Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-05-21

ed to the home of his son NJ. p,
who then lived at Cloud, and where
his death occurred, as we remem-
Der, of cancer.
Lyle Donald Ray
Co. X, 336 Infantry, was the
son of John NJ and Hettie Hender-
son Ray, born March II, 1894. He
left home June 28, 1918, for Camp
Sherman, as an offering for his
country in the World war. In
September of the same year he was
transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y,
from there he sailed for overseas,
but it was not TO be. While on
ship he took measles, and pneu-
monia developed. He was taken to
a hospital at Winchester, England,
where his death occurred. The body
was buried at Morn Hill cemetery.
near Winchester. His was the first
of any of the soldier dead of
Morgan county to be brought
back-that had died overseas.
The body arrived at Malta, Satur-
day, May %, 1920, and was taken
to the home of his parents the same
evening. where on Sunday, May 30.
funeral services were held at
o'clock Veterans of three wars
attended the service. Soldiers act.
ed as escorts; all were in uniforms.
Taps were sounded by S. c. White.
While we had heard our parents and
older persons in the neighborhood
tell Of war as they had experienced
it at home, and heard our soldier
friends tell of their experience in
their wars, we thought we knew
something of what it meant. but
until it came home to us, when the
word came that Lyle was dead and
then that our friend Charley Hale
had been killed at the front, and
others whom we had known, then
we began to realize we had known
nothing of the terrors of war; and
then when we think of fathers and
mothers, of their sleepless nights.
of their agonizing days waiting for
woro from their sons, we decided
we still know nothing Of what Il
meant. We know we need not ask
our readers to excuse this dlgres-
sion. Any red blooded American
who has any ability whatever to
speak or write, can not keep stitl
when thoughts of these kinds come
up.
LYLE was young man who went
TO the core of everything he under
took. He had taken the civil ser.
vice examination for r. f. ID. man
carrier, and passed with a high
grade. and then he was called 10
the colors.
The service was conducted BY
Revs. Mackay and J. A. Goddard
The following sketch was read,
which we have corrected, as more
of the family have married since;
Lyle Donald Ray, son OF John NJ.
and Hettie Henderson Ray. was
born March II, 1894. near Bristol,
where he spent his life until called
into the service of his country. HIS
death occurred Oct. a, 1913. aged
"a years. six months and Il days.
Besides the parents he IS survived
by the following brothers and SIS
ters-Mrs Jessie Parmiter, route
two: Mrs. Wanda Daniels, near Nc
Connelsville; Mrs. Ina Hancher.
Mrs. Edith Hall, Bristol; Delmer OF
Otho; Orval, Bristol Raymond,
Russell and Miss Margaret OF the
home. He was a member OF the
Bristol Presbyterian church. Above
all he was a man. quiet. unassum-
ing. Why try to write of such a
one whose life is written on the
hearts of all? Lyle Ray occupies
place in our hearts he never could
have won otherwise. Draped in the
Tag of his nation and our nation,
his silent form lies before us an eX-
ample of the supreme sacrifice. ITO
live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die"
Later we will tell you of Chas.
Hale, whose monument is here.
At this time we want to give yoH
an epitaph we found here. Know
ing the rule of the paper in regard
to poetry we have left out lot
that would make you think we were
writing a humorous article, but
this one is not poetry, and we will
leave it to anyone from Longfel-
low to Jas. Ball Naylor: "Here
lies the Mrs. of my heart, beneath
this clay cold sod; though hard II
was with her to part, my dove has
flown to God"