Reburial services for Second Lt. Paul I. Fort, a C-47 copilot who was killed when his plane was shot down over Germany in March 1945, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Guardian Funeral Home, 2811 Oak Lawn.
The Rev. Dean Elkins, pastor of the East Dallas Baptist Church, will conduct the services. Reburial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jimmie Bass, Kenneth McKee, Johnie Drexler, Albert Glenn, Roland McGovern, and Kirk Nelson.
Fort previously was buried in Holland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Fort, 4933 Lindsley, Fort was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He was employed by Remington Rand, Inc., before he entered the Army in 1942. At the time of his death he was twenty-four.
Fort is survived by his parents; three sisters, Mrs. E. F. Darby of Fort Worth; Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, and Miss Anna K. Fort of Dallas; a brother, John Fort and a grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, both of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
11-15-1948
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D. cert: parent, T. I. Fort
The Rev. Dean Elkins, pastor of the East Dallas Baptist Church, will conduct the services. Reburial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jimmie Bass, Kenneth McKee, Johnie Drexler, Albert Glenn, Roland McGovern, and Kirk Nelson.
Fort previously was buried in Holland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Fort, 4933 Lindsley, Fort was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He was employed by Remington Rand, Inc., before he entered the Army in 1942. At the time of his death he was twenty-four.
Fort is survived by his parents; three sisters, Mrs. E. F. Darby of Fort Worth; Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, and Miss Anna K. Fort of Dallas; a brother, John Fort and a grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, both of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
11-15-1948
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D. cert: parent, T. I. Fort
Reburial services for Second Lt. Paul I. Fort, a C-47 copilot who was killed when his plane was shot down over Germany in March 1945, will be held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Guardian Funeral Home, 2811 Oak Lawn.
The Rev. Dean Elkins, pastor of the East Dallas Baptist Church, will conduct the services. Reburial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jimmie Bass, Kenneth McKee, Johnie Drexler, Albert Glenn, Roland McGovern, and Kirk Nelson.
Fort previously was buried in Holland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Fort, 4933 Lindsley, Fort was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He was employed by Remington Rand, Inc., before he entered the Army in 1942. At the time of his death he was twenty-four.
Fort is survived by his parents; three sisters, Mrs. E. F. Darby of Fort Worth; Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, and Miss Anna K. Fort of Dallas; a brother, John Fort and a grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, both of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
11-15-1948
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D. cert: parent, T. I. Fort
The Rev. Dean Elkins, pastor of the East Dallas Baptist Church, will conduct the services. Reburial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jimmie Bass, Kenneth McKee, Johnie Drexler, Albert Glenn, Roland McGovern, and Kirk Nelson.
Fort previously was buried in Holland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Fort, 4933 Lindsley, Fort was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School. He was employed by Remington Rand, Inc., before he entered the Army in 1942. At the time of his death he was twenty-four.
Fort is survived by his parents; three sisters, Mrs. E. F. Darby of Fort Worth; Mrs. J. R. Ferguson, and Miss Anna K. Fort of Dallas; a brother, John Fort and a grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Robinson, both of Dallas.
Dallas Morning News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Dallas, Texas
11-15-1948
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D. cert: parent, T. I. Fort
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PAUL I. FORT
TEXAS
1 LIEUT 438 AAF TRP CARRIER GP
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DEC 6, 1921 - MARCH 24, 1945
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