Randolph County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Carlton, John Roy 
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Cemetery:           Wadley City Cemetery
Name:               John Roy Carlton

Date Of Photograph: July 13, 2006
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John Roy Carlton, 13 March 1899 - 5 December 1918,
Lieutenant, Infantry, US Army,
Son of
John L. Carlton (25 May 1859 - 21 August 1933), and
Frances Izora Nolen Carlton (17 April 1863 - 29 December 1937).

On his slab:

"A sunbeam from the wold has vanished,
 A treasure in Heaven to beckon us all to a 
 higher life"

Wadley City Cemetery (330727N 0853430W)
987 Highland Avenue (State Route 77)
Township 22, Range 10, Section 11
Randolph County, Alabama

Additional Comments:
The Roanoke Leader December 1918
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER",  Roanoke, Randolph County, 
Alabama for DECEMBER 1918

NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, December 11, 1918

LIEUT. JOHN ROY CARLTON DIED IN ILLINOIS

Lieut. John Roy Carlton, age 19 years and 6 months, of 6 Co. Infantry, died of 
pneumonia at Rockford, Illinois, Dec. 5th and was buried at Wadley Dec. 8th.  
Rev. O.R. Burns conducted the services.

Lieut. Carlton was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carlton of Wadley and a 
brother of Virgil Carlton of Roanoke.  He was a graduate of Flat Rock College 
and was a student at Birmingham College at the time he enlisted in the 
service.  He was a local preacher of Wadley M.E. Church, South, and was 
preparing to enter the interancy.  His conviction of right, his bright 
intellect and courteous manner made him a favorite of all who knew him.  His 
untiring energy, devotion to duty and determination to succeed had built for 
him a character as student, christian and soldier that few of his age have 
attained. He died as he lived, for God and his country. He has won the 
greatest victory a mortal can win, a crown of righteousness. This is another 
Gold Star sacrificed to our country.


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