This is from Staunton Daily Leader, Friday, October 25, 1918:
Each place given is an emergency address that soldier gave. Most of the time it will be his hometown, but occasionally, for various reasons, it will be a different place.
CASUALTIES
(These are from Virginia and West Virginia)
Wounded Severely
Privates
HARTLESS, Hite, Buena Vista, Va.
HOWARD, Irwin D., Delton, Va.
Wounded (Degree Undetermined)
Corporal
DELONG, Clema, Newell, W. Va.
Privates
JAMERSON, Letcher T., Concord, Va.
POWERS, Willie, Clinchport, Va.
PRIDEMORE, William J., Charleston, W. Va.
SULLIVAN, Felix H., Grant, Va.
(Paper torn) Wounded
Private
TURNER, Harry A., Masontown, W. Va.
Deaths and Funerals
FUNERAL OF SWANSON
The funeral of Peter SWANSON, who died at a Charlottesville hospital Tuesday night, was held at ten o’clock from the parlors of Hamrick and Co. undertaking establishment on West Frederick street, conducted by Captain FRANCIS, of the Salvation Army.
The pallbearers were: Charles JOHNSON, W. L. LONG, Wm. SOUTHARD, Robert G. NOON, William H. HAM and Walter SOUTHARD.
Interment was in Thornrose cemetery.
J. M. VAN LEAR DEAD
J. M. VAN LEAR, who has been ill for about ten days with pneumonia and influenza, died at the Emergency Hospital in Clifton Forge at 6:30 p.m. He was thirty one years of age and was a native of Augusta county. In 1905 he moved to Clifton Forge, and in September 1908, married Miss Annie WYNE, who survives him.
He is also survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. VAN LEAR, of this county, and by four brothers: W. A. of Millboro, C.A. of Clifton Forge, F. R. of Afton, and P.A. VAN LEAR, who is in the service overseas; and four sisters, Mrs. A. S. BEAR of Lyndhurst, Mrs. I. B. RAY, of Covington, Miss Florence VAN LEAR and Mrs. E. A. MAHLER, of Augusta county.
Mr. VAN LEAR was a railroad fireman and extra engineer, and was popular with all who knew him. The funeral will be held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning, conducted by Rev. F. W. LONG, of the Christian church.
MRS. SCHERER TAKEN
Mrs. Lucy L. SCHERER, widow of Eugene SCHERER, died about five o’clock Thursday afternoon at her home at 101 Lake Ave., after a long period of ill health. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle MAIZE of Washington, and Mrs. George MOBUS, of Huntington, and the following brothers and sisters: Thomas and William SOUTHARD of Staunton, Preston SOUTHARD, of Roanoke, Mrs. Minnie SMITH and Mrs. Kate STANLEY, of this city.
Before her marriage, Mrs. SCHERER was Miss Lucy SOUTHARD of this city. Her husband, Eugene SCHERER, died about a year ago.
The funeral will be Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. Q. HULLIHEN, and interment will be in Thornrose cemetery.
MRS. PAXTON’S FUNERAL
Mrs. E. V. PAXTON, who died in Baltimore several days ago, was laid at rest in Thornrose cemetery yesterday, the service being conducted at the grave by Rev. W. Q. HULLIHEN, who was Mrs. PAXTON’s pastor while she was a resident of this city. The bearers were E. M. EARMAN, F. G. LYTTON, H. H. WAYT, Hulst GLENN, O. A. TUCKER and Thomas S. PROCTOR.
DEATH OF MRS. MILLER
Mr. J. Wm. MILLER died Sunday in Hagerstown, Md., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred C. WRIGHT, with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband. Mrs. MILLER was well known in Staunton, where she frequently visited her daughter Mrs. L. R. SWIMLEY.
Interment took place in Martinsburg, W. Va., Thursday.
HIGHLAND LOSES PROMINENT MAN
Monterrey, Oct. 24—W. A. CUNNINGHAM, one of the few Confederate veterans of Highland county, died at his home here yesterday, aged about seventy-five years. He had been seriously ill for some weeks from a complication of disease.
"Uncle Bum," as Mr. CUNNINGHAM was often called, was one of Highland’s landmarks, and was strong in sympathy with the cause he represented in the early part of the sixties. Seldom had he failed to attend a Confederate reunion for years, and was very fond of his uniform of grey, in which he was laid to rest.
Surviving Mr. CUNNINGHAM are his wife and a daughter, Mrs. S. N. BEVERAGE, by the first marriage, his first wife having been Miss Bettie KOOGLER, of the Middlebrook section of Augusta county. His second wife was formerly Miss Georgia BLAGG, of Doe Hill.
Revs. J. C. THRASHER and N. A. PARKER conducted the funeral at the residence of the deceased.
PASTOR IS BURIED
The funeral of Rev. W. O. BEAZLEY, D. D., who died Tuesday night at his home in Lexington, of pneumonia was held Thursday afternoon at four o’clock from the home of Mrs. BEAZLEY’s mother, Mrs. John S. FUNK, at Singers Glen. The services were conducted by Rev. C. C. THOMAS, pastor of the Baptist church at Singers Glen, assisted by Rev. V. H. PERSONS, pastor of the Baptist church in Harrisonburg. The floral offerings from Lexington and Singers Glen were numerous and beautiful.
The pallbearers were Rev. J. R. BEAR, W. S. ARMENTROUT, C. A. MASON, John S. FUNK, Jr., Max MEEKS and W. O. MOUBRAY.