Rains Co.TX

World War I
1914-1918
 
 
 

 

Poppies are worn as the flower of remembrance, a reminder of the
blood-red flower which still grows on the site of battles fought in
France and Belgium. Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, during the terrible
bloodshed of the second battle of Ypres, in the spring of 1915, wrote of
these flowers which lived on among the graves of dead soldiers.

"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below."

The following servicemen lost their lives in time of war; they are honored by the Rains County VFW Post #9170 on a memorial erected in 1964 and which stands on the courthouse square.

ALLEN, Jeptha T.
BLOUNT, George I.
LENNON, Joel W. (1893 - 1973) : Dougherty Cemetery

The following have military markers :

ALLEN, Jeptha : "Roll of Honor", 1920 Standard Blue Book - Texas
ARNOLD, John C. (1901-1958) : Lone Star Cemetery - TX PFC Army Air Force
BARR, Willis C. (1894-1963) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - PFC Engineers
BLAYLOCK, Alfred (1895-1984) : Emory City Cemetery - U.S. Army
BLUNT, Jack : "Roll of Honor", 1920 Standard Blue Book - Texas
BRACKEEN, Geroge (1893 - 1978) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
BRIGGS, Thurman J. (1890-1955) : Lone Star Cemetery - TX Cook III Sanitary Train
CARTER, Elvin Thomas (1893-1962) : Woosley Cemetery - TX, PFC 307 FLD Rmt SQ QMC
CASON, James B. (1896-1985) : Lone Star Cemetery - PFC, U.S. Army
CHASTAIN, Clifton (1895-1978) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt., U.S. Army
CLINE, Okey Baxter (1887-1957) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, PFC, Co.M, 38 Inf.
COATS, Bud (1894-1950) : Emory City Cemetery - Tx, Pvt, 315 Engineers, 90 Div
COOKE, Hallonqist (1898-1962) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, Pvt US Army
DANIELS, Jim (1895-1978) : Smyrna Cemetery - Pvt. US Army
DONNELL, William Henry (1895 - 1982) : Richland-Benton Hill Cemetery
DUKE, Elbert L. (1896-1967) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, Btry B 133 Field Arty
EDGAR, Jesse L. : Turner Cemetery - TX, Pvt 25, Co 165, Depot BP
EDWARDS, Tinie (1889 - 1981) : Richland-Benton Hill Cemetery
ENGLEMAN, Ocie (1893-1986) : Willow Springs Cemetery - CPL, U.S. Army
FISCHER, Alois (1897 1973) : Dunbar Cemetery
FISCHER, Bernard (1893 - 1957) : Dunbar Cemetery
FITZGERALD, Alton B. s/o Wm.T & Kate (1915 - 1938) : Elm Cemetery
FITZGERALD, Jabez (1902 - 1952) : Elm Cemetery
FITZGERALD, Roy (1897 - 1968) : Elm Cemetery
FREEMAN, Peggy (1902 - 1991) : Dunbar Cemetery
GARRETT, Cleburn (1897-1981) : Clifton Cemetery
GARRETT, James William (1896-1968) : Clifton Cemetery
GILL, Hope T. (1894-1960) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, Pvt, Co.G, 143 Inf.
GUNTER, John C. (1896-1961) : Clifton Cemetery - CP1 33 Co. 165 Depot Brigade
HASS, Isaac B. (1897- 1959) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, CPL Quartermaster Corps
HASS, Powell Clayton (1894-1969) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, Pvt., Co. H, 144 Inf
HUFF, James J. (1887-1949) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, Pvt., 359 Inf., 90 Div.
HENDERSON, Ernest N. (1895-1980) : Colony Cemetery - PFC, U.S. Army
HENDRICKS, Walter (1889-1957) : Forbis Cemetery - Tx, Pvt, Inf. PH & OLC
HERRIAGE, Doctor K. (1888-1967) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt., U.S. Army
HUTCHENS, Bishop D. (1887-1953) : Turner Cemetery - TX, PFC, Quarter Master Corps
JACKSON, John (1886 - 1930) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
JACKSON, Moses (1885 - 1949) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
JAGGERS, James Thos. (1894-1951) : Prospect Cemetery - Tx, PFC, 106 Engineers, 31 Div
JOHNSON, Mr. Carl Lee (1922 - 1979) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
JOHNSON, Martell (1921 - 1991) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
KANTENBERGER, William J. (1900-1980) : Lone Star Cemetery - CPL U.S. Army
KENDRICK, Dewey Butler (1898-1990) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt, U.S. Army
KILGORE, Jonathan S. (1893-1954) : Emory City Cemetery - Tx, Pvt, 85 Inf.
LANCASTER, John (1897 - 1963) : Lynch Cemetery
LAWRENCE, Burton H. (1893-1969) : Emory City Cemetery - Tx, FVT, U.S. Army
LINEBAUGH, Walter H. (1889-1953) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt, Co.L, 33 Inf.
MALONE, Miles (1895 - 1937) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
MARTIN, John F. (1893-1969) : Smyrna Cemetery - Pvt US Army
MATTHEWS, Willis B. (1896-1971) : Colony Cemetery - TX Pvt Co.B, 22 Eng
MEDDERS, James Walter (1886-1969) : Clifton Cemetery - TX PVT-Co. A 142 Inf
MELTON, Elmo (1893-1984) : Prospect Cemetery - U.S. Army
MITCHELL, Thomas L. (1893-1963) : Clifton Cemetery - Pvt US Army
MOSELEY, Lee (1895-1971) : Lone Star Cemetery - TX Pvt U.S. Army
MURRAY, Ethel (1893 - 1963) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
PORTER, Jackson Perry (1890 - 1968) : Dunbar Cemetery
POUNDS< Thomas J. (1817-1866) : Smyrna Cemetery, PVT Co. A 2 Regt. Cav. Confederate States Army
REYNOLDS, Robert Earl (1901 - 1972) : Dunbar Cemetery
Sellers, Rodney (1895-1975) Smyrna Cemetery, PHM3 US Navy
SELLS, Luther (1897 - 1969) : Slatter Cemetery
SIMS, Jay Mercy (1895 - 1954) : Prairie Grove Cemetery
SISK, William James (1894-1980) : Emory City Cemetery - U.S. Army
SLIDER, Archie H. (1890 - 1968) : Lynch Cemetery
SLIDER, Luther Edwin (1888 - 1972) : Lynch Cemetery
STANDIFER, Annise (1889 - 1952) : Richland-Benton Hill Cemetery
TADLOCK, George L. (1893-1959) : Smyrna Cemetery - Pvt. TX  Co.E  9 Inf  2 Div
TARBUTTON, Arthur A. (1895-1976) : Emory City Cemetery - Pvt, U.S. Army
TARBUTTON, John W. (1894-1959) : Forbis Cemetery - TX, PFC, Btry F, 344 Field Arty
THOMAS, Roy (1895 - 1941) : Richland-Benton Hill Cemetery
THORNTON, James : Emory City Cemetery - Tx, Pvt. Engineers
WADE, Matt E. (1896 - 1991) : Dunbar Cemetery
WILLIAMS, Lee B. (1887-1953) : Pilgrim Rest Cemetery - TX, Pvt, Co.G, 142 Inf.
YANCEY, Jeptha : "Roll of Honor", 1920 Standard Blue Book - Texas
 

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