The casket containing the remains of Dixie Corum arrived In Union City Saturday evening from Camp Mills, New York, where the young man was stationed in the service of his government as a member of the National Guard, U. S. A. He was stricken with influenza and its concomitant and more dangerous complication, pneumonia. Death resulted October 15, 1918. The family here was notified, but on account of the prevalence of the disease in the camps and railroad centers the shipment was necessarily delayed.
The remains were taken to White's undertakers, and lay in state, viewed by numbers of friends. They were removed Sunday afternoon and escorted by the relatives and friends to Beulah. There services were held, conducted by Rev. H. A. Todd and Rev. H. E. Waters, the latter from
Jackson.
Dixie Corum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Corum. He was 31 years and ten months of age. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, viz: Mrs. Herbert Naylor, Mrs. A. J. Stephens and Miss Louise Corum.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, a young man of fine personal character and esteemed , for the things that comprise the essentials of true worth and useful citizenship. He was a patriot, and when the call of his country came he lay down the cares and responsibilities of civil
life and accepted service in the defense of national liberty and Christian citizenship.
The remains were taken to White's undertakers, and lay in state, viewed by numbers of friends. They were removed Sunday afternoon and escorted by the relatives and friends to Beulah. There services were held, conducted by Rev. H. A. Todd and Rev. H. E. Waters, the latter from
Jackson.
Dixie Corum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Corum. He was 31 years and ten months of age. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, viz: Mrs. Herbert Naylor, Mrs. A. J. Stephens and Miss Louise Corum.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, a young man of fine personal character and esteemed , for the things that comprise the essentials of true worth and useful citizenship. He was a patriot, and when the call of his country came he lay down the cares and responsibilities of civil
life and accepted service in the defense of national liberty and Christian citizenship.
The casket containing the remains of Dixie Corum arrived In Union City Saturday evening from Camp Mills, New York, where the young man was stationed in the service of his government as a member of the National Guard, U. S. A. He was stricken with influenza and its concomitant and more dangerous complication, pneumonia. Death resulted October 15, 1918. The family here was notified, but on account of the prevalence of the disease in the camps and railroad centers the shipment was necessarily delayed.
The remains were taken to White's undertakers, and lay in state, viewed by numbers of friends. They were removed Sunday afternoon and escorted by the relatives and friends to Beulah. There services were held, conducted by Rev. H. A. Todd and Rev. H. E. Waters, the latter from
Jackson.
Dixie Corum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Corum. He was 31 years and ten months of age. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, viz: Mrs. Herbert Naylor, Mrs. A. J. Stephens and Miss Louise Corum.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, a young man of fine personal character and esteemed , for the things that comprise the essentials of true worth and useful citizenship. He was a patriot, and when the call of his country came he lay down the cares and responsibilities of civil
life and accepted service in the defense of national liberty and Christian citizenship.
The remains were taken to White's undertakers, and lay in state, viewed by numbers of friends. They were removed Sunday afternoon and escorted by the relatives and friends to Beulah. There services were held, conducted by Rev. H. A. Todd and Rev. H. E. Waters, the latter from
Jackson.
Dixie Corum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Corum. He was 31 years and ten months of age. Besides his parents he is survived by three sisters, viz: Mrs. Herbert Naylor, Mrs. A. J. Stephens and Miss Louise Corum.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, a young man of fine personal character and esteemed , for the things that comprise the essentials of true worth and useful citizenship. He was a patriot, and when the call of his country came he lay down the cares and responsibilities of civil
life and accepted service in the defense of national liberty and Christian citizenship.
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1910 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
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Tennessee, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index
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U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918
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