Tommy Redmond & W. B. Rogers Obituary |
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The Crockett Times Alamo, Tennessee Thursday, July 15, 1948 Vol. 16 No. 20 Two Crockett boys--The bodies of two Crockett County boys are among the 4383 American war dead being returned from Europe on the Army Transport, Oglethorpe Victory, the army announced Saturday. They are Pvt. Tommy Redmond of near Nance and W. B. Rogers of Crockett Mills.
The Crockett Times Tommy Redmond--Services for Tommy Redmond will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Providence Church near Crockett Mills. Burial was in the church cemetery under the direction of Ronk Funeral Home. Tommy was the son of Mrs. J. M. Redmond and the late Mr. Redmond. He was killed in the Belgium Bulge near Bastogne on February 5, 1945 and buried in Hamm Cemetery of Luxembourg. He was 19 years old and a member of the Crockett Mills Christian Church. He leaves his mother, three brothers, Emerson of Pheba, Miss. Silas of Memphis and W. B. of Crockett Mills; two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Cotten and Miss Emeline Redmond of Crockett Mills. |