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Negro Veteran Dies in Lima, Ohio; Buried Here
The Thursday, July 19, 1951 Florence Herald obituary of 29 year-old Florence native and World War II veteran Charlie Spencer Ragland, of Lima, Ohio. Spencer's funeral was conducted at the Zion Baptist Church and he was buried in the Peters Cemetery…
Negro Veteran to be Buried Today
The December 20, 1951 Florence Herald obituary of Florence native Pvt. James Brannon, killed in action in Korea in August of 1951.
Army Pvt. Robert L. Ford
A Thursday, December 1, 1960 Tri-Cities Daily photo and brief biographical sketch of Florence native and Burrell graduate Pvt. Robert L. Ford, USA, a son of Mr. and Mrs. RL Ford of Florence, who had recently completed advanced individual training…
Army Pvt. Roy L. Stovall
A Thursday, May 14, 1959 Florence Times-Tri-Cities Daily notice from the "News About Negroes" section that 20 year-old Florence native and Burrell grad. Pvt. Roy L. Stovall had recently completed the teletype operation course at the Southeastern…
A1C Roland K. Mitchell
A Thursday, May 14, 1959 Florence Times-Tri-Cities Daily biographical sketch from the "News About Negroes" section of Florence native, Burrell graduate and Airman 1st Class Roland K. Mitchell, Chief Clerk at Plattsburgh, New York Air Base.
Airman First Class Samuel Ashford
A February 22, 1962 photo of Airman First Class Samuel Ashford from the "News About Negroes" section of the Tri-Cities Daily noting that the Leighton native had been selected "Supply Man of the Month" for the 310 Bombardment Wing, stationed at…
Pvt. Curtis A. Stewart Receives His Assignment
A Thursday, February 1, 1962 notice from the "News About Negroes" section of the Florence Times that US Army Pvt. Curtis A. Stewart, of South Atlanta Avenue, Sheffield, in Colbert Co., AL, had just received his assignment to Co. L of the 397th…
Joseph Armstead, USN, Advanced in Rating.
A Thursday, December 13, 1962 Florence Herald report that Joseph Armstead, Steward 2nd Class, USN was advanced to his present rate while serving aboard the destroyer USS Waller on November 16th.
Joseph Armstead (1928-1984) was one of at least…
Army PFC Lawrence Armstead
A Thursday, December 11, 1958 Florence Herald report that US Army PFC Lawrence Armstead, the son of Mr. and Mrs.. Clarence Armstead of Lauderdale County, and a truck driver in the artillery's Headquarters and Service Battery at Kitzingen, Germany,…
Prisoners of War Relatives Meet.
A Friday, May 4, 1945 Florence Herald report of the meeting at the American Red Cross headquarters at the Elks Club in Florence on the previous Saturday of eighteen persons "who had boys from their families in German or Japanese prison camps." A…
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