Sumter County GaArchives Photo Tombstone.....Tye, Jefferson Posey 
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Alex Tye atye@aol.com September 24, 2007, 9:28 am

Cemetery:           Oak Grove Cemetery - Americus, Ga
Name:               Jefferson Posey Tye

Date Of Photograph: September 3, 2007
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"Jefferson P. Tye
Born OCT 4, 1890
Died Brest France
Oct 22, 1918
Pvt. 4th Co.
Ord. Reenf. Dept.

Thou art gone but not forgotten"

Buried in Tye family plot - Oak Grove Cemetery - Americus, GA

Additional Comments:
>From his father Leonidas Tye's recollections:
"My son Posey was to have been called, but he volunteered ahead of time. He 
left for the training camp in April or May of 1918. He sailed for France on 
October 4th, 1918. He died on October 22nd, 1918 several days after landing at 
Brest France and as the result of his having flu, which developed into double 
pneumonia after landing. His body rested in France two years, then was shipped 
to Americus, Georgia, where I had already moved and bought a home. The 
American Legion Post of Quitman County, Georgia now bears the name of 
Jefferson Posey Tye Post in his honor, him being the only soldier to die from 
Quitman County."

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