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Walter Edgar Orgain, 119 Sweetbriar Lane, died Tuesday [October 16, 1979] at Baptist Hospital East. He was a native of Memphis, sales manager at L. M. Berry Co. and a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Markham, and a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Cotton. A graveside service will be at […]

BENNETTSVILLE — Funeral services for Nathaniel Haynes Odom were held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Whilner Funeral Home. Burial was in Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Odom, 57, died Tuesday [October 25, 1977] in a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. Mr. Odom was born in Marion, N.C., a son of the late James […]

PEKIN – Carl A. Olsen Jr., 49, of 1019 S. Twelfth was dead on arrival at Pekin Memorial Hospital at 3:05 a.m. Saturday [August 15, 1970]. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Private funeral services will be Monday at Kuecks Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. There will be no visitation. He […]

Mr. Leon Audrey Owens, 45, of Rt. 1, Gallion, a retired repairman for Southern Bell Telephone Co., died at the Carraway Methodist Hospital in Birmingham Aug. 12 [1966]. Funeral services were held from the Cook & Spigener Chapel Aug. 14 with the Rev. John T. Harrison officiating. Burial was in Memorial Gardens with Cook & […]

Funeral services were held at St. Thomas Church Monday morning for LeRoy C. O’Leary, 25, Marine veteran who died last Thursday [February 24, 1949] in the Veterans’ hospital, Des Moines, after an illness. O’Leary was born in Chicago Oct. 31, 1923, and was married March 26, 1945, to Juanita Kliegl. He had been ill since […]

FARMERVILLE, La., March 30—(Special)—The body of Sgt. J. E. Owens, 22, killed in action in Okinawa June [21], 1945, will arrive in Ruston Thursday at 9:05 a.m. The funeral will be held in Mt. Ararat Church Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev. W. E. King and Rev. J. L. Beasley will officiate. There will be a […]

These reports are based on prior notification to next of kin. In case of divergence between this list and the last War or Navy Department information sent to the next of kin, notification to the next of kin always is final authority. Minnesota Navy Dead [May 21, 1945]: Giles W. Owens, Marine Cpl. Mother, Mrs. […]

The last War Department or Navy Department notice to the next of kin is always the appropriate final authority on a serviceman’s status. Navy Dead [April 15, 1945]: Corp. Eugene Owen, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Powell Owen, Newbern.

Somewhere in the South Pacific—(AP)—Marine Pfc. Bruno Oribiletti, 23, of Kenosha, Wis., knocked out two Jap tanks with his bazooka before he was killed [July 22, 1944] by a third tank at Guam. At Mount Alifan, Oribiletti was on the forward line when three Jap tanks advanced. When the tanks were 30 yards away, Oribiletti […]

HASTINGS, Jan. 26—(AP)—Pfc. William M. Ott, 21, Marine veteran of the battle of Midway, was killed this morning [January 26, 1944] when a jeep he was driving overturned, Capt. D. F. Patterson, commanding officer of the Hastings Navy Depot, said. Ott has been on limited shore duty at the depot for the last year after […]