Soldiers Grave
Pearl Rivers
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Soldiers Grave
Pearl Rivers
Tread lightly, 'tis a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine
It should be holy ground.
Speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.
Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God.
Family Members
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William Thomas "Tom" McClain
1895–1968
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Janie Melvina McClain Maxwell
1896–1932
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John Turley "Papa Turley" McClain
1898–1979
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Capitola Black McClain Weaver
1902–1924
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Gladys Catherine McClain Duncan
1904–1977
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Alice Kennedy McClain Thornton
1906–1997
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Madolia M Oaks
1907–1981
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Lavonia McClain Hamm
1909–1987
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Matthew Elizabeth McClain
1911–1913
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Martha Mai McClain Hurst
1915–1986
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Jessie Reba McClain Russell
1917–1978
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