Vardy Shelton gave his life in the Argonne Forest in the world War and was buried in France. Later the body was taken up and sent home and last Saturday afternoon it reached Ripley. The body was carried to the home of his mother, Mrs. Dan Davis, where it was kept until Sunday afternoon when it was laid to rest in the Antioch graveyard six miles west of Ripley. Capt. Spight of Ripley conducted the funeral services. The big house of worship at Antioch would not hold all the people, such was the crowd gathered there to pay a tribute of love and respect to that splendid young man.
Vardy was born September 9, 1895. His father, Lee Shelton, died when Vardy was a small child and his mother afterwards married Mr. Dan Davis. Vardy was a grandson of the late Sammie Jobe and a nephew of Prof. Louis H. Jobe, now at Kilmichiel. Vardy left Ripley on April 1, 1918, went first to Camp Pike and then to Camp Gordon and later over the sea. He was a private in Co. G. 28th infantry. He was killed in Argonne Forest, October 10, 1918, just 31 days before the end of the war. The body of private Shelton was accompanied home by Homer L. Lush, a soldier from Louisville, KY. The body was in a beautiful light brown steel casket provided by the government and was wrapped in a beautiful silk flag.
Tippah County has produced no finer boy than Vardy Shelton. It was sad indeed to see him thus cut down in the very morning of his bright and promising life. But he died the heroic death of a brave soldier following his nation's flag, no matter where it led him. We sympathize sincerely with his devoted mother in the death of her noble son and yet we rejoice with her in the consolation that he died in the service of his country and that his remains have now been brought home and laid to rest in the sacred and hallowed spot so dear to her.
(from The Southern SEntinel)
Vardy was born September 9, 1895. His father, Lee Shelton, died when Vardy was a small child and his mother afterwards married Mr. Dan Davis. Vardy was a grandson of the late Sammie Jobe and a nephew of Prof. Louis H. Jobe, now at Kilmichiel. Vardy left Ripley on April 1, 1918, went first to Camp Pike and then to Camp Gordon and later over the sea. He was a private in Co. G. 28th infantry. He was killed in Argonne Forest, October 10, 1918, just 31 days before the end of the war. The body of private Shelton was accompanied home by Homer L. Lush, a soldier from Louisville, KY. The body was in a beautiful light brown steel casket provided by the government and was wrapped in a beautiful silk flag.
Tippah County has produced no finer boy than Vardy Shelton. It was sad indeed to see him thus cut down in the very morning of his bright and promising life. But he died the heroic death of a brave soldier following his nation's flag, no matter where it led him. We sympathize sincerely with his devoted mother in the death of her noble son and yet we rejoice with her in the consolation that he died in the service of his country and that his remains have now been brought home and laid to rest in the sacred and hallowed spot so dear to her.
(from The Southern SEntinel)
Vardy Shelton gave his life in the Argonne Forest in the world War and was buried in France. Later the body was taken up and sent home and last Saturday afternoon it reached Ripley. The body was carried to the home of his mother, Mrs. Dan Davis, where it was kept until Sunday afternoon when it was laid to rest in the Antioch graveyard six miles west of Ripley. Capt. Spight of Ripley conducted the funeral services. The big house of worship at Antioch would not hold all the people, such was the crowd gathered there to pay a tribute of love and respect to that splendid young man.
Vardy was born September 9, 1895. His father, Lee Shelton, died when Vardy was a small child and his mother afterwards married Mr. Dan Davis. Vardy was a grandson of the late Sammie Jobe and a nephew of Prof. Louis H. Jobe, now at Kilmichiel. Vardy left Ripley on April 1, 1918, went first to Camp Pike and then to Camp Gordon and later over the sea. He was a private in Co. G. 28th infantry. He was killed in Argonne Forest, October 10, 1918, just 31 days before the end of the war. The body of private Shelton was accompanied home by Homer L. Lush, a soldier from Louisville, KY. The body was in a beautiful light brown steel casket provided by the government and was wrapped in a beautiful silk flag.
Tippah County has produced no finer boy than Vardy Shelton. It was sad indeed to see him thus cut down in the very morning of his bright and promising life. But he died the heroic death of a brave soldier following his nation's flag, no matter where it led him. We sympathize sincerely with his devoted mother in the death of her noble son and yet we rejoice with her in the consolation that he died in the service of his country and that his remains have now been brought home and laid to rest in the sacred and hallowed spot so dear to her.
(from The Southern SEntinel)
Vardy was born September 9, 1895. His father, Lee Shelton, died when Vardy was a small child and his mother afterwards married Mr. Dan Davis. Vardy was a grandson of the late Sammie Jobe and a nephew of Prof. Louis H. Jobe, now at Kilmichiel. Vardy left Ripley on April 1, 1918, went first to Camp Pike and then to Camp Gordon and later over the sea. He was a private in Co. G. 28th infantry. He was killed in Argonne Forest, October 10, 1918, just 31 days before the end of the war. The body of private Shelton was accompanied home by Homer L. Lush, a soldier from Louisville, KY. The body was in a beautiful light brown steel casket provided by the government and was wrapped in a beautiful silk flag.
Tippah County has produced no finer boy than Vardy Shelton. It was sad indeed to see him thus cut down in the very morning of his bright and promising life. But he died the heroic death of a brave soldier following his nation's flag, no matter where it led him. We sympathize sincerely with his devoted mother in the death of her noble son and yet we rejoice with her in the consolation that he died in the service of his country and that his remains have now been brought home and laid to rest in the sacred and hallowed spot so dear to her.
(from The Southern SEntinel)
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