|
Private William Dewey* White U. S. Army February 10, 1898 - December 5, 1917 Hawley Cemetery Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas Gold Star Mother Nancy Jane [Upchurch] White |
|
||
|
*Dewey rarely used his first name William. His death certificate gives Dewey White. His grave marker gives Wm. Dewey White.
|
||||
|
SOLDIER BOY BURIED Blessing, Texas. December 8.--William Dewey White, a member of Company L, 143d infantry, stationed at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, died from pneumonia and measles and was buried Friday at Hawley Cemetery near Blessing. Mr. White was the first one of those leaving Blessing to give up his life in the country's service. His burial was attended by a large concourse of his friends who mourn in deep sympathy with his aged mother and father, five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist Church at Blessing. Matagorda County Tribune,
December 14, 1917 |
||||
|
||||
|
Braxton Bragg White, a resident of Blessing for 26 years, died at a local hospital Wednesday at 5 p.m. The funeral service was held from Taylor Bros. Funeral Home today at 3:30 p.m. with the Rev. W. L. Crouch of Palacios officiating. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie W. White, two daughters, Mrs. F. M. Sutton of Bay City and Mrs. C. C. Miller of Waco; five sons, Jim of McGregor, Albert E. of Blessing, Thomas B., Walter and Roy White of Bay City. Interment was in the Hawley Cemetery under the direction of Taylor Bros. The Daily Tribune, February 6, 1941
[Note: The obituary uses the name Bragg Baxter
White and the correct name was substituted.] |
||||
lung
lower lobe [probable Spanish Flu] complicated by measles at the Base
Hospital Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. He was
attached to Co. L, 143 Infantry, 36th (T Patch)
Division. He is buried at 
