Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Cavender, Joseph W. September 1918 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Janet Sumner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002510 May 31, 2004, 3:28 pm The Cairo Messenger, September 27, 1918 Col. J. W. Cavender Dies In France A telegram was sent here yesterday to Mrs. J. W. Cavender stating that Col. Joseph W. Cavender had died from wounds. Mrs. Cavender spent several months here since her husband went to France, but she left here about the first of August for Loganville, Ga.; the message was immediately forwarded there to her. She is the sister of M. L. Ledford, Esq. Colonel Cavender volunteered his services to the American government early after war was declared, he had previously had splendid military training and he entered as a First Lieutenant and had since risen to the office of Colonel. He was in the Field Artillery service. Besides his wife he leaves one little boy about nine years of age. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb