EASTLAND, Homer Clarendon, born 13 Nov 1894 in Hickman, County, Tennessee. His parents were David Toles EASTLAND, b. 1872, d. 1941, buried at McGlamery Cemetery, Collinwood, Tennessee and Nancy DOWNING EASTLAND, b. 1876, d. 1959, also buried at McGlamery.

Homer married first to Elsie Lee WISDOM, who was born 6 Sep 1899 and died 21 Nov 1934, buried at McGlamery. After Elsie’s death, Homer married Louella _____? in 1938. Home and Elsie had two children: James Clarendon EASTLAND, b. 26 Sep 1921; and Winona Faye EASTLAND, b. 6 Aug 1923. Homer and Louella had one son: Ray Daniel EASTLAND, b. 8 Nov 1940.

Homer registered for Selective Service on 5 June 1917 at Waynesboro. He was inducted on 25 Oct 1917. His serial number was 271.

Homer was an active member of the American Legion and before the war had drilled with a group of “Home Guards” at Lawrenceburg. During the war, he had received orders to ship out to France, but these orders were canceled when the Armistice was signed. In the Bible, Homer carried with him during the war was penned on the flyleaf, “Fred E. LOMAX was the first soldier from Lewis County [Tennessee] to die.”

After the war, Homer was a school teacher. He and Elsie taught at Collinwood. He had farmed before the war. He served as Chief of Police in Collinwood after the war; Federal Prohibition Office, and was a Deputy Sheriff under Gus DAVIS in Wayne County, Tennessee. He served as postmaster in Collinwood. Later he moved to Waynesboro and was a rural mail carrier. He was living in Waynesboro when he died 21 Sep 1942. He was buried beside his first wife in McGlamery Cemetery.