Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Walter C. Smith October 1918
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Cedartown Standard, Thursday, October 31, 1918
Mr. Walter C. Smith, a popular young man of Fullwood Springs, is in the 
published list of those who were lost when the transport Otranto collided with 
the Kashmir off the coast of Scotland early this month. Some doubt might exist 
from the fact that his wife received a card telling of his safe arrival 
overseas, but this might be explained through the arrival of the rest of the 
convoy, on which the cards were released for mailing in New York. It is to be 
hoped that, from the fact she received the card, the report of his death may 
prove untrue. Seventy-one Georgia boys lost their lives in this sea tragedy, 
and though their deaths were due to accident they gave their lives in the 
service of their country as truly as though lost on the battle field. The 
deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith, of Lime Branch, and his wife 
was Miss Annie Clyde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Berry. The bereaved family 
have much sympathy in their tragic loss. (Cedartown Standard, Thursday, October 
31, 1918) 

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