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Ellen and her
husband John Edward Blackburn (May 28, 1857 - April 9, 1934) are buried
at Hawley Cemetery, Matagorda County,
Texas near their son Private Lenard Ernest
Blackburn (March 9, 1891 - December 15, 1917), U.S. Army who died at
the Base Hospital Camp Travis, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas,
probably of the Spanish Flu. He was in training prior to shipment
overseas to France. At the time of his death his family was living at
Blessing, Texas. At a later date the family moved to Markham, Texas. |
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Lucille
(Wilkerson) {Pierce} Coulter
Lucille and her husband Oscar Roy Coulter (January 26, 1912 - May 6,
1991) are buried at Hawley Cemetery near her son Specialist Fourth Class
Michael Abel Pierce (January 27, 1950 - January 1, 1971), United States
Army who was accidentally killed at Chu Chi, South Vietnam. His father
Abel Head "Bink" Pierce, Jr. (November 26, 1920 - June 14,
2002) is buried nearby. At
the time of his death his family lived in Palacios, Texas. Photo courtesy of Martha Pierce & Charles Henry Fields. |
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Veda is buried in
Hawley Cemetery near her son First Lieutenant
Kerry Duane Dale (January
22, 1962 - July 13, 1988), United States Marine Corps who was killed in
a plane crash near Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North
Carolina. Besides his father
Jim, he is also survived by his wife Tami (Peterson) Dale and daughter
Amber Nicole. At the time of
his death his family lived in Palacios, Texas. |
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Fannie and her
husband William Downer (June 6, 1860 - April 10, 1948) are buried at
Hawley Cemetery, Matagorda County,
Texas near their son Private William Ernest
Downer (November 6, 1893 - October 15, 1918), U.S. Army who died at
the Base Hospital Camp Travis, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, of the
Spanish Flu. He was in training prior to shipment overseas to France.
At the time of his death the family was living at Palacios, Matagorda
County, Texas. |
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Jane and her husband Joseph Washington Hawk (May 16, 1858 - October 11,
1935) are buried in
Hawley Cemetery,
Matagorda County, Texas, near their son Private
George W. Hawk (October 30, 1887 - November 1, 1918) who died of
wounds in France while serving with the WWI American Expeditionary
Forces. At the time of his death, his family was living in Clemville. |
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Sallie is buried in Hawley Cemetery,
Section F. She
first married Eugene Thomas Rush (January 24, 1875 - November 19, 1954)
who is buried in Cedarvale in Section 6, Row 5. They
separated and she then married Noble C. Hogue in 1937.
Sallie and Eugene's son Corporal Carl Wesley Rush (April 23, 1921
- July 1, 1943), United States Army was
incarcerated and died as
a
Prisoner of War at Cabanatuan Prison in the Philippines. He
was buried at the
Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee on
December 8, 1949. At the time of his death his family was living in
Markham, Texas. |
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Willa is buried in
Hawley Cemetery, Section F. She
first married Ray Lee Penland, Sr. (1925 - 1990) who is buried in Hawley
Cemetery in Section F, Row 12. She was married second to
Clarence Henry
Koontz (1930 - 1998). Willa and Ray Lee's son, Private First Class
Ray
Lee Penland, Jr. (April 12, 1949 - May 26, 1968), United States Marine
Corps, was killed in action in a fire fight near Quant Tri, South Korea.
He was buried in Hawley Cemetery as well. At the time of his death the
family was living in |
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Nancy and her husband
Braxton Bragg White aka Bragg Braxton (September 14, 1864 – February 5,
1941) are buried at
Hawley Cemetery,
Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas near their son Private
Wm. Dewey White (February 10, 1898 –
December 5, 1917) who died at the Base Hospital, Camp Bowie, Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, Texas of the Spanish Flu complicated by measles. He was
in training prior to shipment overseas to France. At the time of his
death his mother was living in Harvey, Louisiana and his father was living in
Houston, Texas. |
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Willa Dean Penland