From an old scrapbook donated by Zoe Hazlewood; an unnamed and undated newspaper clipping with 15 pictures: '19 Former Students Killed in Service of Their Nation. Nineteen former students of Paris Junior College have lost their lives while in service of their country, 18 of them since the United States declared war against the Axis powers and one, Charles Mac Cox, before the Pacific sneak attack by Japan. Cox Army Air Field, near Paris, is named for Lt. Charles Mac Cox, son of Mrs. Herbert Turner. No pictures are available for Rufus Garrett, William Arre Hildahl and Joe Shaeffer.
THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD
July 31, 1941
Lieutenant Charles Mac Cox, 21, U. S. Army Air Corps instructor, died in an airplane crash near Bakersfield, Calif., last Thursday, when a student flier also lost his life. His mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Turner of Paris were in Florida on a vacation and could not be located; they did not know of his death until they reached home Tuesday. Young Cox was an outstanding pupil at Paris Junior College a few years ago. He recently received his commission in the air corps. The body was returned to Paris and services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Paris with burial at Evergreen.
On the same stone with Coralie K. Turner
.
THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD
July 31, 1941
Lieutenant Charles Mac Cox, 21, U. S. Army Air Corps instructor, died in an airplane crash near Bakersfield, Calif., last Thursday, when a student flier also lost his life. His mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Turner of Paris were in Florida on a vacation and could not be located; they did not know of his death until they reached home Tuesday. Young Cox was an outstanding pupil at Paris Junior College a few years ago. He recently received his commission in the air corps. The body was returned to Paris and services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Paris with burial at Evergreen.
On the same stone with Coralie K. Turner
.
From an old scrapbook donated by Zoe Hazlewood; an unnamed and undated newspaper clipping with 15 pictures: '19 Former Students Killed in Service of Their Nation. Nineteen former students of Paris Junior College have lost their lives while in service of their country, 18 of them since the United States declared war against the Axis powers and one, Charles Mac Cox, before the Pacific sneak attack by Japan. Cox Army Air Field, near Paris, is named for Lt. Charles Mac Cox, son of Mrs. Herbert Turner. No pictures are available for Rufus Garrett, William Arre Hildahl and Joe Shaeffer.
THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD
July 31, 1941
Lieutenant Charles Mac Cox, 21, U. S. Army Air Corps instructor, died in an airplane crash near Bakersfield, Calif., last Thursday, when a student flier also lost his life. His mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Turner of Paris were in Florida on a vacation and could not be located; they did not know of his death until they reached home Tuesday. Young Cox was an outstanding pupil at Paris Junior College a few years ago. He recently received his commission in the air corps. The body was returned to Paris and services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Paris with burial at Evergreen.
On the same stone with Coralie K. Turner
.
THE DETROIT NEWS-HERALD
July 31, 1941
Lieutenant Charles Mac Cox, 21, U. S. Army Air Corps instructor, died in an airplane crash near Bakersfield, Calif., last Thursday, when a student flier also lost his life. His mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Turner of Paris were in Florida on a vacation and could not be located; they did not know of his death until they reached home Tuesday. Young Cox was an outstanding pupil at Paris Junior College a few years ago. He recently received his commission in the air corps. The body was returned to Paris and services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Paris with burial at Evergreen.
On the same stone with Coralie K. Turner
.
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