Sgt.
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July
15, 1915 – May 27, 1942 Old Coker Creek Cem., Monroe Co., Tn Monroe Soldier’s Wedding is
Cancelled by Untimely Death Death
cancelled plans of Army Sgt. Clyde James Ellis, 25, son of Mrs. Jeff Hughes,
Coker Creek, to marry Miss Eva Nell Curtis, 18, of Tellico Plains. He was the second He had
written her he would get a leave of absence in June and would return from Callan Field, Miss
Curtis said his last message was: “Honey, you are always in my heart. Bye, Dear.” He died
May 27 from complications following jaundice.
He entered the service in June, 1941. The body
arrived home Wednesday of last week; the funeral was held at 2:30 p.m. Friday
in Surviving
are the mother, the stepfather, a brother, Richard Ellis; three
half-brothers, Glade, Frank and Beecher Hughes, all of Coker Creek, and a
sister, Mrs. Pauline Carroll, of Researcher and Designer |