War Veteran's Funeral In Brunswick, Mo., Jan. 26 Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist Church here yesterday afternoon for Alvin T. Bigby, 44, a World War Veteran, who died unexpectedly on the street in Kansas City Saturday. Born in Brunswick, June 19, 1894, son of Samuel and Nannie Bigby. Bigby had spent most of his life here with the exception of the time spent in the Army and his more recent residence in Kansas City. He enlisted August 4, 1918 and served as Private in Company D, 804th Pioneer Infantry until his discharge July 22, 1919. Besides his father, of Brunswick, he is survived by two brothers, Harry Bigby and Vernard Bigby of Brunswick, and two sisters, Mrs. Velma Roy, Kansas City, and Mrs. Nona K. Booker of Columbia. Burial will be in the Douglas-Masonic Cemetery where final military rites were conducted by local ex-service men. Members of the firing squad were Earl Morris, Gus Morris, Roscoe Dantfridge, Lester Swing, Lee Evans and Pat Morgan.
War Veteran's Funeral In Brunswick, Mo., Jan. 26 Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist Church here yesterday afternoon for Alvin T. Bigby, 44, a World War Veteran, who died unexpectedly on the street in Kansas City Saturday. Born in Brunswick, June 19, 1894, son of Samuel and Nannie Bigby. Bigby had spent most of his life here with the exception of the time spent in the Army and his more recent residence in Kansas City. He enlisted August 4, 1918 and served as Private in Company D, 804th Pioneer Infantry until his discharge July 22, 1919. Besides his father, of Brunswick, he is survived by two brothers, Harry Bigby and Vernard Bigby of Brunswick, and two sisters, Mrs. Velma Roy, Kansas City, and Mrs. Nona K. Booker of Columbia. Burial will be in the Douglas-Masonic Cemetery where final military rites were conducted by local ex-service men. Members of the firing squad were Earl Morris, Gus Morris, Roscoe Dantfridge, Lester Swing, Lee Evans and Pat Morgan.
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