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Sgt. Leon W.
Travis Killed
Another Tri-Communities citizen has made the supreme sacrifice for his country, and other
hearts are saddened because he
is among those who will not return when the Axis armies are
crushed.
This loyal and true citizen is
Technical Sergeant Leon W. Travis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Turney
Travis, of the Hinkledale community. A message from the War
Department early this week advised Mr. and Mrs. Travis that
their son had been killed in action in Germany on November 26.
Sergeant Travis had been in
service three years last October,
and overseas for a year. He was
with the First (General Hodges’)
Army. Wounded in the arm on
July 9, Sergeant Travis was back
in action on July 26. He was a
member of Co. G, 121st Infantry,
which is a part of the Eighth Division.
Prior to entering the armed
service, Sergeant Travis was a
farmer and also worked at the
Milan Ordnance Plant at Milan.
He was 24 years of age.
Besides his parents, this brave
hero leaves two brothers, J. C.
Travis, who is in the Army and
stationed at Camp Pickett, Va.,
and Prentiss Travis, who was
only recently given a medical discharge from the Army.
The bereaved family and close
friends have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community
in this hour of extreme sorrow.
TRAVIS, MRS. PORTER SR.
Mrs. Porter Travis, Sr.
Mrs. Porter Travis, Sr., age 73,
of Christmasville, died at the
home of her daughter,
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Mrs. Otis
Scates in Jackson early Sunday
morning. She leaves 6 boys Tomie, Willie,
Labe, Frazier, Clint,
and Porter Jr., 3 girls, Mrs. Otis
Scates, Mrs. Truman Feather
stone and Lula Travis. Her husband having proceeded her in
death about 2 years ago. Funeral
services were conducted at Pilgrim Rest church Monday afternoon by Rev. J. M. Bryant.
TRAYWICK, ROBERT
Rites in Huntingdon
For Robert Traywick
Retired Merchant Will Be
Buried in Oak Hill
Special to The Commercial Appeal
Huntingdon, Tenn., Aug. 25.
Services for Robert Edgar Traywick, retired merchant and
teacher of Huntingdon, will be
held at 3 Monday afternoon at the
First Methodist Church here. The
Rev. W. T. Barnes will officiate.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery with Dilday Funeral Home
in charge.
Mr. Traywick, who was 81, died
at his home at 10:20 Sunday
morning. He had been an invalid
since he fell and broke his hip
about 10 years ago.
He was born in Carroll County
and was educated at the old
Southern Normal College here.
He taught school for 35 years in
Carroll County. He operated a
grocery at Rosser for five years
and at one time was a member
of the Carroll County Court. He
was a member of the Methodist
Church.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Myrtle
Turner Traywick; two sons,
Glenn Traywick of Memphis and
Lofton Traywick of Hammond,
Ind., and two daughters, Mrs.
Martha Hamlin of Huntingdon and
Mrs. Irish Walker of Concord.
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