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Lawrence Anderson Buzzard

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Lawrence Anderson Buzzard

Birth
Mountain Grove, Bath County, Virginia, USA
Death
15 Jun 1961 (aged 67)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Mountain Grove, Bath County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
10A-1
Memorial ID
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Lawrence Anderson Buzzard, son of Robert Asberry and Maggie
Kelly Buzzard, was born July 4, 1893, near Mountain Grove,
Virginia, and passed away June 15, 1961, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, at the age of 67 years, 11 months, and 11 days.

He went to Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as a young man, entered
the U. S. Army from there, and served in France and Germany
during World War I. After his discharge, he established a dry cleaning and tailor shop in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

In 1938, he wed Hallie Marie Clark of Rose Hill, Kentucky, and shortly after they moved to Mountain Grove, where he owned a farm. Later, their four children were born there.

His wife, Hallie, was killed in an automobile accident September 28; 1953. He remained on the farm, serving as father and mother both to his young children. He hoped to and succeeded in keeping them together until they were able to maintain the home themselves.

Surviving are the following children: Mark, Ronnie, and
Monte Buzzard, all of Mountain Grove, Virginia; Mrs. Norma
Smith, of Healing Springs, Virginia; one sister, Mrs. Odessa Taylor, of Canton, Ohio; and five brothers, Harmon Buzzard, of Hot Springs, Virginia; Herron Buzzard, of Warm Springs, Virginia; Harry Buzzard, of Williamsville, Virginia; William and Robert Buzzard, of Mountain Grove, Virginia; many other relatives, and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Father's Day, June 18, at the Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church, Pastor Harry
Zickafoose of Cochrans Creek Baptist Church, of which Mr.
Buzzard was a member, officiated.

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Hot Springs, Virginia,served as pallbearers and conducted graveside rites at the Mountain Grove Cemetery.
Lawrence Anderson Buzzard, son of Robert Asberry and Maggie
Kelly Buzzard, was born July 4, 1893, near Mountain Grove,
Virginia, and passed away June 15, 1961, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, at the age of 67 years, 11 months, and 11 days.

He went to Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as a young man, entered
the U. S. Army from there, and served in France and Germany
during World War I. After his discharge, he established a dry cleaning and tailor shop in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

In 1938, he wed Hallie Marie Clark of Rose Hill, Kentucky, and shortly after they moved to Mountain Grove, where he owned a farm. Later, their four children were born there.

His wife, Hallie, was killed in an automobile accident September 28; 1953. He remained on the farm, serving as father and mother both to his young children. He hoped to and succeeded in keeping them together until they were able to maintain the home themselves.

Surviving are the following children: Mark, Ronnie, and
Monte Buzzard, all of Mountain Grove, Virginia; Mrs. Norma
Smith, of Healing Springs, Virginia; one sister, Mrs. Odessa Taylor, of Canton, Ohio; and five brothers, Harmon Buzzard, of Hot Springs, Virginia; Herron Buzzard, of Warm Springs, Virginia; Harry Buzzard, of Williamsville, Virginia; William and Robert Buzzard, of Mountain Grove, Virginia; many other relatives, and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held Sunday, Father's Day, June 18, at the Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church, Pastor Harry
Zickafoose of Cochrans Creek Baptist Church, of which Mr.
Buzzard was a member, officiated.

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of Hot Springs, Virginia,served as pallbearers and conducted graveside rites at the Mountain Grove Cemetery.

Inscription

KENTUCKY, PVT CO A 140 MACHINE GUN BN., WORLD WAR I



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