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Remembering our Veterans

Judge Raymond Britton took these photos on Memorial Day at Old Perry Cemetery near Moody. There are thirty veterans buried at Old Perry. American flags were placed on each grave. Remembering those who served. To remember is to celebrate. To celebrate is to honor.

OLD PERRY CEMETERY
30 Vets - May 2002

O: 1 WRIGHT, Alvie 21 Dec 1895 - 13 Mar 1964
    MISSOURI PVT US ARMY WWI
(Left of road near main gate)
N: 2 RAGER, Jesse L.  21 Jan 1911 - 30 Dec 1970
(Right of road near main gate)
N: 3 ANDREWS, Travis A. 14Aug 1912 - 11 Jan 1970
WWII - (bro/of Lilly Jo HARRIS)
(Right of road near main gate)
N: 7 CARGLE, Edward Ralph  9 Sep 1918 - 26 Feb 1963
TEXAS SFC US ARMY
(North of dirt road that turns Right (East) just inside main gate)
N: 1 NELSON, John D. 1912 - 1978
SGT US ARMY WW,
(Back across dirt road toward front fence)
M: 1 HAWKINS, Lure Cecil  28 Oct 1909 - 25 Jan 1956
TX PFC INF WWII
(East comer - by front fence)
M: 2 WITT, Marvin E. 12 Dec 1920 - 18 Oct 1995
(Inside curbed lot - North of HAWKINS t/s)
M: 4 McNEIL, Jack Eltori, Sr. 10 Sep 1931 - 26 Mar 1986
CPL US ARMY KOREA
(Both McNIEL t/s inside same curb - North of WITT t/s)
M: 4 McNIEL, Marion Strange 13 Jan 1927 - 29 Jan 1989
TEC 4 US ARMY WWII
R: 3 MORELAND, Claude 11 Feb 1901 - 9 Mar 1952
TX PVT 27 ENGR TRAING EN WWII
(North-East of McNIEL t/s - by big MORELAND dblJt/s)
Q: 1 MOORE, George W. 11 Jul 1839 - 31 Dec 1917
(West of MORELAND t/s - by huge MOORE t/s)
S: 2 GENT, Dick  24 Apr 1892 - 21 Mar 1944
WWI - Has t/s but no military marker
(Long way to North - elmoat to LONG t/e)
S:10 RUTHERFORD, H.J. 14 Oct 1814 - 28 Oct 1899
PVT 6 BATT GA CAV CSA
"Bom in GuineE Co., Ga." (Masonic Emblem)
(West of GENT t/s)
A:49 LONG, James Monroe, Sr. 2 Oct 1922 - 11 Mar 1994
US NAVY WWII
B: WADDLE, Charles F., Sr. 6 Jul 1920 - 1 Jun 1998
S SGT US AIR FORCE WWII
X:7 THORNTON, James Lee "Jim" 1 Aug 1917 - 25 Aug 1994
M SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS WWII
W:15 REEVES, Edward W. 27 Feb 1833 - 15 May 1902
CSA-GA - h/o Emeline (WALDRIP) REEVES
Y: 6a SMALL, Lawrence Patton, Sr. Jan 1924 - 1 Jan 1994
SGT US ARMY
(East of curbed Frank JORDAN grave)
Y: ? STRANGE, Orville Eugene 8 May 19267 - 27 Jun 1999
SI US NAVY WWII
Y:10 JORDAN, Frank Edward 7 Oct 1915 - 23 Sep 1993
TEC 4 US'ARMY WWll PH
(Down hill toward north - Inside curbed COKER lot)
Z: 6 PATTERSON, E.D. 1 May 1899 - 28 Mar 1918
WWI
(Outside NE comer of chain link lot)
Z: 7 PLASTER, John D., Sr. 1911 - 1989
WWII - f/h marker
(One space North of 2 WEATHERS graves in NW comer)
Z: 9 McDONALD, James E. "Ears" 10 Nov 1924 - 26 Jan 2000
NAVY
(In comer formed by Idex. fence & chain link fence -
next to (north) of Bessie McDONALD)
U: 3 McCLAIN, John 8. 20 Oot 1827 - 24 Jul 1898
CO B COL GURLEYS REG TRANS MISS DEPT dbl/t/s with Ellender A. McCLAIN (North across road curving around flagpole - huge tombstone inscription on back side - mil/mkr on blank side of big tombstone)
T:19 SHAMBLIN, Otho L (Capt)  12 Feb 1912 - 4 Jan 1945
CA AAC ARMY WWII - Buried At Sea
0nside curve of road around flagpole
T:19 SHAMBUN, Sam H. 9 May 1846 - 9 Feb 1934
TX MILITIA C, GA
Union Army - dbl/t/s with A. P. SHAMBUN (Inside curve of road around flagpole)
V:14 SQUYRES, Jessie Willard  19 Apr 1916 - Feb 1981
SGT US ARMY - WWII
(By West fence - North of McCLAIN t/s)
Q:10 McNIEL, George W. 12 Dec 1842 - 5 Apr 1913
Union Army - dbl/t/s with Mariah Ellen McNIEL (East side main road - South of flagpole)
Q:10 McNIEL, James Larkin 25 Sep 1839 - 8 Jul 1918
Union Army - dblrds with.Virginia (CLOYEd) McNIEL (East side main road - South of flagpole)
Q: 7 WITT, Silas (Rev.) 28 May 1790 - 5 Jul 1881
h/o Susana (RANDOLPH), Marr. July 30,11812 (South of McNIEL lots)

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