The News, April 11, 1944
PVT. RAYMOND L. PRYOR, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Pryor, of Thurmont, died last Friday night in a Fort Blanding, Fla., hospital of injuries sustained in an explosion on maneuvers a week ago, it was learned here Monday night.
His parents arrived at the camp last Wednesday, it was learned, and talked to the youth before his death. He remained conscious, it was said, despite the loss of one arm and one leg. He was administered thirteen blood transfusions. Army surgeons held some hope for his recovery, his parents reported. Details of the fatal explosion were not revealed.
Pvt. Pryor was inducted into service last December 8 and was serving with Company F, 260th Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment.
His body will arrive in Thurmont tonight and will remain at the funeral home in Thurmont on Wednesday, when services will be held in the Thurmont Methodist church at 5 p.m. Rev. A. D. Kesler will conduct the service. Interment will be in Blue Ridge cemetery. M. L. Creager and Son have charge of arrangements.
In addition to his parents, Samuel P. and Dora M. Lewis Pryor, the deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Grable Pryor; a son, Lester William Pryor; his maternal grandfather, J. Hooker Lewis, near Thurmont; and the following brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Youngstown, O.; Lillian E. Pryor, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Edgemont; Sgt. Samuel L. Pryor, Fort Myer, Va.; Cpl. Gordon L. Pryor, on foreign duty in the Pacific; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; and Lester L., betty Jean and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home.
PVT. RAYMOND L. PRYOR, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Pryor, of Thurmont, died last Friday night in a Fort Blanding, Fla., hospital of injuries sustained in an explosion on maneuvers a week ago, it was learned here Monday night.
His parents arrived at the camp last Wednesday, it was learned, and talked to the youth before his death. He remained conscious, it was said, despite the loss of one arm and one leg. He was administered thirteen blood transfusions. Army surgeons held some hope for his recovery, his parents reported. Details of the fatal explosion were not revealed.
Pvt. Pryor was inducted into service last December 8 and was serving with Company F, 260th Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment.
His body will arrive in Thurmont tonight and will remain at the funeral home in Thurmont on Wednesday, when services will be held in the Thurmont Methodist church at 5 p.m. Rev. A. D. Kesler will conduct the service. Interment will be in Blue Ridge cemetery. M. L. Creager and Son have charge of arrangements.
In addition to his parents, Samuel P. and Dora M. Lewis Pryor, the deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Grable Pryor; a son, Lester William Pryor; his maternal grandfather, J. Hooker Lewis, near Thurmont; and the following brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Youngstown, O.; Lillian E. Pryor, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Edgemont; Sgt. Samuel L. Pryor, Fort Myer, Va.; Cpl. Gordon L. Pryor, on foreign duty in the Pacific; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; and Lester L., betty Jean and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home.
The News, April 11, 1944
PVT. RAYMOND L. PRYOR, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Pryor, of Thurmont, died last Friday night in a Fort Blanding, Fla., hospital of injuries sustained in an explosion on maneuvers a week ago, it was learned here Monday night.
His parents arrived at the camp last Wednesday, it was learned, and talked to the youth before his death. He remained conscious, it was said, despite the loss of one arm and one leg. He was administered thirteen blood transfusions. Army surgeons held some hope for his recovery, his parents reported. Details of the fatal explosion were not revealed.
Pvt. Pryor was inducted into service last December 8 and was serving with Company F, 260th Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment.
His body will arrive in Thurmont tonight and will remain at the funeral home in Thurmont on Wednesday, when services will be held in the Thurmont Methodist church at 5 p.m. Rev. A. D. Kesler will conduct the service. Interment will be in Blue Ridge cemetery. M. L. Creager and Son have charge of arrangements.
In addition to his parents, Samuel P. and Dora M. Lewis Pryor, the deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Grable Pryor; a son, Lester William Pryor; his maternal grandfather, J. Hooker Lewis, near Thurmont; and the following brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Youngstown, O.; Lillian E. Pryor, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Edgemont; Sgt. Samuel L. Pryor, Fort Myer, Va.; Cpl. Gordon L. Pryor, on foreign duty in the Pacific; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; and Lester L., betty Jean and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home.
PVT. RAYMOND L. PRYOR, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Pryor, of Thurmont, died last Friday night in a Fort Blanding, Fla., hospital of injuries sustained in an explosion on maneuvers a week ago, it was learned here Monday night.
His parents arrived at the camp last Wednesday, it was learned, and talked to the youth before his death. He remained conscious, it was said, despite the loss of one arm and one leg. He was administered thirteen blood transfusions. Army surgeons held some hope for his recovery, his parents reported. Details of the fatal explosion were not revealed.
Pvt. Pryor was inducted into service last December 8 and was serving with Company F, 260th Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment.
His body will arrive in Thurmont tonight and will remain at the funeral home in Thurmont on Wednesday, when services will be held in the Thurmont Methodist church at 5 p.m. Rev. A. D. Kesler will conduct the service. Interment will be in Blue Ridge cemetery. M. L. Creager and Son have charge of arrangements.
In addition to his parents, Samuel P. and Dora M. Lewis Pryor, the deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary S. Grable Pryor; a son, Lester William Pryor; his maternal grandfather, J. Hooker Lewis, near Thurmont; and the following brothers and sisters: Donald E. Pryor, Youngstown, O.; Lillian E. Pryor, Thurmont; Mrs. Helen E. Kuhn, Edgemont; Sgt. Samuel L. Pryor, Fort Myer, Va.; Cpl. Gordon L. Pryor, on foreign duty in the Pacific; Mrs. Margaret V. Long, Rockville; and Lester L., betty Jean and Kenneth R. Pryor, at home.
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