Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-13

of the Meeks' home is a large photo
graph of David Meeks.
Mrs. Flavia Walsh, who lives with
her daughter, Miss Margaret Walsh, at
2019 street, will visit the grave Of her
son, William Walsh, who was killed
while serving with the 1o3d Infantry.
Mrs. Walsh, who is from Massachusetts,,
had two sons who went to France with
the first contingent sent from her ma
tive State. Her son is buried in the
Argonne Cemetery, Romagne Sous
Montfaucon
Son Served With British.
Mrs. Bessie WheatleyS son. Lieut..
Eugene Russell Wheatley, was one OF
the first young men to volunteer for
service in the American Aviation
Corps. He was q graduate of the Bliss
Electrical School in Washington. from
which he entered the engineering
course at the University of Virginia.
1t was while a student at the univer-
Sity that he entered training in the
Reserve Officers Corps, later being
transferred to Fort Myer. From there
he was sent to Canada, where he re-
ceived aviation training with the Royal
Flying Corps. In the early part of
1918 he was attached to the 18th Aero
Squadron and ordered overseas, where
he served with the British Royal Fly
ing Corps. He crashed while flying q
British machine and was killed in
stantly. He was buried near the place
where he fell, but later his body was
removed to the military cemetery at
Brockton, Surrey, England. Mrs.
Wheatley Is the widow of Joseph Wal
ter Wheatley, who for many years was
supervising agent of the United States
Customs Service, with headquarters in
New York.
Mrs. Noera w. Marshburn Of 116 East
Capitol street also lost an aviator son
in England. Djalma Marshburn was
living with his parents in Raleigh, N. c.,
when he volunteered for service in the
Navy and went overseas with the FIRST
naval air detachedment. Two Of Mrs.
MarShburn'S sons saw service, both
volunteering shortly after the declara-
ton of war. Mrs. MarShburn says
proudly that her sons did only as their
ancestors before them had done, there
having been a member of the family In
every war which has been fought since
the foundation Of the Republic. Mrs,
Marshburn's son was killed while on
patrol duty from the naval air base at
Dunkirk. He was buried with five COM
rades on the beach at Dunkirk, but
his body was later moved to a ceme-
terry in France. The municipal airport
at Raleigh has been named after him.
Representatives. Son Dies.
Mrs. F1orian Lampert Of 344 Eleventh
street southeast, the wife of Repre-
sentative Lampert Of Wisconsin, lost
her Oldest son, Lieut.. Col. James @.
Lampert, who died in France as q re-
suit of pneumonia contracted from ex-
posture after long service on the front
lines. Col. Lampert graduated in 1910
from the United States Military Acad-
envy at West Point and was assigned to
the Engineer Corps. He was member
Of the first group Of engineers which
went to France in 1917 and did ex-
tensiVe work in the construction of
military bridges and roads throughout
the war area. Mrs. Lampert has four
sons living, all Of whom served during
the World War.
Confined to her bed, Mrs. Lavinia r.
Grant fears that illness will prevent
her from making the pilgrimage to the
grave Of her son, Felmon Rembert, who
was drowned IN France, where he was
serving with q colored division during
the war. Mrs. Grant lives at els New
York avenue with her mother, her
granddaughter and three great-grand-
children.
Mrs. Maria Hamilton, who lives with
her daughter at 804 o street, lost her
second son, James Hamilton, who was
killed in action while serving with the
369th Infantry. Mrs Hamilton has
two other sons and two daughters liv-
ing. and is originally from Pendle-
ton 6 q