The commonwealth., 1921-04-27
Idor Home Skies, Cor
Fon Gillespie Is Laid
/ Away
| A TENT
| OF FLOWERS
,,d.s. Who Once Buried Him on
|. Rattle Line, Join Greenwood in
|.,ipg Tribute to the Gold Star
gluim From Picardy.
by THOMAS FAUNTLER0Y.
staff Correspondent.)

by THOMAS FAUNTLEROY.
tStaff Correspondent.)
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
REENWoOD, Miss, April "a
lOu Gillespie is at home again.
|. long journey with its nights
IN, its weird alarums, its battle
4 II blood and death, is ended.
fittul sleep under the flickering
ows Of the little hedge in Picardy
N he fell, is over. Like some
,ler lost a while in the dark, who,
4 the stars peep out and the
Il die down, comes at last to the
Gillespie, tired, wasted, tagged
finds peace tonight tucked away
the warm sod Of his native heath.
4 has been a glorious day for him.
has been a glorious day for his
nds and his comrades.
lvo years and a half ago we left
asleep in a strange land. The
were bare, the fields were
evn. It was in October, October
Elreary in France. The outfit had
Ned in with a swiftness that was
rtling, so much so that here and
re little groups Of the enemy, hid
away in a shell hole, kept up a
XIV sort of fire always harassing,
In fatal, Gillespie had fallen in
line Of the first advance, and 1t
there that we laid him. His
I've was a simple trough. He had
2 shroud, not even a blanket. No
&ms were heard, no bugle notes,
&hing but the whining Of the shells
srhead or the boom Of a nearby
tery rumbling and tumbling along
hills.
q Now He Is At Home.
TAe good people of Greenwood to-
N joined in the welcome that comes
d conquering hero. Above the sur
pne soft and bright. All round wa'
sweetness and freshness OF re
ning spring. Rich music in broa'
llow peals, ripened the tears tina
&nrades and friends, almost withou
Rmber, freely gave. Hands he ha'
\ often clasped bore him away Il
fumph, and eyes that see him still
DIV him lowered, wrapped in tn
Blds Of his country's flag, into tn
lave where his fathers sleep.
liar Banked With Flowers.
THE funeral services began at hal
st two this afternoon, in the F1rs
kesbyterian Church, and ended q
bur later at the grave in the Cd
ELBOWS Cemetery.
\ It was the wish Of the family th'
s body should come through Men
his Many of Gillespie's old con
kdes Of the thirtieth Joined in Il
Pish in order that they might s.
PIN there and come home with hir
was not to be so. Instead, it can
hrough Atlanta, and in place OF cor
hdes to meet him in Memphis, whe
lhe fire Of his patriotism first bur
\, his old schoolmates and neighbo
pet him at Greenwood. He got hor
hst night.
He was taken to the home OF
&ather and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Gillespie, on Lamar Street. Durl'
Shs morning, the flag-draped cash
fested in the handsome receipt
foom Of the Gillespie home surrouf
fd BY banks of carnations and ros
Pnd lilies, Throughout the norm
hours and far into noon, q contin'
2Ptream Of neighbors and friends pa
sd in and out, some fearful, all s
Fowful as they remembered GillesI
One Of the most gorgeous tribu
cf the garden was a handsome Ito
star sent by Capt. Hinton, Giiiesp'
pld commander. Another was 8
lDy The Commercial Appeal, ana
another by Gillespie's old comra
III Company L in Memphis.
At 2 o'clock a company OF snap
Dright-faced young men, all memt
of the Keesler- Hamrick- Gillespie J
of the American Legion, drew ur
the Gillespie home. They were
Uniform, some in the spotless "
u the sailors, others in the deep
q the marine, most Of them IN
glossy khaki that Gillespie died
They went with Gillespie TO
church, where a congregation W
sufged into every nook and co
watched and waited for him.
The deep swell Of the organ,
aeady tramping Of the soldiers,
pillows and banks Of flowers mad
. part Of the beautiful service