LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
September 2, 1937.
LESLIE E. DAWDY
---This community was saddened when the news reached here of the death of Leslie Dawdy which occurred at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois where he had been for the past several months for treatment. Although he had been seriously ill for some time, word of his death came as a shock to his family and friends. His wife and daughter, Mr. Watt Johnson, had been at his bedside for the past two weeks and were with him when the end came.
---Military and Masonic services were held her Sunday afternoon with the Reynolds-Martin Post 282, American Legion and the A.F. & A.M. Lodge in charge. The funeral service, held at the Christian Church at 2:30, was conducted by Rev. Edgar L. Knight, pastor of the Christian Church in Kirksville.
---The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. E.R. Adams, Mrs. A. O. McKinney, Herbert I. Sears and Dr. Ralph Gillet with Mrs. Roy Moncrief at the organ.
---The pallbearers were Lloyd Miles, Kenneth Bailey, who were in Co. C. with Mr. Dawdy, J. Delbert Dull, Merle Miles, W.H. Wilkerson and Charles H. Griffin. Honorary pallbearers were members of Co C during the war which included Stephen Ferguson, Burl Hilt, Roy Skaggs, Oren Foster, Fran Adams of the McDougal-Lowe Post of Kirkville; Ralph Poston, Rollo Minnick, LeRoy LaForce, Henry Howerton and James Parrett of the Carter-Howe Post of Elmer.
---Members of the Loyal Berean Sunday School Class of the Christian Church of which Mr. Dawdy's mother, Mrs. Lillie Dawdy, his teacher, carried the flowers, the members include Mrs. Lloyd Miles, Mrs. Emory Mercer, Mrs. C.A. Nelson, Mrs. L.K. Ashby, Mrs. Rose Johnson, Mrs. Fred Ogle, Mrs. Aldace Naughton, Miss Lillian Johnson, Miss Eva Dickerson and Mrs. Paul R. Wright.
---Everyone knew Leslie Dawdy and feel the loss of a very dear friend. He was an ideal husband and father, loved and appreciated by all.
---Leslie E. Dawdy, son of Lillie Dawdy and the late F.J. Dawdy, was born November 28, 1893 in La Plata, Missouri and died August 27, 1937, at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois, being at the time of his death, forty-three years, nine months and one day old. He lived his entire life in and around La Plata.
---In June, 1917, he enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces, taking part in many major battles and receiving injuries which were the ultimate cause of his death.
---On May 25, 1921 he united in marriage with Treva Sagaster and to this union three children were born, one dying in infancy.
---He united with the Christian Church in 1921. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Martin-Reynolds Post 282 of the American Legion.
---He leaves to mourn their loss, his wife Treva, one daughter and one son, Mary Ethel and Charles Franklin, his mother, Lillie Dawdy, one sister, Mrs. Watt Johnson, his grandmother, Mrs. R.H. Scobee and one niece, Miss Bertha Johnson.
September 2, 1937.
LESLIE E. DAWDY
---This community was saddened when the news reached here of the death of Leslie Dawdy which occurred at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois where he had been for the past several months for treatment. Although he had been seriously ill for some time, word of his death came as a shock to his family and friends. His wife and daughter, Mr. Watt Johnson, had been at his bedside for the past two weeks and were with him when the end came.
---Military and Masonic services were held her Sunday afternoon with the Reynolds-Martin Post 282, American Legion and the A.F. & A.M. Lodge in charge. The funeral service, held at the Christian Church at 2:30, was conducted by Rev. Edgar L. Knight, pastor of the Christian Church in Kirksville.
---The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. E.R. Adams, Mrs. A. O. McKinney, Herbert I. Sears and Dr. Ralph Gillet with Mrs. Roy Moncrief at the organ.
---The pallbearers were Lloyd Miles, Kenneth Bailey, who were in Co. C. with Mr. Dawdy, J. Delbert Dull, Merle Miles, W.H. Wilkerson and Charles H. Griffin. Honorary pallbearers were members of Co C during the war which included Stephen Ferguson, Burl Hilt, Roy Skaggs, Oren Foster, Fran Adams of the McDougal-Lowe Post of Kirkville; Ralph Poston, Rollo Minnick, LeRoy LaForce, Henry Howerton and James Parrett of the Carter-Howe Post of Elmer.
---Members of the Loyal Berean Sunday School Class of the Christian Church of which Mr. Dawdy's mother, Mrs. Lillie Dawdy, his teacher, carried the flowers, the members include Mrs. Lloyd Miles, Mrs. Emory Mercer, Mrs. C.A. Nelson, Mrs. L.K. Ashby, Mrs. Rose Johnson, Mrs. Fred Ogle, Mrs. Aldace Naughton, Miss Lillian Johnson, Miss Eva Dickerson and Mrs. Paul R. Wright.
---Everyone knew Leslie Dawdy and feel the loss of a very dear friend. He was an ideal husband and father, loved and appreciated by all.
---Leslie E. Dawdy, son of Lillie Dawdy and the late F.J. Dawdy, was born November 28, 1893 in La Plata, Missouri and died August 27, 1937, at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois, being at the time of his death, forty-three years, nine months and one day old. He lived his entire life in and around La Plata.
---In June, 1917, he enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces, taking part in many major battles and receiving injuries which were the ultimate cause of his death.
---On May 25, 1921 he united in marriage with Treva Sagaster and to this union three children were born, one dying in infancy.
---He united with the Christian Church in 1921. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Martin-Reynolds Post 282 of the American Legion.
---He leaves to mourn their loss, his wife Treva, one daughter and one son, Mary Ethel and Charles Franklin, his mother, Lillie Dawdy, one sister, Mrs. Watt Johnson, his grandmother, Mrs. R.H. Scobee and one niece, Miss Bertha Johnson.
LA PLATA HOME PRESS, La Plata, Missouri
September 2, 1937.
LESLIE E. DAWDY
---This community was saddened when the news reached here of the death of Leslie Dawdy which occurred at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois where he had been for the past several months for treatment. Although he had been seriously ill for some time, word of his death came as a shock to his family and friends. His wife and daughter, Mr. Watt Johnson, had been at his bedside for the past two weeks and were with him when the end came.
---Military and Masonic services were held her Sunday afternoon with the Reynolds-Martin Post 282, American Legion and the A.F. & A.M. Lodge in charge. The funeral service, held at the Christian Church at 2:30, was conducted by Rev. Edgar L. Knight, pastor of the Christian Church in Kirksville.
---The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. E.R. Adams, Mrs. A. O. McKinney, Herbert I. Sears and Dr. Ralph Gillet with Mrs. Roy Moncrief at the organ.
---The pallbearers were Lloyd Miles, Kenneth Bailey, who were in Co. C. with Mr. Dawdy, J. Delbert Dull, Merle Miles, W.H. Wilkerson and Charles H. Griffin. Honorary pallbearers were members of Co C during the war which included Stephen Ferguson, Burl Hilt, Roy Skaggs, Oren Foster, Fran Adams of the McDougal-Lowe Post of Kirkville; Ralph Poston, Rollo Minnick, LeRoy LaForce, Henry Howerton and James Parrett of the Carter-Howe Post of Elmer.
---Members of the Loyal Berean Sunday School Class of the Christian Church of which Mr. Dawdy's mother, Mrs. Lillie Dawdy, his teacher, carried the flowers, the members include Mrs. Lloyd Miles, Mrs. Emory Mercer, Mrs. C.A. Nelson, Mrs. L.K. Ashby, Mrs. Rose Johnson, Mrs. Fred Ogle, Mrs. Aldace Naughton, Miss Lillian Johnson, Miss Eva Dickerson and Mrs. Paul R. Wright.
---Everyone knew Leslie Dawdy and feel the loss of a very dear friend. He was an ideal husband and father, loved and appreciated by all.
---Leslie E. Dawdy, son of Lillie Dawdy and the late F.J. Dawdy, was born November 28, 1893 in La Plata, Missouri and died August 27, 1937, at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois, being at the time of his death, forty-three years, nine months and one day old. He lived his entire life in and around La Plata.
---In June, 1917, he enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces, taking part in many major battles and receiving injuries which were the ultimate cause of his death.
---On May 25, 1921 he united in marriage with Treva Sagaster and to this union three children were born, one dying in infancy.
---He united with the Christian Church in 1921. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Martin-Reynolds Post 282 of the American Legion.
---He leaves to mourn their loss, his wife Treva, one daughter and one son, Mary Ethel and Charles Franklin, his mother, Lillie Dawdy, one sister, Mrs. Watt Johnson, his grandmother, Mrs. R.H. Scobee and one niece, Miss Bertha Johnson.
September 2, 1937.
LESLIE E. DAWDY
---This community was saddened when the news reached here of the death of Leslie Dawdy which occurred at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois where he had been for the past several months for treatment. Although he had been seriously ill for some time, word of his death came as a shock to his family and friends. His wife and daughter, Mr. Watt Johnson, had been at his bedside for the past two weeks and were with him when the end came.
---Military and Masonic services were held her Sunday afternoon with the Reynolds-Martin Post 282, American Legion and the A.F. & A.M. Lodge in charge. The funeral service, held at the Christian Church at 2:30, was conducted by Rev. Edgar L. Knight, pastor of the Christian Church in Kirksville.
---The music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mrs. E.R. Adams, Mrs. A. O. McKinney, Herbert I. Sears and Dr. Ralph Gillet with Mrs. Roy Moncrief at the organ.
---The pallbearers were Lloyd Miles, Kenneth Bailey, who were in Co. C. with Mr. Dawdy, J. Delbert Dull, Merle Miles, W.H. Wilkerson and Charles H. Griffin. Honorary pallbearers were members of Co C during the war which included Stephen Ferguson, Burl Hilt, Roy Skaggs, Oren Foster, Fran Adams of the McDougal-Lowe Post of Kirkville; Ralph Poston, Rollo Minnick, LeRoy LaForce, Henry Howerton and James Parrett of the Carter-Howe Post of Elmer.
---Members of the Loyal Berean Sunday School Class of the Christian Church of which Mr. Dawdy's mother, Mrs. Lillie Dawdy, his teacher, carried the flowers, the members include Mrs. Lloyd Miles, Mrs. Emory Mercer, Mrs. C.A. Nelson, Mrs. L.K. Ashby, Mrs. Rose Johnson, Mrs. Fred Ogle, Mrs. Aldace Naughton, Miss Lillian Johnson, Miss Eva Dickerson and Mrs. Paul R. Wright.
---Everyone knew Leslie Dawdy and feel the loss of a very dear friend. He was an ideal husband and father, loved and appreciated by all.
---Leslie E. Dawdy, son of Lillie Dawdy and the late F.J. Dawdy, was born November 28, 1893 in La Plata, Missouri and died August 27, 1937, at the Veterans Hospital in Hines, Illinois, being at the time of his death, forty-three years, nine months and one day old. He lived his entire life in and around La Plata.
---In June, 1917, he enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces, taking part in many major battles and receiving injuries which were the ultimate cause of his death.
---On May 25, 1921 he united in marriage with Treva Sagaster and to this union three children were born, one dying in infancy.
---He united with the Christian Church in 1921. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Martin-Reynolds Post 282 of the American Legion.
---He leaves to mourn their loss, his wife Treva, one daughter and one son, Mary Ethel and Charles Franklin, his mother, Lillie Dawdy, one sister, Mrs. Watt Johnson, his grandmother, Mrs. R.H. Scobee and one niece, Miss Bertha Johnson.
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