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Personal Detail Sheet: John James Parkerson

ID:
I3636
Full Name:
John James Parkerson
Sex:
M
Birth:
6 AUG 1894
, Dodge, Georgia, USA
Death:
15 OCT 1918
Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, USA
Died at Camp Greenland, Ga.
Burial:
Woodlawn Cem, Dodge, Georgia, USA
Details:
Dodge: Yes | FaGMem: 7201051
Tombstone Name:
John James Parkerson
(** Indicates possible name on tombstone (not verified in field or print) and possibly an unmarked gravesite.)

List of events in person's life

Date Event Place Description
BET 1917 AND 1918 Residence , Dodge, Georgia, USA

Obituary

SEVENTY SELECTMEN LEAVE FOR CAMP Seventy young selectmen from Dodge County entrained for Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Wednesday at 2:15 to enter the military service of the United States. The young men had dinner in a body at the Busy Bee Cafe before their departure, and a large number of friends and relatives were at the depot to bid them good-luck. Following is a list of those included in the number: ... . JOHN J. PARKERSON VICTIM OF INFLUENZA Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Parkerson, of Plainfield, received a message Tuesday morning announcing the death at Camp Greeleaf, Chickamauga, of their son, Mr. John James Parkerson, who entered the military service several months ago. Spanish influenza, followed by pneumonia, was the cause of his death. The body reached Eastman this morning and was carried immediately to the home of the parents in Plainfield. It will be returned to Eastman this afternoon and interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. The deceased was about 23 years old. he was married about 2 years ago to Miss Lois Embry, of Empire, and his wife, with a little baby, survive him. He was a member of one of Dodge's largest and most prominent families, and hundreds of friends throughout the county deeply sympathize with the bereaved ones. DODGE SOLDIER BOYS WHO MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE The following named Dodge County soldier boys are those whose lives were given for their country in the late world war. There is a gold star for each of these boys on the D.A.R. service flag, and if there are any other boys who made the supreme sacrifice, whose names are not among those given below, please notify the Times-Journal, and the correction will gladly be made, and the D.A.R. will sew on gold stars to represent them. ...