Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Delaney, Henry Elmo, Jr. July 26, 1944
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The Nashville Herald, December 30, 1948
The Nashville Herald, December 30, 1948
Funeral Services Held For Elmo Delaney, Killed July 1944
	Funeral services for Phm 3-C Henry Elmo Delaney Jr. were held 
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Lovein Funeral Home chapel.  The Rev. 
John Wilson of Tifton, conducted the last sad rites in the presence of the 
family and a few close friends.  Interment followed in the city cemetery in 
the family plot.
	Mrs. E.H. Brown and Mrs. Jim Perry sang “In The Sweet Bye and Bye.”  
Six members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars served as pall bearers and the 
firing squad was composed of American Legionnaires.  Jackson Moore blew taps.
	The deceased was born in Douglas on November 20, 1920.  He was the 
grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. S.J. McLendon of Nashville.  He was the son 
of Mrs. Rose McLendon Delaney of West Palm Beach, Fla.  his father was the 
late Henry Elmo Delaney, who served in World War I and was a survivor of the 
famed Otranto ship along with E.S. Steward of Nashville and lived until about 
twelve years ago.
	Elmo Jr. was killed in action with the U.S. Marines on Siapan July 26, 
1944.  He was a young man of high Christian character and was well and 
favorably known in Nashville.
	Besides his mother he is survived by one brother, Jack Delaney of West 
Palm Beach, Fla.
	Among those from out of town attending the services were:  Mr. and 
Mrs. Fred Tittle and Miss Oreitta Hughes of Miami, Fla., Walter D. McLendon of 
Pensacola, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Alex McLendon of Swainsboro, Mrs. M.L. Strong, 
Guy Clyatt and Mrs. Eugene Alderman of Valdosta.


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