Reburial services for Pfc. Luther Marney Tillery, Dallas paratrooper killed March 14, 1945 in France, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Weiland Funeral Church, 2909 Live Oak.
Private Tillery was born in Dallas October 7, 1922. He was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he lettered in football two years He also attended Texas A&M College prior to entering the Army January 14, 1943.
Tillery was a member of Headquarters Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a part of the 82d Airborne Division. He participated in parachute jumps during the Normany and Holland invasions and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Tillery, 917 Cristler. He also is survived by a brother, Max Tillery.
The Rev. Frank C. Brown, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, of which Tillery was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove Hill Memorial Park.
Pallbearers wil be former school friends. They are Herbert Stevenson, Bill Stevenson Alton Prater, Robert Barnes, Paul Humphries, and Dr. James Cabeen.
Dallas News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
November 7, 1948
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Private Tillery was born in Dallas October 7, 1922. He was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he lettered in football two years He also attended Texas A&M College prior to entering the Army January 14, 1943.
Tillery was a member of Headquarters Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a part of the 82d Airborne Division. He participated in parachute jumps during the Normany and Holland invasions and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Tillery, 917 Cristler. He also is survived by a brother, Max Tillery.
The Rev. Frank C. Brown, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, of which Tillery was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove Hill Memorial Park.
Pallbearers wil be former school friends. They are Herbert Stevenson, Bill Stevenson Alton Prater, Robert Barnes, Paul Humphries, and Dr. James Cabeen.
Dallas News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
November 7, 1948
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Reburial services for Pfc. Luther Marney Tillery, Dallas paratrooper killed March 14, 1945 in France, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday at Weiland Funeral Church, 2909 Live Oak.
Private Tillery was born in Dallas October 7, 1922. He was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he lettered in football two years He also attended Texas A&M College prior to entering the Army January 14, 1943.
Tillery was a member of Headquarters Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a part of the 82d Airborne Division. He participated in parachute jumps during the Normany and Holland invasions and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Tillery, 917 Cristler. He also is survived by a brother, Max Tillery.
The Rev. Frank C. Brown, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, of which Tillery was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove Hill Memorial Park.
Pallbearers wil be former school friends. They are Herbert Stevenson, Bill Stevenson Alton Prater, Robert Barnes, Paul Humphries, and Dr. James Cabeen.
Dallas News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
November 7, 1948
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Private Tillery was born in Dallas October 7, 1922. He was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he lettered in football two years He also attended Texas A&M College prior to entering the Army January 14, 1943.
Tillery was a member of Headquarters Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a part of the 82d Airborne Division. He participated in parachute jumps during the Normany and Holland invasions and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Tillery, 917 Cristler. He also is survived by a brother, Max Tillery.
The Rev. Frank C. Brown, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, of which Tillery was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Grove Hill Memorial Park.
Pallbearers wil be former school friends. They are Herbert Stevenson, Bill Stevenson Alton Prater, Robert Barnes, Paul Humphries, and Dr. James Cabeen.
Dallas News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
November 7, 1948
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Inscription
L MARNEY TILLERY
TEXAS
PFC 508 PRCHT INF 82 ABN DIV
WORLD WAR II
OCT 17, 1922 - MARCH 14, 1943
