Obituary:
World War I Vet Dies In Huntington Frank Burke, 50, of Auxier, veteran of World War I, died Sunday, July 7, at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington, W. Va., after an illness of four months. He served with a hospital detachment in France, while in service, and was wounded in action. He had been a patient at the hospital for one month and spent seven weeks in the Paintsville Hospital prior to going to Huntington. Funeral services were conducted July 10 at the Christian Church at East Point, the Rev. Spurgeon Honeycutt and Rev. Dewey Fraley officiating. Interment was in the East Point Cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. He was born in this county and was a son of the late Albert and Laura Alice Conley Burke. He was a member of the East Point Christian Church and the Floyd Christian Church and the Floyd County Fish and Game Club. Prior to his illness he was employed at the Veterans' Hospital at Chillicothe, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Merta Burchett Burke, and the following children, Thelma, Ora James, and Darwin, all at home; Viola Collins, of Auxier. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-11-1946
World War I Vet Dies In Huntington Frank Burke, 50, of Auxier, veteran of World War I, died Sunday, July 7, at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington, W. Va., after an illness of four months. He served with a hospital detachment in France, while in service, and was wounded in action. He had been a patient at the hospital for one month and spent seven weeks in the Paintsville Hospital prior to going to Huntington. Funeral services were conducted July 10 at the Christian Church at East Point, the Rev. Spurgeon Honeycutt and Rev. Dewey Fraley officiating. Interment was in the East Point Cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. He was born in this county and was a son of the late Albert and Laura Alice Conley Burke. He was a member of the East Point Christian Church and the Floyd Christian Church and the Floyd County Fish and Game Club. Prior to his illness he was employed at the Veterans' Hospital at Chillicothe, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Merta Burchett Burke, and the following children, Thelma, Ora James, and Darwin, all at home; Viola Collins, of Auxier. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-11-1946
Obituary:
World War I Vet Dies In Huntington Frank Burke, 50, of Auxier, veteran of World War I, died Sunday, July 7, at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington, W. Va., after an illness of four months. He served with a hospital detachment in France, while in service, and was wounded in action. He had been a patient at the hospital for one month and spent seven weeks in the Paintsville Hospital prior to going to Huntington. Funeral services were conducted July 10 at the Christian Church at East Point, the Rev. Spurgeon Honeycutt and Rev. Dewey Fraley officiating. Interment was in the East Point Cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. He was born in this county and was a son of the late Albert and Laura Alice Conley Burke. He was a member of the East Point Christian Church and the Floyd Christian Church and the Floyd County Fish and Game Club. Prior to his illness he was employed at the Veterans' Hospital at Chillicothe, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Merta Burchett Burke, and the following children, Thelma, Ora James, and Darwin, all at home; Viola Collins, of Auxier. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-11-1946
World War I Vet Dies In Huntington Frank Burke, 50, of Auxier, veteran of World War I, died Sunday, July 7, at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington, W. Va., after an illness of four months. He served with a hospital detachment in France, while in service, and was wounded in action. He had been a patient at the hospital for one month and spent seven weeks in the Paintsville Hospital prior to going to Huntington. Funeral services were conducted July 10 at the Christian Church at East Point, the Rev. Spurgeon Honeycutt and Rev. Dewey Fraley officiating. Interment was in the East Point Cemetery under the direction of the Jones Funeral Home. He was born in this county and was a son of the late Albert and Laura Alice Conley Burke. He was a member of the East Point Christian Church and the Floyd Christian Church and the Floyd County Fish and Game Club. Prior to his illness he was employed at the Veterans' Hospital at Chillicothe, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Merta Burchett Burke, and the following children, Thelma, Ora James, and Darwin, all at home; Viola Collins, of Auxier. Paintsville Herald Thursday 07-11-1946
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