Muscogee County  Georgia Obits  James Aldofo Thweatt (Korean War)

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[Transcribed by Kathy (Givens) Crump  lunchladykc@hotmail.com]


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Obituaries:
There were four obituaries for Adolfo, all the headlines
were different.  I will list all the dates but only
transcribe #1.  [Columbus has two papers at this time,
morning and evening.}

#1 "Body of Solider Killed in Korea To Arrive Today"  The
Columbus Enquirer, May 12, 1953, Page 2.

#2 " Funeral Set Today For Pf. Thweatt, Killed in Korea"
The Columbus Enquirer, May 13, 1953, Page 4.

#3 "Army Returns Body of James Thweatt Who Fell In Korea"
The Columbus Ledger, May 12,1953. Page 2.

#4 " Rites Slated Today For Pfc. Thweatt"  The Columbus
Ledger, May 13, 1953, Page 2

Body of Solider Killed in Korea To Arrive Today

The body of Pfc. James A. Thweatt, 19, who was killed in
action in Korea March 7, 1953, will arrive here at 9:30 p.m.
today.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Thweatt, Pfc. Thweatt
was a member of the 31st Infantry Regiment when killed.  He
had been in the Army for the last 11 months.  He was born in
Slocum, Ala., March 8, 1934, and had lived in Columbus for
the last eight years, having come here from Dothan, Ala.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Johnnie Givens Thweatt, 3809
Third Ave., Columbus; his father, James E. Thweatt, Bartow,
Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Betty Weaver, Columbus, and several
nieces and nephews.  Funeral will be held at 11 a.m.
tomorrow at Britton and Dobbs Chapel, with a Fort Benning
chaplain conducting the service.  Burial will be in Parkhill
Cemetery, with full military honors and military
pallbearers.

[Transcribed by Kathy Crump lunchladykc@hotmail.com}

Buried at Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon Road, Columbus, GA.
Section 31 Lot 7 Space 2

Special Thanks to Mr. Bob Turner-Parkhill Cemetery,
Columbus, GA



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