Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Dawkins, Benjamin O.  September 25, 1918
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Ashland Progress
Benj. Odrun Dawkins, son of Rev. and Mrs. T. D. Dawkins, of Mellow Valley, died 
in the army hospital at New Haven, Connecticut, Wednesday, September 25th, and 
his remains were brought home and buried in the cemetery at McDaniel's Chapel 
Wednesday, October 2nd. Private Dawkins enlisted in the army the past spring, 
leaving Ashland for Camp Sevier on May 28th. He remained there until July 15th 
when he was transferred to Camp Upton, N.Y., where he stayed cm September 17th. 
A considerable portion of this time he spent in the hospital and on the 17th, he 
was transferred to the army hospital at New Haven Conn., where he remained till 
his death. He had been suffering from a lung trouble for sometime but the 
immediate cause of his death is said to have been pneumonia. His body was 
accompanied home by Corporal D. J. Wurm and the funeral was attended by an 
immense crowd. The services were impressive and were engaged in by several 
ministers, Revs. S. J. Ingram, A. A. Hutto and F.J. Ingram of Ashland being 
among the number. The young man was a brother of W. O. Dawkins of this city and 
was well and favorably known here, having attended the High School here for some 
years and completed the course.

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