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Limestone Democrat, December 16, 1943
Limestone Men In Armed Forces Killed, Wounded
Pvt. Garon Birdwell Dies In Plane Crash;
Pvt. Joe Eaves Injured
Two more Limestone county families felt the grim touch of war the past
week when word was received that Pvt. Garon I. (Birdwell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Birdwell of Tanner, died in an airplane crash at El Paso,Texas, and
Pvt. Joseph A. Eaves, the son of Mrs. Mary Eaves of Veto, was wounded in
action in the Mediteranean area.
No official word of explanation was received from the War Department on
either the death
of Pvt. Birdwell or the wounding of Pvt. Eaves, both of whom were well
known here.
Pvt. Birdwell's remains reached here Monday and funeral services were held
at 2:00 p.m.,
Tuesday at the home at Tanner, Bro. Charles Chumley officiating. Ingterment
was made in the Athens Cemetery, McConnell directing.
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