Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of the Gay Hill community received a telegram from Washington last Thursday night announcing the sad news that their son, Joe, had died of pneumonia in France on October 10. Young Brown was 26 years of age last September. He was a member of the June draft, and was trained at Camp Travis. His parents received a card from him announcing his safe arrival overseas on Sept. 29, and the next news they had of him was the telegram announcing his death. Decedent was born and raised on the Brown farm near Rockdale, and was known and esteemed by many of our citizens. The Reporter joins in extending sympathy to his bereaved parents. Rockdale Reporter, November 28, 1918
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Rockdale had her first soldier funeral yesterday, when the remains of Pvt. Joe Brown arrived from France where he died in 1918, and were given military honors by the American Legion. . . . The remains arrived on 2:45 p.m. train from San Antonio under military escort, and the flag-draped casket was taken from the train by a squad of overseas discharged soldiers. . . . The casket was borne under military escort to the flag pole on the public square where Old Glory floated at half mast. . . . After the public ceremonies had been concluded the remains were borne to the Gay Hill cemetery, five miles west of town, where interment was made, . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1921 Page: 7 of 8
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:: Burial: 11 Oct 1918, American Expeditionary Forces Cemetery #58, Is-sur-Tille, France (Grave 78) by Chaplain Joseph A. Morris, 2nd Pioneer Infantry
:: Disinterred: 4 Nov 1920
:: Re-Burial: abt. 23 Feb 1921, Hirt-Braun Cemetery, Milam Co., Texas [10]
:: Arrangements: U.S. Government
:: Military Escort: Sergeant Paul Kranz, 18th Infantry (to the United States) & Private William Thornton (to Rockdale, Texas)
:: Milam County War Memorial: Left Panel
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Rockdale had her first soldier funeral yesterday, when the remains of Pvt. Joe Brown arrived from France where he died in 1918, and were given military honors by the American Legion. . . . The remains arrived on 2:45 p.m. train from San Antonio under military escort, and the flag-draped casket was taken from the train by a squad of overseas discharged soldiers. . . . The casket was borne under military escort to the flag pole on the public square where Old Glory floated at half mast. . . . After the public ceremonies had been concluded the remains were borne to the Gay Hill cemetery, five miles west of town, where interment was made, . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1921 Page: 7 of 8
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:: Burial: 11 Oct 1918, American Expeditionary Forces Cemetery #58, Is-sur-Tille, France (Grave 78) by Chaplain Joseph A. Morris, 2nd Pioneer Infantry
:: Disinterred: 4 Nov 1920
:: Re-Burial: abt. 23 Feb 1921, Hirt-Braun Cemetery, Milam Co., Texas [10]
:: Arrangements: U.S. Government
:: Military Escort: Sergeant Paul Kranz, 18th Infantry (to the United States) & Private William Thornton (to Rockdale, Texas)
:: Milam County War Memorial: Left Panel
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown of the Gay Hill community received a telegram from Washington last Thursday night announcing the sad news that their son, Joe, had died of pneumonia in France on October 10. Young Brown was 26 years of age last September. He was a member of the June draft, and was trained at Camp Travis. His parents received a card from him announcing his safe arrival overseas on Sept. 29, and the next news they had of him was the telegram announcing his death. Decedent was born and raised on the Brown farm near Rockdale, and was known and esteemed by many of our citizens. The Reporter joins in extending sympathy to his bereaved parents. Rockdale Reporter, November 28, 1918
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Rockdale had her first soldier funeral yesterday, when the remains of Pvt. Joe Brown arrived from France where he died in 1918, and were given military honors by the American Legion. . . . The remains arrived on 2:45 p.m. train from San Antonio under military escort, and the flag-draped casket was taken from the train by a squad of overseas discharged soldiers. . . . The casket was borne under military escort to the flag pole on the public square where Old Glory floated at half mast. . . . After the public ceremonies had been concluded the remains were borne to the Gay Hill cemetery, five miles west of town, where interment was made, . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1921 Page: 7 of 8
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:: Burial: 11 Oct 1918, American Expeditionary Forces Cemetery #58, Is-sur-Tille, France (Grave 78) by Chaplain Joseph A. Morris, 2nd Pioneer Infantry
:: Disinterred: 4 Nov 1920
:: Re-Burial: abt. 23 Feb 1921, Hirt-Braun Cemetery, Milam Co., Texas [10]
:: Arrangements: U.S. Government
:: Military Escort: Sergeant Paul Kranz, 18th Infantry (to the United States) & Private William Thornton (to Rockdale, Texas)
:: Milam County War Memorial: Left Panel
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Rockdale had her first soldier funeral yesterday, when the remains of Pvt. Joe Brown arrived from France where he died in 1918, and were given military honors by the American Legion. . . . The remains arrived on 2:45 p.m. train from San Antonio under military escort, and the flag-draped casket was taken from the train by a squad of overseas discharged soldiers. . . . The casket was borne under military escort to the flag pole on the public square where Old Glory floated at half mast. . . . After the public ceremonies had been concluded the remains were borne to the Gay Hill cemetery, five miles west of town, where interment was made, . . . The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1921 Page: 7 of 8
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:: Burial: 11 Oct 1918, American Expeditionary Forces Cemetery #58, Is-sur-Tille, France (Grave 78) by Chaplain Joseph A. Morris, 2nd Pioneer Infantry
:: Disinterred: 4 Nov 1920
:: Re-Burial: abt. 23 Feb 1921, Hirt-Braun Cemetery, Milam Co., Texas [10]
:: Arrangements: U.S. Government
:: Military Escort: Sergeant Paul Kranz, 18th Infantry (to the United States) & Private William Thornton (to Rockdale, Texas)
:: Milam County War Memorial: Left Panel
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