S'WATER UNCLE AND NEPHEW , BOTH KILLED IN FOREIGN WARS, ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE
Sweetwater, Aug. 17 - The bodies of an uncle and a nephew, both brought home for re-burial after war-time deaths on foreign soil, now lie side-by-side in the Fulghum family plot in Sweetwater Cemetery.
When the body of Sgt. William Henry Fulghum, who was killed in England during World War II, was re-buried in Sweetwater Cemetery Sunday afternoon, it was laid in a grave alongside his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France during World War I, and whose body, like that of his nephew, was returned to the States a few years after the war.
Sgt. William Henry Fulghum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fulghum of Snyder, one-time residents of Sweetwater. He spent most of his boyhood in Sweetwater where his father was a building contractor. The family moved from here to Dallas and young Fulghum met and married Margaret Bailey of Dallas, a niece of Tom Bailey of Sweetwater. He worked as a Texas Highway Patrolman and was stationed at Brady before he went into the service. His parents had moved to Snyder after his marriage.
Stationed in England and serving in the Military Police section of the Ninth Air Force, Sgt. Fulghum was killed in a highway accident near Cambridge, England on July 16, 1944. He was 26.
Military Rites
Funeral preceding re-burial was held at First Baptist Church in Snyder Sunday afternoon. Graveside rites were in charge of the Sweetwater Post of the VFW and the Sweetwater Post of the DAV. Patterson Funeral Home directed.
Burial was to be in the Fulghum plot, where Sgt. Fulghum's grandfather, the late H. P. Fulghum of Sweetwater, and his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France, are already buried.
Survivors in addition to his parents are his wife, Mrs. Margaret (Bailey) Fulghum of Dallas; and their 5-year-old daughter, Vickie Adis Fulghum, also of Dallas. Sgt. Fulghum's paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. P. Fulghum, lives in Dallas, as does his only paternal uncle, Walter Fulghum, who was here with his family for the rites.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Aug 17, 1948
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Scurry County Death Certificate
Name: William Henry Fulghum
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Jul 1944
Event Place: Denton, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Cause of Death: World War II deceased [Vehicle accident]
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1918
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Name: J A Fulghum
Mother's Name: Mrs. J A Fulghum
Occupation: Military Police
Residence: Snyder, Scurry, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 15 Aug 1948
Informant: J. A. Fulghum, Snyder, Texas
Certificate Number: 1157
GS Film number: 2242483
Digital Folder Number: 005145715
Image Number: 01406
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K384-CSB : 3 April 2020), J A Fulghum in entry for William Henry Fulghum, 16 Jul 1944; citing certificate number 1157, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,483.
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Sweetwater, Aug. 17 - The bodies of an uncle and a nephew, both brought home for re-burial after war-time deaths on foreign soil, now lie side-by-side in the Fulghum family plot in Sweetwater Cemetery.
When the body of Sgt. William Henry Fulghum, who was killed in England during World War II, was re-buried in Sweetwater Cemetery Sunday afternoon, it was laid in a grave alongside his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France during World War I, and whose body, like that of his nephew, was returned to the States a few years after the war.
Sgt. William Henry Fulghum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fulghum of Snyder, one-time residents of Sweetwater. He spent most of his boyhood in Sweetwater where his father was a building contractor. The family moved from here to Dallas and young Fulghum met and married Margaret Bailey of Dallas, a niece of Tom Bailey of Sweetwater. He worked as a Texas Highway Patrolman and was stationed at Brady before he went into the service. His parents had moved to Snyder after his marriage.
Stationed in England and serving in the Military Police section of the Ninth Air Force, Sgt. Fulghum was killed in a highway accident near Cambridge, England on July 16, 1944. He was 26.
Military Rites
Funeral preceding re-burial was held at First Baptist Church in Snyder Sunday afternoon. Graveside rites were in charge of the Sweetwater Post of the VFW and the Sweetwater Post of the DAV. Patterson Funeral Home directed.
Burial was to be in the Fulghum plot, where Sgt. Fulghum's grandfather, the late H. P. Fulghum of Sweetwater, and his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France, are already buried.
Survivors in addition to his parents are his wife, Mrs. Margaret (Bailey) Fulghum of Dallas; and their 5-year-old daughter, Vickie Adis Fulghum, also of Dallas. Sgt. Fulghum's paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. P. Fulghum, lives in Dallas, as does his only paternal uncle, Walter Fulghum, who was here with his family for the rites.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Aug 17, 1948
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Scurry County Death Certificate
Name: William Henry Fulghum
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Jul 1944
Event Place: Denton, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Cause of Death: World War II deceased [Vehicle accident]
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1918
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Name: J A Fulghum
Mother's Name: Mrs. J A Fulghum
Occupation: Military Police
Residence: Snyder, Scurry, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 15 Aug 1948
Informant: J. A. Fulghum, Snyder, Texas
Certificate Number: 1157
GS Film number: 2242483
Digital Folder Number: 005145715
Image Number: 01406
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K384-CSB : 3 April 2020), J A Fulghum in entry for William Henry Fulghum, 16 Jul 1944; citing certificate number 1157, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,483.
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S'WATER UNCLE AND NEPHEW , BOTH KILLED IN FOREIGN WARS, ARE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE
Sweetwater, Aug. 17 - The bodies of an uncle and a nephew, both brought home for re-burial after war-time deaths on foreign soil, now lie side-by-side in the Fulghum family plot in Sweetwater Cemetery.
When the body of Sgt. William Henry Fulghum, who was killed in England during World War II, was re-buried in Sweetwater Cemetery Sunday afternoon, it was laid in a grave alongside his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France during World War I, and whose body, like that of his nephew, was returned to the States a few years after the war.
Sgt. William Henry Fulghum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fulghum of Snyder, one-time residents of Sweetwater. He spent most of his boyhood in Sweetwater where his father was a building contractor. The family moved from here to Dallas and young Fulghum met and married Margaret Bailey of Dallas, a niece of Tom Bailey of Sweetwater. He worked as a Texas Highway Patrolman and was stationed at Brady before he went into the service. His parents had moved to Snyder after his marriage.
Stationed in England and serving in the Military Police section of the Ninth Air Force, Sgt. Fulghum was killed in a highway accident near Cambridge, England on July 16, 1944. He was 26.
Military Rites
Funeral preceding re-burial was held at First Baptist Church in Snyder Sunday afternoon. Graveside rites were in charge of the Sweetwater Post of the VFW and the Sweetwater Post of the DAV. Patterson Funeral Home directed.
Burial was to be in the Fulghum plot, where Sgt. Fulghum's grandfather, the late H. P. Fulghum of Sweetwater, and his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France, are already buried.
Survivors in addition to his parents are his wife, Mrs. Margaret (Bailey) Fulghum of Dallas; and their 5-year-old daughter, Vickie Adis Fulghum, also of Dallas. Sgt. Fulghum's paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. P. Fulghum, lives in Dallas, as does his only paternal uncle, Walter Fulghum, who was here with his family for the rites.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Aug 17, 1948
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Scurry County Death Certificate
Name: William Henry Fulghum
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Jul 1944
Event Place: Denton, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Cause of Death: World War II deceased [Vehicle accident]
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1918
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Name: J A Fulghum
Mother's Name: Mrs. J A Fulghum
Occupation: Military Police
Residence: Snyder, Scurry, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 15 Aug 1948
Informant: J. A. Fulghum, Snyder, Texas
Certificate Number: 1157
GS Film number: 2242483
Digital Folder Number: 005145715
Image Number: 01406
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K384-CSB : 3 April 2020), J A Fulghum in entry for William Henry Fulghum, 16 Jul 1944; citing certificate number 1157, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,483.
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Sweetwater, Aug. 17 - The bodies of an uncle and a nephew, both brought home for re-burial after war-time deaths on foreign soil, now lie side-by-side in the Fulghum family plot in Sweetwater Cemetery.
When the body of Sgt. William Henry Fulghum, who was killed in England during World War II, was re-buried in Sweetwater Cemetery Sunday afternoon, it was laid in a grave alongside his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France during World War I, and whose body, like that of his nephew, was returned to the States a few years after the war.
Sgt. William Henry Fulghum was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fulghum of Snyder, one-time residents of Sweetwater. He spent most of his boyhood in Sweetwater where his father was a building contractor. The family moved from here to Dallas and young Fulghum met and married Margaret Bailey of Dallas, a niece of Tom Bailey of Sweetwater. He worked as a Texas Highway Patrolman and was stationed at Brady before he went into the service. His parents had moved to Snyder after his marriage.
Stationed in England and serving in the Military Police section of the Ninth Air Force, Sgt. Fulghum was killed in a highway accident near Cambridge, England on July 16, 1944. He was 26.
Military Rites
Funeral preceding re-burial was held at First Baptist Church in Snyder Sunday afternoon. Graveside rites were in charge of the Sweetwater Post of the VFW and the Sweetwater Post of the DAV. Patterson Funeral Home directed.
Burial was to be in the Fulghum plot, where Sgt. Fulghum's grandfather, the late H. P. Fulghum of Sweetwater, and his uncle, Frank Fulghum, who was killed in France, are already buried.
Survivors in addition to his parents are his wife, Mrs. Margaret (Bailey) Fulghum of Dallas; and their 5-year-old daughter, Vickie Adis Fulghum, also of Dallas. Sgt. Fulghum's paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. P. Fulghum, lives in Dallas, as does his only paternal uncle, Walter Fulghum, who was here with his family for the rites.
From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Aug 17, 1948
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Scurry County Death Certificate
Name: William Henry Fulghum
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Jul 1944
Event Place: Denton, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Cause of Death: World War II deceased [Vehicle accident]
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1918
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Name: J A Fulghum
Mother's Name: Mrs. J A Fulghum
Occupation: Military Police
Residence: Snyder, Scurry, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater, Texas
Date: 15 Aug 1948
Informant: J. A. Fulghum, Snyder, Texas
Certificate Number: 1157
GS Film number: 2242483
Digital Folder Number: 005145715
Image Number: 01406
Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K384-CSB : 3 April 2020), J A Fulghum in entry for William Henry Fulghum, 16 Jul 1944; citing certificate number 1157, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,483.
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