Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries James Palmer 1917

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Obituary of James Palmer 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 9 Nov 1917.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
Private James Palmer, of Company B, 106th Engineers, 
stationed at Camp Wheeler, died last Sunday, 5 Nov 1919, of pneumonia.  The young 
soldier was a son of Mr. Sam P. Palmer, of this county, but was called to the service from 
Grady county, where he had been living for some time.  The remains were shipped to 
Sale City Tuesday and were accompanied by Corporal L. C. Harris of the same company 
as the deceased.  Arriving at Sale City, the body was taken in charge by relatives and 
friends and the funeral services were held at the Mt. Zion Baptist church, a few miles east 
of Camilla.  Rev H. N. Burnett conducted the services, which were attended by a large 
number of relatives and friends.  Interment followed in the Mt. Zion cemetery. Mr. 
Palmer is the second  of the Mitchell county soldiers to die from natural causes while 
serving the country.  Mr. Palmer had been in the service only a few weeks when attacked 
with measles, pneumonia developing later.  He was a young man of strong physique and 
fine character endowed with those qualities of courage and loyalty which are essential to 
a good soldier.  That he died before finishing his training at the Army camp makes his 
service and sacrifice none the less worthy of the appreciation of his fellow countrymen 
and his memory deserving of the honor that is accorded a patriot who gives himself to the 
service of his country.  The citizens of the entire county sympathize deeply with the 
bereaved parents in their loss of a worthy son.