Title: Soldiers from Hempstead County Who Died in World War 1 Submitted by: Sharon Goldman Date: Copyright: All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm __________________________________________________________ Star of Hope Newspaper February 18, 1920 The local post of the American Legion has been furnished with a Memorial Certificate from the Republic of France, to be presented to the nearest of kin of each soldier from Hempstead County who died in the service during the world war. The list of names, with their nearest of kin, is as follows: __________________________________________________________ Corporal Theadore Fuller, Beulah F. Bowden, Rt. 2, Hope, AR Pvt. Charlie A. Sims, Wm. R. Sims, Rt. 1, Fulton, AR Pvt. Leonard L. Watkins, Lee Watkins, Rt. 1, Fulton, AR Pvt. Robert Walker, Andrew Walker, McCaskell, AR Pvt. Joe Gilmore, Mrs. Betsey Gilmore, Hope, AR Pvt. George D. Schmale, W. G. Schmale, Fulton, AR Pvt. Edgar Simmons, Wm. E. Simmons, Patmos, AR Pvt. Willie L. Rowland, Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland, Fulton, AR Pvt. LeRoy Bedford, Miss Shella Bedford, Hope, AR Pvt. David Austin, Braz Austin, Yancy, AR Pvt. Jasper Brown, Ruff Brown, Ozan, AR Pvt. Preston Dobson, Mrs. Lula Dobson, Patmos, AR Giles Foy Crane, U. S. Navy, Mr. Elias Wineas Crane, Bingen, AR John Bentley Crews, U.S. Navy, Mrs. Kate Crews, Hope, AR Roy Vernon Arnold, U.S. Navy, Mr. W. J. Arnold, Rt. 4, Hope, AR