' Allison A.
Thornwell, 7. X. Lee, II. L. Merritt,
Ladson M. Massey Robert II. Ard
rev. Ebb Parks. Fred Minis, Jr.,'
Theodore Harris, }. Robert Harris,
John s. Blankenship. w. s. McMurray,
w. B. Adrey, Jr., Robert c. Potts,
Willie II. Minis William r. Crane, :
Arthur G. Lytle,' James I. Young,
Jr., Clarence Patterson, Thomas L..
Hall, James Ely Bailes,' Robert f.
w Dclh, JoStpti
M. Belk,' Herbert Harris,' Thos. D..
Burrage,' Chas. c.. Bennett Robert
M. Bennett Robert B. Lee. Carey T.
Patterson Walter Wright John E.
Cunnup,. Clyde Crane.' Joe H. Nc
Murray. Lawrence Hayward, Robert
White. E. b. White, Grady Hoagland,
Ike Marlborough, Oscar w. Purser, :
Carey Faris,' Harvey l.. McManus, .
Walter Howie,' Elliott S. Kimbrell, .
Mack Archie John T. Armstrong,
Thomas w. Jones. James L. Honey
cutt,s John S. Bayne.' William F.
Long, Gladys Ritch,' Robert L..
Wright Grady Lemonds,' John S.
Hoke, John C. McElhaney,' Herbert L.
Baker, Samuel c. James, George A.
Campbell, Thomas s. Sanford j. Ed
win Barber, Malcolm G. Rodgers, Le-
roy s. McMurray. John E. Jones,
Robert E. Jones,' Walter o. I.eazer, =
Clyde w. Stevens Grover c. Patter-
son, Eugene Ross, Paul w. Hoke,
Grover C. Lemonds, Fred Ritch, Earle
Z. Bass, Earle Broom, George l.. Hall,
Steven o. Howie, Clyde Kimbrell,
Oscar Hammonds,' Fred Z. Long,
Callie A. Smith, Oscar w. Stamey, =
Barron Bennett John j. Adkins, Les
ter Cunnup, ]. Mason Smith, Hope
Harris, Clyde Pettus, Benjamin Mer-
ritt, Ernest Honeycutt, Oscar Gamble, :
Parks o. Boyd, Clemson Faris,. Baxter
Wright, Robert Crane, Claude Crowder,
F. Frank Lewis, Zenas G.. Gfier, b.
Halle Ferguson, Bert Bayne, William
d. Rogers, Charles Armstrong, Samuel
Warren, Herbert Parks, James Parks.
Dave c. Cannon, Lester Caskey, Ralph
w. Hood, George Stallings, Knox Os-
borne, Elliott Therrell, John j. Gun
nup. Waiter Taylor, Thomas l.. Will
son, John Boatriwght, Herman G. At.
kins,' John A. Bond.
Navy-Angus Rodgers, Brice ID.
Culp, Walter Banks Meacham, John
Robert Harris.
Killed-Thomas l.. Hall, James Ely
Bales, Carey l.. Faris, Oscar w. Pur-
ser. Harvey F. McManus, Walter o.
Leazer, Clyde w. Stevens.
Died Grover C Patterson, Eugene
Ross, George Stallings.
s. A. TIC. Thomas H. Belk. Alfred