Lafe Boy is Killed in Accident in Vienna, Austria
1946
Pfc. Burel E. Hampton, 22, died August 15, from injuries suffered when he fell from a guard tower in Vienna, Austria.
The body of Pfc. Hampton arrived in Rector this morning, Thursday, and will lie in state at Irby Funeral Home until Sunday when it will be taken to the Eastep home, and thence to the Lafe Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at the church at 2 P.M., and interment will be in Providence Cemetery.
Pfc. Hampton has lived with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Eastep of Lafe since his youth, and besides them, he is survived by one sister, Sylvia Hampton, Lafe, and one half-sister, Mrs. Rachel Huckaby of Marmaduke, Route 2.
Hampton has been in the Army 17 months and overseas since last December. He took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Ord California.
Pfc. Hampton will be given an American Legion Funeral.
1946
Pfc. Burel E. Hampton, 22, died August 15, from injuries suffered when he fell from a guard tower in Vienna, Austria.
The body of Pfc. Hampton arrived in Rector this morning, Thursday, and will lie in state at Irby Funeral Home until Sunday when it will be taken to the Eastep home, and thence to the Lafe Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at the church at 2 P.M., and interment will be in Providence Cemetery.
Pfc. Hampton has lived with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Eastep of Lafe since his youth, and besides them, he is survived by one sister, Sylvia Hampton, Lafe, and one half-sister, Mrs. Rachel Huckaby of Marmaduke, Route 2.
Hampton has been in the Army 17 months and overseas since last December. He took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Ord California.
Pfc. Hampton will be given an American Legion Funeral.
Lafe Boy is Killed in Accident in Vienna, Austria
1946
Pfc. Burel E. Hampton, 22, died August 15, from injuries suffered when he fell from a guard tower in Vienna, Austria.
The body of Pfc. Hampton arrived in Rector this morning, Thursday, and will lie in state at Irby Funeral Home until Sunday when it will be taken to the Eastep home, and thence to the Lafe Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at the church at 2 P.M., and interment will be in Providence Cemetery.
Pfc. Hampton has lived with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Eastep of Lafe since his youth, and besides them, he is survived by one sister, Sylvia Hampton, Lafe, and one half-sister, Mrs. Rachel Huckaby of Marmaduke, Route 2.
Hampton has been in the Army 17 months and overseas since last December. He took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Ord California.
Pfc. Hampton will be given an American Legion Funeral.
1946
Pfc. Burel E. Hampton, 22, died August 15, from injuries suffered when he fell from a guard tower in Vienna, Austria.
The body of Pfc. Hampton arrived in Rector this morning, Thursday, and will lie in state at Irby Funeral Home until Sunday when it will be taken to the Eastep home, and thence to the Lafe Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at the church at 2 P.M., and interment will be in Providence Cemetery.
Pfc. Hampton has lived with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Eastep of Lafe since his youth, and besides them, he is survived by one sister, Sylvia Hampton, Lafe, and one half-sister, Mrs. Rachel Huckaby of Marmaduke, Route 2.
Hampton has been in the Army 17 months and overseas since last December. He took his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Ord California.
Pfc. Hampton will be given an American Legion Funeral.
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